2011 Hawai'i Bowl
| 2011 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 24, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Aloha Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Honolulu, Hawaiʻi | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
DL Cordarro Law, Southern Miss RB Lampford Mark, Nevada |
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| Favorite | Southern Mississippi by 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Tioni Tam Sing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Alan Eck (Mountain West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Sean Na‘auao | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,630 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Mark Jones (Play-by-Play) Ed Cunningham (Analyst) Jessica Mendoza (Sidelines) |
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| Nielsen ratings | 1.44 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, the 10th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 24, 2011 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.
The game, which telecast at 2:00 p.m. HT on ESPN, featured the Nevada Wolf Pack from the Western Athletic Conference(WAC) versus the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from Conference USA.
The Wolf Pack has played twice previously in the Sheraton Hawai`i Bowl, defeating UCF in 2005 and losing to SMU in 2009. Southern Miss is making its 22nd appearance in a bowl game and its second trip to Hawai’i. It defeated the host Rainbow Warriors 28–26 on October 15, 1977.
The Wolf Pack finished second in the WAC conference with a 7–5 record. The team was led by seven players who earned All-WAC honors, including WAC Freshman of the Year quarterback Cody Fajardo who operated with Nevada's effective pistol offense (523 yards per game) and All-American defensive tackle Brett Roy.
USM entered the bowl game with an 11–2 record. The Golden Eagles upset the Houston Cougars in the 2011 Conference USA Football Championship Game 49–28 to win the conference championship. The 2011 Hawai'i Bowl was Southern Mississippi's 10th straight bowl game. The game was also coach Larry Fedora's last game with the Golden Eagles, as he was hired to coach the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Golden Eagles were led by senior quarterback Austin Davis, who completed 10,727 yards during his career. Four running backs, Kendrick Hardy, Jeremy Hester, Jamal Woodyard, and Desmond Johnson, carried the loads, each had at least one 100-yard game.
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