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2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Marshall University Bar M logo.svg
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl champion
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, W 20–10 vs. FIU
Conference Conference USA
Division East
2011 record 7–6 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach Doc Holliday (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Bill Legg/Tony Petersen
Offensive scheme Spread Offense
Defensive coordinator Chris Rippon
Home stadium Joan C. Edwards Stadium
(Capacity: 38,019)
Seasons
« 2010 2012 »
2011 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
#20 Southern Miss x$   6 2         12 2  
Marshall   5 3         7 6  
East Carolina   4 4         5 7  
UAB   3 5         3 9  
UCF   3 5         5 7  
Memphis   1 7         2 10  
West Division
#18 Houston x   8 0         13 1  
Tulsa   7 1         8 5  
SMU   5 3         8 5  
Rice   3 5         4 8  
UTEP   2 6         5 7  
Tulane   1 7         2 10  
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd were led by second-year head coach Doc Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they defeated FIU 20–10.

In the 2010 season under first year head coach Doc Holliday, the Thundering Herd finished with an overall record of 5–7 and 4–4 within Conference USA. After starting the season 1–6, Marshall won four of the last five games. They missed playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2008.

The Herd again fell to The Mountaineers in a game that was delayed a total of 4 hours, 22 minutes and called with 14:36 left in the 4th quarter. Following 3rd a quarter Tavon Austin kickoff return for a TD that gave the Mountaineers a 27–13 lead with 5 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter the game experienced a lightning delay that lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes. Once resuming play a Vernard Roberts 1 Yd Run extended the WVU lead to 34–13 early in the 4th quarter, after which the game was once again delayed for lightning. It was ultimately agreed to by both teams to end the game.

Rakeem Cato threw three touchdown passes to rally Marshall in a 26–20 win over Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA opener for both teams. The Thundering Herd trailed 17–3 with 5:30 left in the second quarter before Cato orchestrated three straight touchdown drives. His third straight score, a 17-yard pass to Aaron Dobson, gave Marshall a 24–17 lead with 1:19 remaining in the third quarter. Cato finished with 275 yards and two interceptions on 27-of-42 passing. Southern Miss QB Austin Davis broke Brett Favre's career passing mark. Davis needed 74 yards coming in, broke the record of 7,695 set from 1987–1990.


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