2011 Southeastern Conference football season
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site Broadcast Result Attendance
September 1 8:00 pm No . 20 Mississippi State Memphis Liberty Bowl • Memphis , Tennessee FSN South W 59-14 33,990
September 1 9:15 pm Kentucky Western Kentucky LP Field • Nashville , Tennessee ESPNU W 14-3 24,599
September 3 12:00 pm Utah State No . 23 Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn , Alabama ESPN W 42-38 85,245
September 3 12:21 pm Kent State No . 2 Alabama Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa , Alabama SEC Network W 48-7 101,821
September 3 4:45 pm BYU Mississippi Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford , Mississippi ESPN L 14-13 55,124
September 3 6:00 pm Montana Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville , Tennessee PPV W 42-16 94,661
September 3 7:00 pm Missouri State No . 15 Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville , Arkansas PPV W 51-7 70,607
September 3 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic No . 22 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville , Florida ESPNU W 41-3 88,708
September 3 7:00 pm East Carolina No . 12 South Carolina Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte , North Carolina FSN W 56-37 58,272
September 3 7:00 pm Elon Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville , Tennessee CSS W 45-14 27,599
September 3 8:00 pm No . 3 Oregon No . 4 LSU Cowboys Stadium • Arlington , Texas ABC W 40-27 87,711
September 3 8:00 pm No . 5 Boise State No . 19 Georgia Georgia Dome • Atlanta ( Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game ) ESPN L 35-21 73,614
Regular season -- Week One
The 2011 Southeastern Conference football season began on Thursday, September 1, 2011 with Kentucky taking on Western Kentucky on ESPNU. The season concluded on January 9, 2012 as the Alabama Crimson Tide shut out LSU Tigers, 21-0 in the Allstate BCS National Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans to claim their 14th national championship in school history.