The Golden Panthers were led by fifth-year head coach Mario Cristobal and played their home games at FIU Stadium in Miami, Florida.

They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they were defeated by Marshall 10–20.

The UCF game broke attendance records at FIU Stadium with a crowd of 20,205.

This record was again broken two weeks later at the FIU Homecoming game versus Duke University on October 1, 2011, with a crowd of 22,628.

The Golden Panthers, going bowling for the second year in a row, are led by sophomore running back Kedrick Rhodes with 1,121 rushing yards in a season, ranks second in school history.