This was the first season under the guidance of head coach Steve Davenport and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium.
Radio flagship: WHCJ Broadcasters: Steve Richards (play-by-play), Curtis Foster (analyst) at Henderson Stadium, (Macon, Georgia) in the Music City Classic The Tigers lost the season opener, 37-34, as the Golden Rams' quarterback Stan Jennings scored on a twelve-yard run with 26 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of the 2011 Music City Classic.
[3] Derek Williams kicked a 52-yard field goal, breaking the SSU record of 51 yards which was set by Calvin Tucker in 1986.
[5] The Tigers trailed 27-0 and halftime and were only able to muster one score, a 10-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter by quarterback Antonio Bostick.
[5] Starting quarterback AJ DeFilippis left the game early in the second quarter with a head injury.
[8] at Ted Wright Stadium (Savannah, Georgia) in the Coming Home / Hall of Fame Game The Tigers scored first in the newly renovated Ted Wright Stadium, taking a 7-0 lead with seconds left in the first quarter, but the Howard Bison scored 20 unanswered points in the second quarter en route to a 34-14 win in the Tigers first home game of the season.
[10]at Hughes Stadium (Baltimore, Maryland) A boisterous crowd of 14,356 were on hand as the Tigers gave up 30 points for the sixth consecutive game the season in a 44-17 loss to Morgan State.
[11] at Ted Wright Stadium (Savannah, Georgia) The Tigers scored their only touchdown of the game on a 38-yard TD run by Sheldon Barnes with 11:09 to go in the third.
The Tigers led at halftime after Nate Clay tackled a Hampton player in the end zone for a safety and Derek Williams kicked a 22-yard field goal.
The Tigers fell to 1-9.at Ted Wright Stadium (Savannah, Georgia) The Bulldogs of South Carolina State took a 17-0 early in the second quarter and SSU's Derek Williams kicked a 33-yard field goal with just over 5 minutes left before halftime.
The Tigers scored early in the 4th quarter as Antonio Bostick threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Brian Lackey, but the Bulldogs responded with a 45-yard field goal with 4:16 remaining in the game.