The Maine Black Bears defeated Mississippi State University, 9-7. This marked the first time that Maine defeated a Division I FBS opponent. The largest crowd that the Black Bears have ever played in front of was 77,469 fans at Memorial Stadium, when Maine fell, 25–7, to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln. The team scheduled to play BCS games at the ACC’s Boston College in 2012 and the Big Ten’s Northwestern in 2013. UM also defeated longtime rival and FBS opponent Massachusetts, 24-14, in 2013. In 2013, Maine defeated the University of Rhode Island 41-0 at home to win their first CAA title.