TOWSON, Md. - The 2011-12 school year was one filled with memories and highlights for the Tiger athletics. The Top Ten Moments from 2011-12 contains some individual highlights in addition to those involving the teams. Make sure to check back each Tuesday and Thursday to see what moments made it.

In a season of firsts, Dec. 3, 2011 proved to be another first for the Tiger football team. This is the No. 6 moment on the Top Ten Moments from the 2011-12 school year.

After capturing their first Colonial Athletic Association championship, the Tigers became the first football team in NCAA history to compete for an NCAA football championship at the Division III, Division II and FCS levels.

Excitement built for the Tigers’ first playoff appearance since 1985 quickly. By Monday of that week, the Tigers had already sold out the gold chair back section of the stadium. Tickets continued to sell quickly and before the game started on Saturday, Towson had a sell-out on its hands.

The last time any sporting event sold out at Towson University was on November 24, 1997 when Towson hosted the University of Michigan in a men’s basketball game. Tickets were still being sold on the day of the game before it was declared a sellout and a total of 5,086 fans viewed the game in the Towson Center Arena.

Towson football’s sellout marks the largest crowd to attend a college football game in Johnny Unitas® Stadium history. The previous record was set on Sept. 22, 2007 when the Tigers played host to Delaware.

A crowd of 11,196 saw a back-and-forth game dominated by two potent offenses. A safety by junior defensive lineman Tom Bianchi of Lehigh with 5:14 remaining in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference as the No. 6 Mountain Hawks (11-1) came from behind to edge No. 8 Towson University (9-3), 40-38.

While the season may have ended a little sooner than the Tigers and their faithful would have liked, the sell-out crowd was part of an energizing season of firsts.

Check back on June 28^th for the No. 5 moment in the Tiger countdown.

The Top 10 Moments From 2011-12
June 7 - Honorable Mention Selections
June 12 - No. 10 - Lingmai's No-Hitter
June 14 - No. 9 - Men's Basketball Losing Streak Ends
June 19 - No. 8 - Baseball sweeps James Madison
June 21 - No. 7 - Women's Lacrosse Plays Man-Down to Win CAA Title
June 26 - No. 6. - Football Plays Before Sell-Out Crowd for FCS Playoff Game