2011 Montana State Bobcats football team

The 2011 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Rob Ash, the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference place play, sharing the Big Sky title with Montana. Montana vacated its share of the title on July 26, 2013 after the NCAA determined that Montana had played its final six games with ineligible players. Montana State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated New Hampshire in the second round before falling to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Montana/

2011 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 7
Record10–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Wright (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJamie Marshall (5th season)
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
(capacity: 17,777)
2011 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Montana State $^  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 5 Montana† ^  5 –1   6 –2  
Portland State  5 –3   7 –4  
Eastern Washington  5 –3   6 –5  
Weber State  5 –3   5 –6  
Northern Arizona  3 –5   4 –7  
Sacramento State  3 –5   4 –7  
Idaho State*  1 –7   2 –9  
Northern Colorado  0 –8   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • † Montana vacated two conference wins, five total wins, their conference co-championship, and playoff participation (three games, including two of the five total wins) in 2011
    * Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations
Rankings from The Sports Network poll, using Montana's later-diminished W–L record

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmat Utah*No. 6
KJZZ/ Max MediaL 10–2745,311
September 101:00 pmUC Davis*No. 6
Max MediaW 38–1418,487
September 171:30 pmMinot State*No. 5
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 43–716,507
September 244:00 pmat No. 21 Eastern WashingtonNo. 4
Max Media/SWXW 36–2110,422
October 11:30 pmNo. 25 Sacramento StateNo. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 31–2118,847
October 81:00 pmat Portland StateNo. 3
Max MediaW 38–369,054
October 151:00 pmNorthern ArizonaNo. 3
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 41–2417,527
October 221:30 pmat Northern ColoradoNo. 3
ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAW 31–215,301
October 2912:00 pmIdaho StateNo. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 54–1316,517
November 51:30 pmat Weber StateNo. 2
ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAW 44–246,505
November 1912:00 pmNo. 7 MontanaNo. 1
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT (rivalry)
KPAXL 10–3620,247
December 31:00 pmNo. 11 New Hampshire*No. 7
ESPN3W 26–2511,367
December 1010:00 amat No. 1 Sam Houston State*No. 7
ESPNL 13–499,077

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