2011 Montana State Bobcats football team
2011 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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Big Sky champion | |
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 13–49 vs. Sam Houston State | |
Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 7 |
FCS Coaches | No. 7 |
2011 record | 10–3 (7–1 Big Sky) |
Head coach | Rob Ash (5th year) |
Offensive coordinator | Brian Wright |
Defensive coordinator | Jamie Marshall |
Home stadium |
Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777) |
The 2011 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by fifth-year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. Montana State is a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to win the conference championship after it was determined on July 26, 2013 by the NCAA that Montana had played its final six games with ineligible players. Montana State and Montana had finished tied for the conference title at 7-1 prior to the NCAA ruling. MSU received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated New Hampshire in the second round before falling to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals.
2011 Big Sky football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#7 Montana State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Montana | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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Non-Conference Schedule | |||||||||
September 1 | 6:00 PM | at Utah* | No. 6 | Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | KJZZ/ Max Media | L 10–27 | 45,311 | ||
September 10 | 1:00 PM | UC Davis* | No. 6 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT | Max Media | W 38–14 | 18,487 | ||
September 17 | 1:30 PM | Minot State* | No. 5 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT | Max Media | W 43–7 | 16,507 | ||
Conference Schedule | |||||||||
September 24 | 4:00 PM | at No. 21 E. Washington | No. 4 | Roos Field • Cheney, WA | Max Media/SWX | W 36–21 | 10,422 | ||
October 1 | 1:30 PM | No. 25 Sacramento State | No. 4 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT | Max Media | W 31–21 | 18,847 | ||
October 8 | 1:00 PM | at Portland State | No. 3 | Jeld-Wen Field • Portland, OR | Max Media | W 38–36 | 9,054 | ||
October 15 | 1:00 PM | Northern Arizona | No. 3 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT | Max Media | W 41–24 | 17,527 | ||
October 22 | 1:30 PM | at Northern Colorado | No. 3 | Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO | ALT/CSNNW/CSNCA | W 31–21 | 5,301 | ||
October 29 | 12:00 PM | Idaho State | No. 4 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT | Max Media | W 54–13 | 16,517 | ||
November 5 | 1:30 PM | at Weber State | No. 2 | Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT | ALT/CSNNW/CSNCA | W 44–24 | 6,505 | ||
November 19 | 12:00 PM | No. 7 Montana | No. 1 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild) | KPAX | L 10–36 | 20,247 | ||
2011 FCS Playoffs | |||||||||
December 3 | 1:00 PM | No. 11 New Hampshire* | No. 7 | Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (FCS Second Round) | ESPN3 | W 26–25 | 11,367 | ||
December 10 | 10:00 AM | at No. 1 Sam Houston State* | No. 7 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Quarterfinal) | ESPN | L 13–49 | 9,077 | ||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time. |