2011 Montana State Bobcats football team

2011 Montana State Bobcats football

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
	Conf				Overall
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

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Montana vacated five wins and playoff participation; Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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.

References

↑ http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/schedules/?s=170&g=100&m=37

Montana State Bobcats football

Venues	Gatton Field (1930–1971) Van Winkle Stadium (1972) Reno H. Sales Stadium (1973–1997) Bobcat Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1947 1956 1964 1966 1976 Brawl of the Wild (Montana)

Culture & lore	Spirit of the West Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Big Sky Conference football champions

Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977) Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)

National championships in bold

2011 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Albany Appalachian State Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky Georgia Southern James Madison Lehigh Maine Montana Montana State New Hampshire Norfolk State North Dakota State Northern Iowa Old Dominion Sam Houston State Stony Brook Tennessee Tech Towson Wofford

Champion – North Dakota State

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