2011 North Dakota State Bison football team

2011 North Dakota State Bison football

NCAA Division I FCS national champion MVFC co-champion
FCS National Championship Game, W 17–6 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 4
2011 record	14–1 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach	Craig Bohl (9th year)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Vigen
Defensive coordinator	Scottie Hazelton
Home stadium	Fargodome (Capacity: 18,700)

2011 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1		14	–	1
#2 Northern Iowa +^		7	–	1		10	–	3
#18 Illinois State		5	–	3		7	–	4
Indiana State		4	–	4		6	–	5
South Dakota State		4	–	4		5	–	6
Youngstown State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Southern Illinois		2	–	6		4	–	7
Missouri State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Western Illinois		1	–	7		2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2011 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by ninth year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 14–1, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference title with Northern Iowa. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, their second FCS playoff bid in school history, where they advanced to the National Championship Game and defeated Sam Houston State to win their first FCS National Championship.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 PM	Lafayette*	No. 11	Fargodome • Fargo, ND		W 42–6	17,023
September 10	6:00 PM	Saint Francis (PA)*	No. 11	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ND-NBC	W 56–3	18,341
September 24	6:00 PM	at Minnesota*	No. 8	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 37–24	48,802
October 1	1:00 PM	Illinois State*	No. 5	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ND-NBC, CSN-CHI	W 20–10	18,904
October 8	2:00 PM	at No. 20 Southern Illinois	No. 4	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 9–3	9,059
October 15	6:00 PM	Missouri State	No. 4	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	Midco Sports Net	W 51–21	18,029
October 22	2:00 PM	at South Dakota State	No. 3	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD (Dakota Marker)	Midco Sports Net	W 38–14	14,823
October 29	3:00 PM	No. 2 Northern Iowa	No. 3	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	FCS Central, ND-NBC, KXJB-TV	W 27–19	18,886
November 5	1:00 PM	at No. 21 Indiana State	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 27–16	6,412
November 12	3:00 PM	Youngstown State	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ND-NBC	L 24–27	18,450
November 19	1:00 PM	at Western Illinois	No. 5	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	KJXB-TV	W 37–21	3,560
December 3	3:00 PM	No. 17 James Madison*	No. 4	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 26–14	17,432
December 10	3:00 PM	No. 6 Lehigh*	No. 4	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	W 24–0	18,111
December 17	1:00 PM	No. 3 Georgia Southern*	No. 4	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPNU	W 35–7	18,108
January 7	12:00 PM	No. 1 Sam Houston State*	No. 4	Pizza Hut Park • Frisco, TX (FCS Playoffs National Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 17–6	20,586
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ http://www.gobison.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=2400&SPID=695&SPSID=11844

2011 North Dakota State Bison football—NCAA Division I FCS national champions

1 Marcus Williams 4 Ryan Smith 11 Carson Wentz 16 Brock Jensen 19 Ben LeCompte 22 Sam Ojuri 24 Bryan Shepherd 28 C. J. Smith 46 Andrew Bonnet 53 Kyle Emanuel 59 Joe Haeg 77 Billy Turner 78 Paul Cornick 82 Matt Veldman 88 Luke Albers 89 Zach Vraa Head coach: Craig Bohl Assistant coaches: Scottie Hazelton Chris Klieman Tyler Roehl

North Dakota State Bison football

Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)

Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 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

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football champions

1970s	1978: Florida A&M 1979: Eastern Kentucky

1980s	1980: Boise State 1981: Idaho State 1982: Eastern Kentucky 1983: Southern Illinois 1984: Montana State 1985: Georgia Southern 1986: Georgia Southern 1987: Northeast Louisiana 1988: Furman 1989: Georgia Southern

1990s	1990: Georgia Southern 1991: Youngstown State 1992: Marshall 1993: Youngstown State 1994: Youngstown State 1995: Montana 1996: Marshall 1997: Youngstown State 1998: UMass 1999: Georgia Southern

2000s	2000: Georgia Southern 2001: Montana 2002: Western Kentucky 2003: Delaware 2004: James Madison 2005: Appalachian State 2006: Appalachian State 2007: Appalachian State 2008: Richmond 2009: Villanova

2010s	2010: Eastern Washington 2011: North Dakota State 2012: North Dakota State 2013: North Dakota State 2014: North Dakota State 2015: North Dakota State

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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