2011 Central Arkansas Bears football team
| 2011 Central Arkansas Bears football | |
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FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Montana, L 14–41 | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 15 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 15 |
| 2011 record | 9–4 (6–1 Southland) |
| Head coach | Clint Conque (12th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Brooks Hollingsworth |
| Defensive coordinator | Matt Williamson |
| Home stadium |
Estes Stadium (Capacity: 8,700) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Sam Houston State $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 Central Arkansas ^ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by 12th year head coach Clint Conque and played their home games at Estes Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–1 in Southland play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Tennessee Tech in the first round before falling to Montana in the second round.
Estes Stadium had a new playing surface for 2011, a synthetic turf that is stripped purple and gray with black endzones. The field is the third non green field in Division I football behind Bronco Stadium at Boise State of the FBS (blue) and Roos Field at Eastern Washington (red).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 1 | 7:00 PM | Henderson State* | No. 18 | Estes Stadium • Conway, Arkansas | W 38–14 | 12,755 | |||
| September 10 | 6:00 PM | at Louisiana Tech* | No. 18 | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana | ESPN3 | L 42–48 OT | 20,652 | ||
| September 17 | 6:00 PM | at Sam Houston State | No. 18 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, Texas | L 10–31 | 9,831 | |||
| September 24 | 7:00 PM | at Arkansas State* | ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, Arkansas | KATV | L 24–53 | 27,918 | |||
| October 1 | 6:00 PM | Stephen F. Austin | Estes Stadium • Conway, Arkansas | W 38–28 | 11,127 | ||||
| October 8 | 2:00 PM | at Nicholls State | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, Louisiana | W 37–31 | 5,432 | ||||
| October 15 | 3:00 PM | No. 22 McNeese State | Estes Stadium • Conway, Arkansas (Red Beans and Rice Bowl) | SLC TV | W 21–18 | 9,528 | |||
| October 22 | 3:00 PM | at Lamar | Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, Texas | SLC TV | W 38–24 | 15,367 | |||
| October 29 | 6:00 PM | Southeastern Louisiana |
Estes Stadium • Conway, Arkansas | W 55–29 | 10,543 | ||||
| November 5 | 3:00 PM | at Northwestern State | No. 25 | Harry Turpin Stadium • Natchitoches, Louisiana | SLC TV | W 45–20 | 9,156 | ||
| November 12 | 4:00 PM | Texas State* | No. 19 | Estes Stadium • Conway, Arkansas | W 23–22 | 7,724 | |||
| November 26 | 2:00 PM | at No. 21 Tennessee Tech* | No. 15 | Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, Tennessee (FCS Playoffs First Round) | ESPN3 | W 34–14 | 6,115 | ||
| December 3 | 1:00 PM | at No. 5 Montana* | No. 15 | Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Montana (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | L 14–41 | 22,005 | ||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||