2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference Great West Conference
2011 record 6–5 (1–3 Great West)
Head coach Ed Lamb (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Steve Clark
Defensive coordinator Justin Ena
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500)
2011 Great West football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#23 North Dakota +  3 1     8 3  
Cal Poly +  3 1     6 5  
South Dakota  2 2     6 5  
Southern Utah  1 3     6 5  
UC Davis  1 3     4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. They are a member of the Great West Conference. This was Southern Utah's final year as a member of the Great West as they will become a full member of the Big Sky Conference in 2012.

They finished the season 6–5, 1–3 in Great West play. One of their wins came against UNLV of the FBS which was Southern Utah's second ever win against a team from the FBS (Arkansas State in 1997 being the other).

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 5:00 PM at South Dakota State* Coughlin–Alumni StadiumBrookings, SD L 28–29   10,113
September 10 1:00 PM No. 12 Sacramento State* Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT KMYU W 35–14   6,238
September 17 6:00 PM UTSA*dagger Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT KMYU W 45–22   8,683
September 24 7:00 PM at UNLV* No. 23 Sam Boyd StadiumParadise, NV The Mtn. W 41–16   18,102
October 1 1:00 PM North Dakota No. 17 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT KMYU L 20–26   4,987
October 8 3:00 PM at No. 18 South Dakota No. 22 DakotaDomeVermillion, SD L 19–24   10,169
October 15 7:00 PM at Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA KSBY L 27–31   8,232
October 22 4:00 PM at Weber State* Stewart StadiumOgden, UT W 35–28   8,657
October 29 1:00 PM UC Davis Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT KMYU W 34–3   6,602
November 12 5:00 PM at No. 5 Northern Iowa* UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA L 21–34   12,480
November 19 3:00 PM at Northern Arizona* Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ (Rivalry) NAU-TV/FCSP W 27–24   4,398
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

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