2011 Montana State Bobcats football team

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 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 7 Montana State +^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 5 Montana +^  (7
5		 –1)
1		     (11
6		 –3)
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 champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Montana later vacated five wins, conference co-championship, and playoff participation; Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
2011 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 13–49 vs. Sam Houston State
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 7
2011 record10–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coachRob Ash (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorBrian Wright
Defensive coordinatorJamie Marshall
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 17,777)

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 PMat Utah*No. 6
KJZZ/ Max MediaL 10–2745,311
September 101:00 PMUC Davis*No. 6
Max MediaW 38–1418,487
September 171:30 PMMinot State*No. 5
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 43–716,507
September 244:00 PMat No. 21 Eastern WashingtonNo. 4
Max Media/SWXW 36–2110,422
October 11:30 PMNo. 25 Sacramento StateNo. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 31–2118,847
October 81:00 PMat Portland StateNo. 3
Max MediaW 38–369,054
October 151:00 PMNorthern ArizonaNo. 3
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 41–2417,527
October 221:30 PMat Northern ColoradoNo. 3
ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAW 31–215,301
October 2912:00 PMIdaho StateNo. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
Max MediaW 54–1316,517
November 51:30 PMat Weber StateNo. 2
ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAW 44–246,505
November 1912:00 PMNo. 7 MontanaNo. 1
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)
KPAXL 10–3620,247
December 31:00 PMNo. 11 New Hampshire*No. 7
ESPN3W 26–2511,367
December 1010:00 AMat No. 1 Sam Houston State*No. 7
ESPNL 13–499,077

References
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