2011 Maine Black Bears football team

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Ranking
Sports Network	No. 13
FCS Coaches	No. 13

2011 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Towson $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 10 Old Dominion ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 8 Maine ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 11 New Hampshire ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 17 Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 15 James Madison ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
Villanova		1	–	7					2	–	9
Richmond		0	–	8					3	–	8
UMass *		0	–	0					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – UMass' conference record was 0–0 because they were transitioning to FBS. Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Black Bears were led by 19th year head coach Jack Cosgrove and played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in a three way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Appalachian State in the second round before falling to Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals.

Schedule

September 35:00 PMBryant*

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME

W 28–13 6,041 September 101:00 PMat Pittsburgh*

• Heinz Field
• Pittsburgh, PA

ESPN3L 29–35 41,230 September 176:00 PMat Albany*

• University Field
• Albany, NY

ESPN3W 31–15 4,944 October 13:00 PMNo. 6 Delaware

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME

TWC9W 31–17 6,000 October 83:30 PMat No. 7 James MadisonNo. 19

• Bridgeforth Stadium
• Harrisonburg, VA

WABIW 25–24 ^OT24,023 October 151:00 PMRhode IslandNo. 12

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME

CSNNEW 27–21 7,256 October 223:30 PMat No. 18 RichmondNo. 9

• Robins Stadium
• Richmond, VA

WABIW 23–22 8,700 October 293:30 PMat VillanovaNo. 8

• Villanova Stadium
• Villanova, PA

W 41–25 3,201 November 512:30 PMNo. 14 TowsonNo. 7

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME

L 30–40 5,258 November 1212:30 PMMassachusettsNo. 13

• Alfond Stadium
• Orono, ME

WABI/CSNW 32–21 4,460 November 1912:00 PMat No. 12 New HampshireNo. 11

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)

WABIL 27–30 8,536 December 32:00 PMat No. 9 Appalachian State*No. 13

• Kidd Brewer Stadium
• Boone, NC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3W 34–12 15,291 December 102:00 PMat No. 3 Georgia Southern*No. 13

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

ESPN3L 23–35 12,886