2011 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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2011 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 7 Montana State $^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 5 Montana† ^		5	–	1					6	–	2
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 vacated two conference wins, five total wins, their conference co-championship, and playoff participation (three games, including two of the five total wins) in 2011 * Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations Rankings from The Sports Network poll, using Montana's later-diminished W–L record

The 2011 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first year head coach Earnest Collins, Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–8 in Big Sky place to finish in last place. It was the school's first winless season since 1920.

Schedule

September 31:30 PMLindenwood*

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

L 20–22 4,393 September 1012:00 PMat Colorado State*

• Hughes Stadium
• Fort Collins, CO

The Mtn.L 14–33 25,367 September 174:00 PMat Idaho State

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

L 20–50 6,350 September 241:30 PMWeber State

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAL 21–45 5,692 October 11:00 PMat No. 19 Montana

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

KPAXL 28–55 25,919 October 81:30 PMSacramento State

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

L 0–14 1,189 October 155:00 PMat Eastern Washington

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWXL 27–48 8,742 October 221:30 PMNo. 3 Montana State

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAL 21–31 5,301 October 291:30 PMNorth Dakota*

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

Big Sky TVL 25–27 3,171 November 54:00 PMat Northern Arizona

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

NAU-TV/FCSPL 14–34 3,417 November 1212:00 PMPortland State

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

L 17–23 3,682