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2011 Central Arkansas Bears football team

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2011 Central Arkansas Bears football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Montana, L 14–41
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 15
Record9–4 (6–1 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrooks Hollingsworth
Defensive coordinatorMatt Williamson
Home stadiumEstes Stadium
(Capacity: 8,700)
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Sam Houston State $^   7 0     14 1  
No. 14 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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 PMHenderson State*No. 18W 38–1412,755
September 106:00 PMat Louisiana Tech*No. 18ESPN3L 42–48 OT20,652
September 176:00 PMat Sam Houston StateNo. 18L 10–319,831
September 247:00 PMat Arkansas State*KATVL 24–5327,918
October 16:00 PMStephen F. Austin
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, Arkansas
W 38–2811,127
October 82:00 PMat Nicholls StateW 37–315,432
October 153:00 PMNo. 22 McNeese State
SLC TVW 21–189,528
October 223:00 PMat LamarSLC TVW 38–2415,367
October 296:00 PMSoutheastern Louisianadagger
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, Arkansas
W 55–2910,543
November 53:00 PMat Northwestern StateNo. 25SLC TVW 45–209,156
November 124:00 PMTexas State*No. 19
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, Arkansas
W 23–227,724
November 262:00 PMat No. 21 Tennessee Tech*No. 15
ESPN3W 34–146,115
December 31:00 PMat No. 5 Montana*No. 15ESPN3L 14–4122,005

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