2011 North Dakota State Bison football team
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2011 North Dakota State Bison football | |
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NCAA Division I FCS national champion MVFC co-champion | |
FCS Championship Game, W 17–6 vs. Sam Houston State | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 4 |
FCS Coaches | No. 4 |
Record | 14–1 (7–1 MVFC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Brent Vigen (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Scottie Hazelton (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Fargodome (Capacity: 18,700) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Northern Iowa +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Illinois State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by ninth year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 14–1, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference title with Northern Iowa. This was the last season until the December 9th 2017 FCS Semifinal game against Wofford that the Home Attendance at the FargoDome was under 18,000. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, their second FCS playoff bid in school history, where they advanced to the National Championship Game and defeated Sam Houston State to win their first FCS National Championship.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 PM | Lafayette* | No. 11 | W 42–6 | 17,023 | ||
September 10 | 6:00 PM | Saint Francis (PA)* | No. 11 |
| ND-NBC | W 56–3 | 18,341 |
September 24 | 6:00 PM | at Minnesota* | No. 8 | BTN | W 37–24 | 48,802 | |
October 1 | 1:00 PM | Illinois State*![]() | No. 5 |
| ND-NBC, CSN-CHI | W 20–10 | 18,904 |
October 8 | 2:00 PM | at No. 20 Southern Illinois | No. 4 | ESPN3 | W 9–3 | 9,059 | |
October 15 | 6:00 PM | Missouri State | No. 4 |
| Midco Sports Net | W 51–21 | 18,029 |
October 22 | 2:00 PM | at South Dakota State | No. 3 | Midco Sports Net | W 38–14 | 14,823 | |
October 29 | 3:00 PM | No. 2 Northern Iowa | No. 3 |
| FCS Central, ND-NBC, KXJB-TV | W 27–19 | 18,886 |
November 5 | 1:00 PM | at No. 21 Indiana State | No. 1 | ESPN3 | W 27–16 | 6,412 | |
November 12 | 3:00 PM | Youngstown State | No. 1 |
| ND-NBC | L 24–27 | 18,450 |
November 19 | 1:00 PM | at Western Illinois | No. 5 | KJXB-TV | W 37–21 | 3,560 | |
December 3 | 3:00 PM | No. 17 James Madison* | No. 4 |
| ESPN3 | W 26–14 | 17,432 |
December 10 | 3:00 PM | No. 6 Lehigh* | No. 4 |
| ESPN3 | W 24–0 | 18,111 |
December 17 | 1:00 PM | No. 3 Georgia Southern* | No. 4 |
| ESPNU | W 35–7 | 18,108 |
January 7 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 Sam Houston State* | No. 4 |
| ESPN2 | W 17–6 | 20,586 |
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References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
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