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2011 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

Field	Value
mode	football
year	2011
team	Montana Grizzlies
image	Montana Griz logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Big Sky Conference
short_conf	Big Sky
TSNRank	5
FCSCoachRank	5
record	6–2, 5 wins and 1 loss vacated
conf_record	5–1
conf_wins_vacated	2
head_coach	Robin Pflugrad
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Jonathan Smith
oc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Multiple
def_coach	Mike Breske
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	[Multiple 3–4](3-4-defense)
stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium

The 2011 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. were led by second-year head coach Robin Pflugrad and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

The team finished the regular season with an overall 9–2 record, 7–1 in Big Sky play. They then won two FCS playoff games, before being eliminated in the semifinals by Sam Houston State, thus ending their season with an overall 11–3 record. On July 26, 2013, Montana was sanctioned by the NCAA, which found that "boosters provided extra benefits to players."

Schedule

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Regular season

Tennessee

Cal Poly

Eastern Washington

Sacramento State

Northern Colorado

Idaho State

Portland State

Northern Arizona

Weber State*

Western Oregon*

Montana State*

On July 26, 2013, the NCAA sanctioned Montana and forced it to vacate its last five wins of the 2011 season, Big Sky Conference co-championship and NCAA FCS playoff participation.

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Central Arkansas*

Quarterfinals–Northern Iowa*

Semifinals–Sam Houston State

On July 26, 2013, the NCAA sanctioned Montana and forced it to vacate its last five wins of the 2011 season, Big Sky Conference co-championship and NCAA FCS playoff participation.

Rankings

NCAA investigation and sanctions

In 2013, the NCAA investigated the University of Montana for violations of regulations concerning gifts to student athletes. On July 26, 2013, the NCAA announced its finding that the university had insufficiently monitored its football program, enabling boosters to provide gifts and services to players against NCAA regulations.

Much of the investigation centered on events surrounding the arrests of two Montana football players, cornerback Trumaine Johnson and backup quarterback Gerald Kemp, in October 2011. The NCAA found that boosters provided the players with bail and free legal counsel, in violation of NCAA rules. Several university personnel, including then-coach Robin Pflugrad, then-athletics director Jim O’Day, and the university compliance officer, evidently knew details of the situation but did not report them. The investigation also found that six boosters had provided smaller benefits to players over 100 times between 2004 and 2012.

Montana faced several penalties as a result of the investigation, most of which it self-imposed. Montana vacated five wins from the 2011 season in which Johnson and Kemp had played, including a win in the rivalry game against Montana State and two FCS playoff victories, vacating the school's participation in the FCS playoffs. Montana was also subjected to a probationary period and lost four scholarships in each of those years.

References

"Montana Grizzlies, 2011 Schedule".
(July 27, 2013). "NCAA penalizes Montana football program". [[The Marshall News Messenger]].
"MontanaGrizzlies.com :: The original source for Montana Grizzly sports since 1999".
Hanson, Amy Beth. (2013-07-26). "NCAA penalizes Univ. of Montana over booster perks". [[Bozeman Daily Chronicle]].

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