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2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season
American college football season
American college football season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2011 |
| image | NCAA logo.svg |
| number_of_teams | 126 |
| regular_season | September – November |
| playoffs | November 26 – December 17 |
| nc_date | [January 7, 2012](2012-ncaa-division-i-football-championship-game) |
| championship | Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX |
| champions | [North Dakota State](2011-north-dakota-state-bison-football-team) |
| payton | Bo Levi Mitchell, Eastern Washington |
| buchanan | Matt Evans, New Hampshire |
The 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The season began on September 1, 2011, and concluded with the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 7, 2012, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State won their first FCS championship, defeating Sam Houston State by a final score of 17–6.
Conference changes and new programs
Main article: 2010–12 NCAA conference realignment
| School | 2010 conference | 2011 conference |
|---|---|---|
| Lamar | FCS Independent | Southland |
| Old Dominion | CAA | |
| Savannah State | MEAC | |
| South Alabama | *New program*+ | FCS Independent |
| UTSA | *New program* | |
| Texas State | Southland |
- "unclassified" for 2009 (partial season) and 2010 (full season)
FCS team wins over FBS teams
September 3: Richmond 23, Duke 21
September 3: Sacramento State 29, Oregon State 28OT
September 17: Indiana State 44, Western Kentucky 16
September 24: North Dakota State 37, Minnesota 24
September 24: Sam Houston State 48, New Mexico 45 OT
September 24: Southern Utah 41, UNLV 16
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Championship games
| Conference | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAC | [Grambling State](2011-grambling-state-tigers-football-team) | [Alabama A&M](2011-alabama-a-m-bulldogs-football-team) | 16–15 | Casey Therriault (QB, [Jackson State](2011-jackson-state-tigers-football-team)) | Adrian Hamilton (DE, [Prairie View A&M](2011-prairie-view-a-m-panthers-football-team)) |
| Cliff Exama (Grambling State) |
Other conference winners
Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.
| Conference | Champion | Record | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky | [Montana State](2011-montana-state-bobcats-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Bo Levi Mitchell ([Eastern Washington](2011-eastern-washington-eagles-football-team)) | Caleb McSurdy ([Montana](2011-montana-grizzlies-football-team)) | Robin Pflugrad (Montana) |
| Big South | [Stony Brook](2011-stony-brook-seawolves-football-team) | 8–3 (6–0) | Miguel Maysonet (Stony Brook) | Justin Bethel ([Presbyterian](2011-presbyterian-blue-hose-football-team)) | Chuck Priore (Stony Brook) |
| CAA | [Towson](2011-towson-tigers-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Kevin Decker ([New Hampshire](2011-new-hampshire-wildcats-football-team)) | Ronnie Cameron ([Old Dominion](2011-old-dominion-monarchs-football-team)) | Rob Ambrose (Towson) |
| Great West | [North Dakota](2011-north-dakota-fighting-sioux-football-team) | ||||
| [Cal Poly](2011-cal-poly-mustangs-football-team) | 8–3 (3–1) | ||||
| 6–5 (3–1) | Brad Sorensen ([Southern Utah](2011-southern-utah-thunderbirds-football-team)) | Tyler Osborne (Southern Utah) | Chris Mussman (North Dakota) | ||
| Ivy | [Harvard](2011-harvard-crimson-football-team) | 9–1 (7–0) | Jeff Mathews ([Cornell](2011-cornell-big-red-football-team)) | Josue Ortiz (Harvard) | |
| MEAC | [Norfolk State](2011-norfolk-state-spartans-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Mike Mayhew ([North Carolina A&T](2011-north-carolina-a-t-aggies-football-team)) | ||
| Chris Walley (Norfolk State) | Ryan Davis ([Bethune–Cookman](2011-bethune-cookman-wildcats-football-team)) | Pete Adrian (Norfolk State) | |||
| MVFC | [North Dakota State](2011-north-dakota-state-bison-football-team) | ||||
| [Northern Iowa](2011-northern-iowa-panthers-football-team) | 10–1 (7–1) | ||||
| 9–2 (7–1) | Shakir Bell ([Indiana State](2011-indiana-state-sycamores-football-team)) | L. J. Fort (Northern Iowa) | Craig Bohl (North Dakota State) | ||
| NEC | [Duquesne](2011-duquesne-dukes-football-team) | ||||
| [Albany](2011-albany-great-danes-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | ||||
| 8–3 (7–1) | Jordan Brown ([Bryant](2011-bryant-bulldogs-football-team)) | Serge Kona (Duquesne) | Bob Ford (Albany) | ||
| OVC | [Tennessee Tech](2011-tennessee-tech-golden-eagles-football-team) | ||||
| [Eastern Kentucky](2011-eastern-kentucky-colonels-football-team) | |||||
| [Jacksonville State](2011-jacksonville-state-gamecocks-football-team) | 7–3 (6–2) | ||||
| 7–4 (6–2) | |||||
| 7–4 (6–2) | Tim Benford (Tennessee Tech) | Rico Council ([Tennessee State](2011-tennessee-state-tigers-football-team)) | Watson Brown (Tennessee Tech) | ||
| Patriot | [Lehigh](2011-lehigh-mountain-hawks-football-team) | 10–1 (6–0) | Chris Lum (Lehigh) | Andrew Schaetzke ([Georgetown](2011-georgetown-hoyas-football-team)) | Kevin Kelly (Georgetown) |
| Pioneer | [San Diego](2011-san-diego-toreros-football-team) | ||||
| [Drake](2011-drake-bulldogs-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Mike Piatkowski (Drake) | Blake Oliaro (San Diego) | Ron Caragher (San Diego) | |
| Southern | [Georgia Southern](2011-georgia-southern-eagles-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Eric Breitenstein (Wofford) | Brent Russell (Georgia Southern) | Jeff Monken (Georgia Southern) |
| Southland | [Sam Houston State](2011-sam-houston-state-bearkats-football-team) | 11–0 (7–0) | Richard Sincere (Sam Houston State) | Darnell Taylor (Sam Houston State) | Willie Fritz (Sam Houston State) |
Playoff qualifiers
Automatic berths for conference champions
- Big Sky Conference – Montana
- Big South Conference – Stony Brook
- Colonial Athletic Association – Towson
- Missouri Valley Football Conference – North Dakota State
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Norfolk State
- Northeast Conference – Albany
- Ohio Valley Conference – Tennessee Tech
- Patriot League – Lehigh
- Southern Conference – Georgia Southern
- Southland Conference – Sam Houston State
At large qualifiers
- Big Sky Conference – Montana State
- Colonial Athletic Association – James Madison, Maine, New Hampshire, Old Dominion
- Missouri Valley Football Conference – Northern Iowa
- Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
- Southern Conference – Appalachian State, Wofford
- Southland Conference – Central Arkansas
No teams from the conferences that do not have automatic bids—currently the Great West Conference and Pioneer Football League—received bids.
Abstains
- Ivy League – Harvard
- Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State
Postseason
NCAA Division I playoff bracket
November 26 Campus sites December 3 Campus sites December 9 and December 10 Campus sites December 16 and December 17 Campus sites
January 7 Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Albany | RD1-score3= 28 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= Stony Brook* | RD1-score4= 31 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= Central Arkansas | RD1-score11= 34 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Tennessee Tech* | RD1-score12= 14 | RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19= James Madison | RD1-score19= 20 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20= Eastern Kentucky* | RD1-score20= 17 | RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27= Norfolk State | RD1-score27= 18 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28= Old Dominion* | RD1-score28= 35 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Stony Brook | RD2-score1= 27 | RD2-seed2= 1 | RD2-team2= Sam Houston State* | RD2-score2= 34 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= New Hampshire | RD2-score3= 25 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= Montana State* | RD2-score4= 26 | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5= Central Arkansas | RD2-score5= 14 | RD2-seed6= 4 | RD2-team6= Montana* | RD2-score6= 41 | RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7= Wofford | RD2-score7= 21 | RD2-seed8= 5 | RD2-team8= Northern Iowa* | RD2-score8= 28 | RD2-seed9= | RD2-team9= James Madison | RD2-score9= 14 | RD2-seed10= 2 | RD2-team10= North Dakota State* | RD2-score10= 26 | RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11= Lehigh | RD2-score11= 40 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12= Towson* | RD2-score12= 38 | RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13= Old Dominion | RD2-score13= 48 | RD2-seed14= 3 | RD2-team14= Georgia Southern* | RD2-score14= 55 | RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15= Maine | RD2-score15= 34 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16= Appalachian State* | RD2-score16= 12 | RD3-seed1= 1 | RD3-team1= Sam Houston State* | RD3-score1= 49 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= Montana State | RD3-score2= 13 | RD3-seed3= 4 | RD3-team3= Montana* | RD3-score3= 48 | RD3-seed4= 5 | RD3-team4= Northern Iowa | RD3-score4= 10 | RD3-seed5= 2 | RD3-team5= North Dakota State* | RD3-score5= 24 | RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6= Lehigh | RD3-score6= 0 | RD3-seed7= 3 | RD3-team7= Georgia Southern* | RD3-score7= 35 | RD3-seed8= | RD3-team8= Maine | RD3-score8= 23 | RD4-seed1= 1 | RD4-team1= Sam Houston State* | RD4-score1= 31 | RD4-seed2= 4 | RD4-team2= Montana | RD4-score2= 28 | RD4-seed3= 2 | RD4-team3= North Dakota State* | RD4-score3= 35 | RD4-seed4= 3 | RD4-team4= Georgia Southern | RD4-score4= 7 | RD5-seed1= 1 | RD5-team1= Sam Houston State | RD5-score1= 6 | RD5-seed2= 2 | RD5-team2= North Dakota State | RD5-score2= 17
- Host institution
SWAC Championship Game
Main article: SWAC Championship Game
| Date | Location | Venue | West Div. Champion | East Div. Champion | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 10 |
Conference summaries
Championship games
| Conference | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAC | [Grambling State](2011-grambling-state-tigers-football-team) | [Alabama A&M](2011-alabama-a-m-bulldogs-football-team) | 16–15 | Casey Therriault (QB, [Jackson State](2011-jackson-state-tigers-football-team)) | Adrian Hamilton (DE, [Prairie View A&M](2011-prairie-view-a-m-panthers-football-team)) |
| Cliff Exama (Grambling State) |
Other conference winners
Note: Records are regular-season only, and do not include playoff games.
| Conference | Champion | Record | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Coach of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky | [Montana State](2011-montana-state-bobcats-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Bo Levi Mitchell ([Eastern Washington](2011-eastern-washington-eagles-football-team)) | Caleb McSurdy ([Montana](2011-montana-grizzlies-football-team)) | Robin Pflugrad (Montana) |
| Big South | [Stony Brook](2011-stony-brook-seawolves-football-team) | 8–3 (6–0) | Miguel Maysonet (Stony Brook) | Justin Bethel ([Presbyterian](2011-presbyterian-blue-hose-football-team)) | Chuck Priore (Stony Brook) |
| CAA | [Towson](2011-towson-tigers-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Kevin Decker ([New Hampshire](2011-new-hampshire-wildcats-football-team)) | Ronnie Cameron ([Old Dominion](2011-old-dominion-monarchs-football-team)) | Rob Ambrose (Towson) |
| Great West | [North Dakota](2011-north-dakota-fighting-sioux-football-team) | ||||
| [Cal Poly](2011-cal-poly-mustangs-football-team) | 8–3 (3–1) | ||||
| 6–5 (3–1) | Brad Sorensen ([Southern Utah](2011-southern-utah-thunderbirds-football-team)) | Tyler Osborne (Southern Utah) | Chris Mussman (North Dakota) | ||
| Ivy | [Harvard](2011-harvard-crimson-football-team) | 7–0 (9–1) | Jeff Mathews ([Cornell](2011-cornell-big-red-football-team)) | Josue Ortiz (Harvard) | |
| MEAC | [Norfolk State](2011-norfolk-state-spartans-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Mike Mayhew ([North Carolina A&T](2011-north-carolina-a-t-aggies-football-team)) | ||
| Chris Walley (Norfolk State) | Ryan Davis ([Bethune–Cookman](2011-bethune-cookman-wildcats-football-team)) | Pete Adrian (Norfolk State) | |||
| MVFC | [North Dakota State](2011-north-dakota-state-bison-football-team) | ||||
| [Northern Iowa](2011-northern-iowa-panthers-football-team) | 10–1 (7–1) | ||||
| 9–2 (7–1) | Shakir Bell ([Indiana State](2011-indiana-state-sycamores-football-team)) | L. J. Fort (Northern Iowa) | Craig Bohl (North Dakota State) | ||
| NEC | [Duquesne](2011-duquesne-dukes-football-team) | ||||
| [Albany](2011-albany-great-danes-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | ||||
| 8–3 (7–1) | Jordan Brown ([Bryant](2011-bryant-bulldogs-football-team)) | Serge Kona (Duquesne) | Bob Ford (Albany) | ||
| OVC | [Tennessee Tech](2011-tennessee-tech-golden-eagles-football-team) | ||||
| [Eastern Kentucky](2011-eastern-kentucky-colonels-football-team) | |||||
| [Jacksonville State](2011-jacksonville-state-gamecocks-football-team) | 7–3 (6–2) | ||||
| 7–4 (6–2) | |||||
| 7–4 (6–2) | Tim Benford (Tennessee Tech) | Rico Council ([Tennessee State](2011-tennessee-state-tigers-football-team)) | Watson Brown (Tennessee Tech) | ||
| Patriot | [Lehigh](2011-lehigh-mountain-hawks-football-team) | 10–1 (6–0) | Chris Lum (Lehigh) | Andrew Schaetzke ([Georgetown](2011-georgetown-hoyas-football-team)) | Kevin Kelly (Georgetown) |
| Pioneer | [San Diego](2011-san-diego-toreros-football-team) | ||||
| [Drake](2011-drake-bulldogs-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Mike Piatkowski (Drake) | Blake Oliaro (San Diego) | Ron Caragher (San Diego) | |
| Southern | [Georgia Southern](2011-georgia-southern-eagles-football-team) | 9–2 (7–1) | Eric Breitenstein (Wofford) | Brent Russell (Georgia Southern) | Jeff Monken (Georgia Southern) |
| Southland | [Sam Houston State](2011-sam-houston-state-bearkats-football-team) | 11–0 (7–0) | Richard Sincere (Sam Houston State) | Darnell Taylor (Sam Houston State) | Willie Fritz (Sam Houston State) |
References
References
- Benson, Reggie. (December 10, 2011). "Bulldogs come up short again against Tigers". The Huntsville Times.
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