2011 North Dakota State Bison football team

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.[1] 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.

2011 North Dakota State Bison football
NCAA Division I champion
MVFC co-champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2011 record14–1 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Vigen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorScottie Hazelton (2nd season)
Home stadiumFargodome
(capacity: 18,700)
2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 North Dakota State +^  7 –1   14 –1  
No. 2 Northern Iowa +^  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 18 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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Coaching staff
Name[2]PositionYear at
North Dakota State		Alma Mater (Year)
Craig BohlHead Coach9thNebraska (1982)
Brent VigenOffensive Coordinator
Quarterbacks		14thNorth Dakota State (1998)
Chris KliemanDefensive Backs1stNorthern Iowa (1990)
Kenni BurnsRecruiting Coordinator
Wide Receivers Coach		2ndIndiana (2006)
A. J. CooperDefensive Ends Coach6thNorth Dakota State (2006)
Scott FuchsOffensive Line3rdNorth Dakota State (1995)
Nick GoeserDefensive Tackles Coach2ndWisconsin–Eau Claire (2003)
Tim PolasekSpecial Teams Coordinator
Tight Ends
Fullbacks Backs		5thConcordia (WI) (2002)
Scottie HazeltonDefensive Coordinator
Linebackers		7thFort Lewis (1994)

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 36:00 pmLafayette*No. 11
W 42–617,023[3]
September 106:00 pmSaint Francis (PA)*No. 11
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ND-NBCW 56–318,341[4]
September 246:00 pmat Minnesota*No. 8
BTNW 37–2448,802[5]
October 11:00 pmIllinois State*No. 5
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ND-NBC, CSN-CHIW 20–1018,904[6]
October 82:00 pmat No. 20 Southern IllinoisNo. 4
ESPN3W 9–39,059[7]
October 156:00 pmMissouri StateNo. 4
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
Midco Sports NetW 51–2118,029[8]
October 222:00 pmat South Dakota StateNo. 3
Midco Sports NetW 38–1414,823[9]
October 293:00 pmNo. 2 Northern IowaNo. 3
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
FCS Central, ND-NBC, KXJB-TVW 27–1918,886[10]
November 51:00 pmat No. 21 Indiana StateNo. 1
ESPN3W 27–166,412[11]
November 123:00 pmYoungstown StateNo. 1
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ND-NBCL 24–2718,450[12]
November 191:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 5
KJXB-TVW 37–213,560[13]
December 33:00 pmNo. 17 James Madison*No. 4
ESPN3W 26–1417,432[14]
December 103:00 pmNo. 6 Lehigh*No. 4
ESPN3W 24–018,111[15]
December 171:00 pmNo. 3 Georgia Southern*No. 4
ESPNUW 35–718,108[16]
January 712:00 pmNo. 1 Sam Houston State*No. 4
ESPN2W 17–620,586[17]

References
  1. "2011 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. "2012 Football Roster". NDSU. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. "Lafayette loses big to North Dakota". The Morning Call. September 4, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "A Bison beat down, Ojurji gets NDSU started off right". The Bismarck Tribune. September 11, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dakota territory". Star Tribune. September 25, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "2nd-half turnovers doom ISU in Fargo". The Pantagraph. October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Offense optional, Saluki defense holds Bison to nine points, but its not enough". Southern Illinoisan. October 9, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bad second-half start sinks Bears". The Springfield News-Leader. October 16, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Missed chances sting as Jacks fall to NDSU". Argus-Leader. October 23, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "UNI gets Buffaloed". The Courier. October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "North Dakota State beats Indiana State". The Republic. November 6, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "No. 1 Bison beaten at home". The Bismarck Tribune. November 13, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Bison share MVC". The Bismarck Tribune. November 20, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "James Madison, ODU knocked out". The News Leader. December 4, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Dome of doom". The Morning Call. December 11, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Eagles trip in semis again". Ledger-Enquirer. December 18, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Bison bring home title, defense carries NDSU to first national FCS title". The Bismarck Tribune. January 8, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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