2011 Central Arkansas Bears football team

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.

2011 Central Arkansas Bears football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Montana, L 14–41
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 15
2011 record9–4 (6–1 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrooks Hollingsworth
Defensive coordinatorMatt Williamson
Home stadiumEstes Stadium
(Capacity: 8,700)
2011 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Sam Houston State $^  7 –0     14 –1  
No. 15 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 FCS Poll

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. 18
W 38–1412,755
September 106:00 pmat Louisiana Tech*No. 18
ESPN3L 42–48 OT20,652
September 176:00 pmat Sam Houston StateNo. 18
L 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 State
W 37–315,432
October 153:00 pmNo. 22 McNeese State
SLC TVW 21–189,528
October 223:00 pmat Lamar
SLC TVW 38–2415,367
October 296:00 pmSoutheastern Louisiana
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, Arkansas
W 55–2910,543
November 53:00 pmat Northwestern StateNo. 25
SLC 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. 15
ESPN3L 14–4122,005

References
  1. http://www.ucasports.com/schedule.aspx?path=football
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