2011 Norfolk State Spartans football team

The 2011 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Spartans were led by seventh-year head coach Pete Adrian and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in MEAC play to win the conference championship. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Old Dominion.

2011 Norfolk State Spartans football
MEAC champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 18–35 vs. Old Dominion
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 19
FCS CoachesNo. 22
2011 record9–3 (7–1 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Blackwell
Defensive coordinatorMark DeBastiani
Home stadiumWilliam "Dick" Price Stadium
(Capacity: 30,000)
2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 19 Norfolk State $^  7 1     9 3  
Bethune-Cookman  6 2     8 3  
South Carolina State  6 2     7 4  
Florida A&M  5 3     7 4  
Hampton  5 3     7 4  
Howard  4 4     5 6  
Morgan State  4 4     5 6  
North Carolina A&T  4 4     5 6  
Delaware State  1 7     3 8  
North Carolina Central  1 7     2 9  
Savannah State  1 7     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmVirginia State*SSCW 37–317,357
September 101:00 pmat No. 24 (FBS) West Virginia*ESPN3L 12–5551,911
September 171:00 pmat HowardW 23–94,063
September 241:30 pmat Charleston Southern*W 33–31,933
October 14:00 pmNo. 22 South Carolina State
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
SSCW 17–1410,137
October 81:00 pmat Delaware StateW 38–213,198
October 154:00 pmHampton
SSCW 34–2419,556
October 207:30 pmBethune-CookmanNo. 24
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
ESPNUL 6–1410,053
October 292:00 pmNorth Carolina A&T
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
SSCW 14–1018,752
November 55:00 pmat Savannah StateW 45–34,193
November 121:00 pmat Morgan StateNo. 22W 47–145,329
November 261:30 pmat No. 10 Old Dominion*No. 19
ESPN3L 18–3519,818

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