2011 Northern Colorado Bears football team

The 2011 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–8 in Big Sky place to finish in last place. It was the school's first winless season since 1920.[1]

2011 Northern Colorado Bears football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2011 record0–11 (0–8 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Armour
Defensive coordinatorZach Shay
Home stadiumNottingham Field
(Capacity: 6,500)
2011 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 7 Montana State +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 5 Montana +^  (7
5
1)
1
    (11
6
3)
3
 
Portland State  5 3     7 4  
Eastern Washington  5 3     6 5  
Weber State  5 3     5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 5     4 7  
Sacramento State  3 5     4 7  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
Northern Colorado  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Montana later vacated five wins, conference co-championship, and playoff participation; Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 31:30 pmLindenwood*L 20–224,393
September 1012:00 pmat Colorado State*The Mtn.L 14–3325,367
September 174:00 pmat Idaho StateL 20–506,350
September 241:30 pmWeber State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAL 21–455,692
October 11:00 pmat No. 19 MontanaKPAXL 28–5525,919
October 81:30 pmSacramento State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 0–141,189
October 155:00 pmat Eastern WashingtonSWX Right NowL 27–488,742
October 221:30 pmNo. 3 Montana State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
ALT/CSNNW/CSNCAL 21–315,301
October 291:30 pmNorth Dakota*
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVL 25–273,171
November 54:00 pmat Northern ArizonaNAU-TV/FCSPL 14–343,417
November 1212:00 pmPortland State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
L 17–233,682

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-05-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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