2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
| 2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football | |
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Southland champion | |
FCS National Championship Game, L 6–17 vs. North Dakota State | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 1 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 1 |
| 2011 record | 14–1 (7–0 Southland) |
| Head coach | Willie Fritz (2nd year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Bob Debesse |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Stoker |
| Home stadium |
Bowers Stadium (Capacity: 12,976) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Sam Houston State $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bearkats were led by second year head coach Willie Fritz and played their home games at Bowers Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 14–1, 7–0 in Southland play to win the conference championship. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they advanced to the National Championship Game before falling to North Dakota State 6–17.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 1 | 6:00 PM | Western Illinois* | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | SLC TV | W 20–6 | 6,020 | |||
| September 17 | 7:00 PM | No. 18 Central Arkansas | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | W 31–10 | 9,831 | ||||
| September 24 | 5:00 PM | at New Mexico* | No. 20 | University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM | W 48–45 OT | 16,313 | |||
| October 1 | 6:00 PM | UTSA* | No. 16 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | W 22–7 | 6,889 | |||
| October 8 | 2:00 PM | vs. Stephen F. Austin | No. 11 | Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Battle of the Piney Woods) | SLC TV | W 45–10 | 25,083 | ||
| October 15 | 2:00 PM | Nicholls State |
No. 10 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | W 47–7 | 6,483 | |||
| October 22 | 7:00 PM | at McNeese State | No. 7 | Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA | W 38–14 | 12,742 | |||
| October 29 | 2:00 PM | Lamar | No. 6 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | KBTV | W 66–0 | 6,575 | ||
| November 5 | 7:00 PM | at Southeastern Louisiana | No. 4 | Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA | W 38–9 | 4,871 | |||
| November 12 | 2:00 PM | Northwestern State | No. 3 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX | ESPN GamePlan | W 43–17 | 6,643 | ||
| November 19 | 3:30 PM | at Texas State* | No. 2 | Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX | W 36–14 | 15,613 | |||
| December 3 | 2:00 PM | No. 22 Stony Brook* | No. 1 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | W 34–27 | 8,161 | ||
| December 10 | 11:00 AM | No. 7 Montana State* | No. 1 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) | ESPN | W 49–13 | 9,077 | ||
| December 16 | 7:00 PM | No. 5 Montana* | No. 1 | Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Semifinals) | ESPN | W 31–28 | 12,367 | ||
| January 7 | 12:00 PM | vs. No. 4 North Dakota State* | No. 1 | Pizza Hut Park • Frisco, TX (FCS National Championship Game) | ESPN2 | L 6–17 | 20,086 | ||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
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