2011 Idaho State Bengals football team

2011 Idaho State Bengals football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record2–9 (1–7 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Bailey (1st season)
Home stadiumHolt Arena
Seasons
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2012 →
2011 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Montana State $^   7 1     10 3  
No. 5 Montana† ^   5 1     6 2  
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 vacated two conference wins, five total wins, their conference co-championship, and playoff participation (three games, including two of the five total wins) in 2011
    * Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations
Rankings from The Sports Network poll, using Montana's later-diminished W–L record

The 2011 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Kramer, the Bengals compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing eighth in the Big Sky. Idaho State played their home games at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.

In the Spring of 2011, Idaho state was one of three teams ruled ineligible for the season's NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs due to Academic Progress Rate (APR) violations.[1]

  1. ^ "NCAA slaps UConn, Southern on APR". ESPN.com. May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.