2011 North Dakota State Bison football team

2011 North Dakota State Bison football
NCAA Division I champion
MVFC co-champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 1
FCS CoachesNo. 1
Record14–1 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Vigen (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorScottie Hazelton (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumFargodome
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 1     14 1  
No. 6 Northern Iowa +^   7 1     10 3  
No. 20 Illinois State   5 3     7 4  
Indiana State   4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State   4 4     6 5  
South Dakota State   4 4     5 6  
Southern Illinois   2 6     4 7  
Missouri State   2 6     2 9  
Western Illinois   1 7     2 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by ninth year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 14–1, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference title with Northern Iowa.[1]

The Bison received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, their second FCS playoff bid in school history, where they advanced to the National Championship Game and defeated Sam Houston State to win their first FCS National Championship and their first national championship since 1990 when they won the Division II championship.

  1. ^ "2011 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2021.