2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
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.
| 2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football | |
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Southland champion | |
FCS Championship Game, L 6–17 vs. North Dakota State | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 2 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 2 |
| 2011 record | 14–1 (7–0 Southland) |
| Head coach | Willie Fritz (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Bob Debesse |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Stoker |
| Home stadium | Bowers Stadium (Capacity: 12,976) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Sam Houston State $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 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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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 6:00 PM | Western Illinois* | SLC TV | W 20–6 | 6,020 | ||
| September 17 | 7:00 PM | No. 18 Central Arkansas |
| W 31–10 | 9,831 | ||
| September 24 | 5:00 PM | at New Mexico* | No. 20 |
| W 48–45 OT | 16,313 | |
| October 1 | 6:00 PM | UTSA* | No. 16 |
| W 22–7 | 6,889 | |
| October 8 | 2:00 PM | vs. Stephen F. Austin | No. 11 |
| SLC TV | W 45–10 | 25,083 |
| October 15 | 2:00 PM | Nicholls State | No. 10 |
| W 47–7 | 6,483 | |
| October 22 | 7:00 PM | at McNeese State | No. 7 | W 38–14 | 12,742 | ||
| October 29 | 2:00 PM | Lamar | No. 6 |
| KBTV | W 66–0 | 6,575 |
| November 5 | 7:00 PM | at Southeastern Louisiana | No. 4 | W 38–9 | 4,871 | ||
| November 12 | 2:00 PM | Northwestern State | No. 3 |
| ESPN GamePlan | W 43–17 | 6,643 |
| November 19 | 3:30 PM | at Texas State* | No. 2 | W 36–14 | 15,613 | ||
| December 3 | 2:00 PM | No. 22 Stony Brook* | No. 1 |
| ESPN3 | W 34–27 | 8,161 |
| December 10 | 11:00 AM | No. 7 Montana State* | No. 1 |
| ESPN | W 49–13 | 9,077 |
| December 16 | 7:00 PM | No. 5 Montana* | No. 1 |
| ESPN | W 31–28 | 12,367 |
| January 7 | 12:00 PM | vs. No. 4 North Dakota State* | No. 1 |
| ESPN2 | L 6–17 | 20,086 |
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