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2011 Missouri State

2–⁠9 (2–⁠6 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Missouri State in 2011, game by game: lost at No. 15 Arkansas 7–51; lost at Eastern Kentucky 24–28; lost at No. 12 Oregon 7–56; lost at Southern Illinois 18–20; lost vs. Northern Iowa 7–42; lost vs. Illinois State 13–38; lost at North Dakota State 21–51; won at Western Illinois 31–17; lost vs. South Dakota State 36–43; lost vs. Indiana State 20–28; won at Youngstown State 38–34+14−49Lost 7–51 at No. 15 Arkansas-44No. 15 ArkansasLost 24–28 at Eastern Kentucky-4Eastern KentuckyLost 7–56 at No. 12 Oregon-49No. 12 OregonLost 18–20 at Southern Illinois-2Southern Illino…Lost 7–42 vs. Northern Iowa-35Northern IowaLost 13–38 vs. Illinois State-25Illinois StateLost 21–51 at North Dakota State-30North Dakota St…Won 31–17 at Western Illinois+14Western IllinoisLost 36–43 vs. South Dakota State-7South Dakota St…Lost 20–28 vs. Indiana State-8Indiana StateWon 38–34 at Youngstown State+4Youngstown State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at15ArkansasL 7–⁠519%
Sep 10atEastern KentuckyL 24–⁠2838%
Sep 17at12OregonL 7–⁠566%
Sep 24atSouthern IllinoisL 18–⁠2029%
Oct 1vsNorthern IowaL 7–⁠4237%
Oct 8vsIllinois StateL 13–⁠3853%
Oct 15atNorth Dakota StateL 21–⁠5114%
Oct 22atWestern IllinoisW 31–⁠1729%
Oct 29vsSouth Dakota StateL 36–⁠4353%
Nov 12vsIndiana StateL 20–⁠2842%
Nov 19atYoungstown StateW 38–⁠3423%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Youngstown State 38–⁠34; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
222–⁠408
Coach
—
Elo
1232 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−25.8 No. 51 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rob Christophel
Defensive coordinator
D.J. Vokolek
Captains
Chris Douglas, David Ingram, Stephen Johnston, Mikel Ruder and Travis Simmons
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠4

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Missouri State are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Dakota State7–⁠111–⁠1
Northern Iowa7–⁠110–⁠2
Illinois State5–⁠37–⁠4
Indiana State4–⁠46–⁠5
Youngstown State4–⁠46–⁠5
South Dakota State4–⁠45–⁠6
Southern Illinois2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri State2–⁠62–⁠9
Western Illinois1–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.