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2011 Montana State

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠3, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana State in 2011, game by game: lost at Utah 10–27; won vs. UC Davis 38–14; won vs. Minot State 43–7; won at Eastern Washington 36–21; won vs. Sacramento State 31–21; won vs. Portland State 38–36; won vs. Northern Arizona 41–24; won at Northern Colorado 31–21; won vs. Idaho State 54–13; won at Weber State 44–24; lost vs. Montana 10–36; won vs. New Hampshire 26–25+41−26Lost 10–27 at Utah-17UtahWon 38–14 vs. UC Davis+24UC DavisWon 43–7 vs. Minot State+36Minot StateWon 36–21 at Eastern Washington+15Eastern Washing…Won 31–21 vs. Sacramento State+10Sacramento StateWon 38–36 vs. Portland State+2Portland StateWon 41–24 vs. Northern Arizona+17Northern ArizonaWon 31–21 at Northern Colorado+10Northern Colora…Won 54–13 vs. Idaho State+41Idaho StateWon 44–24 at Weber State+20Weber StateLost 10–36 vs. Montana-26MontanaWon 26–25 vs. New Hampshire+1New Hampshire
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atUtahL 10–⁠2716%
Sep 10vsUC DavisW 38–⁠1466%
Sep 17vsMinot StateW 43–⁠779%
Sep 24atEastern WashingtonW 36–⁠2145%
Oct 1vsSacramento StateW 31–⁠2170%
Oct 8vsPortland StateW 38–⁠3672%
Oct 15vsNorthern ArizonaW 41–⁠2475%
Oct 22atNorthern ColoradoW 31–⁠2184%
Oct 29vsIdaho StateW 54–⁠1390%
Nov 5atWeber StateW 44–⁠2464%
Nov 19vsMontanaL 10–⁠3662%
Dec 3vsNew HampshireNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 26–⁠2544%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Hampshire 26–⁠25 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Sky champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 104 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Montana State’s 2011 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 10atSam HoustonL 13–⁠49Montana State’s article

Big Sky champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
402–⁠269
Coach
—
Elo
1452 +90 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.9 No. 6 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Brian Wright
Defensive coordinator
Jamie Marshall

2011 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana State7–⁠110–⁠2
Montana7–⁠110–⁠2
Portland State5–⁠37–⁠4
Eastern Washington5–⁠36–⁠5
Weber State5–⁠35–⁠6
Northern Arizona3–⁠54–⁠7
Sacramento State3–⁠54–⁠7
Idaho State1–⁠72–⁠9
Northern Colorado0–⁠80–⁠11

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