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2011 Montana

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠2, over eight games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana in 2011, game by game: lost at Tennessee 16–42; won vs. Cal Poly 37–23; won vs. Eastern Washington 17–14; lost at Sacramento State 28–42; won vs. Northern Colorado 55–28; won at Idaho State 33–0; won vs. Portland State 30–24; won at Northern Arizona 28–24; won vs. Weber State 45–10; won vs. Western Oregon 32–7; won at Montana State 36–10; won vs. Central Arkansas 41–14+35−26Lost 16–42 at Tennessee-26TennesseeWon 37–23 vs. Cal Poly+14Cal PolyWon 17–14 vs. Eastern Washington+3Eastern Washing…Lost 28–42 at Sacramento State-14Sacramento StateWon 55–28 vs. Northern Colorado+27Northern Colora…Won 33–0 at Idaho State+33Idaho StateWon 30–24 vs. Portland State+6Portland StateWon 28–24 at Northern Arizona+4Northern ArizonaWon 45–10 vs. Weber State+35Weber StateWon 32–7 vs. Western Oregon+25Western OregonWon 36–10 at Montana State+26Montana StateWon 41–14 vs. Central Arkansas+27Central Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atTennesseeL 16–⁠4225%
Sep 10vsCal PolyW 37–⁠2365%
Sep 17vsEastern WashingtonW 17–⁠1461%
Sep 24atSacramento StateL 28–⁠4259%
Oct 1vsNorthern ColoradoW 55–⁠2885%
Oct 8atIdaho StateW 33–⁠073%
Oct 15vsPortland StateW 30–⁠2476%
Oct 22atNorthern ArizonaW 28–⁠2460%
Oct 29vsWeber StateW 45–⁠1071%
Nov 5vsWestern OregonW 32–⁠787%
Nov 19atMontana StateW 36–⁠1038%
Dec 3vsCentral ArkansasNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 41–⁠1456%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Central Arkansas 41–⁠14 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for first in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Montana’s 2011 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 10vsNorthern IowaW 48–⁠10Northern Iowa’s articleNot in Montana’s season article.
Dec 16atSam HoustonL 28–⁠31Montana’s article
Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
398–⁠238
Coach
—
Elo
1528 +126 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.3 No. 4 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jonathan Smith
Defensive coordinator
Mike Breske
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Multiple 3–⁠4

Top recruits in the 2011 class

Joe Dahl OG★★No. 1795

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2011 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line12.00.767

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2012

The 2012 draft
Rd 3Trumaine Johnson CBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 7Caleb McSurdy ILBDallas Cowboys

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.