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2011 North Dakota State

11–⁠1 (7–⁠1 Missouri Valley Football Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 14–⁠1, over 15 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

North Dakota State in 2011, game by game: won vs. Lafayette 42–6; won vs. Saint Francis 56–3; won at Minnesota 37–24; won vs. Illinois State 20–10; won at Southern Illinois 9–3; won vs. Missouri State 51–21; won vs. South Dakota State 38–14; won vs. Northern Iowa 27–19; won at Indiana State 27–16; lost vs. Youngstown State 24–27; won at Western Illinois 37–21; won vs. James Madison 26–14+53−3Won 42–6 vs. Lafayette+36LafayetteWon 56–3 vs. Saint Francis+53Saint FrancisWon 37–24 at Minnesota+13MinnesotaWon 20–10 vs. Illinois State+10Illinois StateWon 9–3 at Southern Illinois+6Southern Illino…Won 51–21 vs. Missouri State+30Missouri StateWon 38–14 vs. South Dakota State+24South Dakota St…Won 27–19 vs. Northern Iowa+8Northern IowaWon 27–16 at Indiana State+11Indiana StateLost 24–27 vs. Youngstown State-3Youngstown StateWon 37–21 at Western Illinois+16Western IllinoisWon 26–14 vs. James Madison+12James Madison
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsLafayetteW 42–⁠675%
Sep 10vsSaint FrancisW 56–⁠388%
Sep 24atMinnesotaW 37–⁠2440%
Oct 1vsIllinois StateW 20–⁠1078%
Oct 8atSouthern IllinoisW 9–⁠357%
Oct 15vsMissouri StateW 51–⁠2187%
Oct 22vsSouth Dakota StateW 38–⁠1476%
Oct 29vsNorthern IowaW 27–⁠1960%
Nov 5atIndiana StateW 27–⁠1666%
Nov 12vsYoungstown StateL 24–⁠2782%
Nov 19atWestern IllinoisW 37–⁠2181%
Dec 3vsJames MadisonNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 26–⁠1457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat James Madison 26–⁠14 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 51 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of North Dakota State’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. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 10vsLehighW 24–⁠0North Dakota State’s article, Lehigh’s article
Dec 17vsGeorgia SouthernW 35–⁠7North Dakota State’s article, Georgia Southern’s article
Jan 7vsSam HoustonW 17–⁠6North Dakota State’s article

Missouri Valley Football Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Northern Iowa

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
394–⁠178
Coach
—
Elo
1540 +145 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.6 No. 1 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 136
Offensive coordinator
Brent Vigen
Defensive coordinator
Scottie Hazelton
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
3–⁠4

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

Top recruits in the 2011 class

C.J. Smith CB★★No. 2650

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

The 2011 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs12.00.700

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.

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.