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2011 Sam Houston

12–⁠0 (7–⁠0 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 14–⁠1, over 15 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Sam Houston in 2011, game by game: won vs. Western Illinois 20–6; won vs. Central Arkansas 31–10; won at New Mexico 48–45; won vs. UTSA 22–7; won at Stephen F. Austin 45–10; won vs. Nicholls 47–7; won at McNeese 38–14; won vs. Lamar 66–0; won at SE Louisiana 38–9; won vs. Northwestern State 43–17; won at Texas State 36–14; won vs. Stony Brook 34–27+66Won 20–6 vs. Western Illinois+14Western IllinoisWon 31–10 vs. Central Arkansas+21Central ArkansasWon 48–45 at New Mexico+3New MexicoWon 22–7 vs. UTSA+15UTSAWon 45–10 at Stephen F. Austin+35Stephen F. Aust…Won 47–7 vs. Nicholls+40NichollsWon 38–14 at McNeese+24McNeeseWon 66–0 vs. Lamar+66LamarWon 38–9 at SE Louisiana+29SE LouisianaWon 43–17 vs. Northwestern State+26Northwestern St…Won 36–14 at Texas State+22Texas StateWon 34–27 vs. Stony Brook+7Stony Brook
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsWestern IllinoisW 20–⁠655%
Sep 17vsCentral ArkansasW 31–⁠1056%
Sep 24atNew MexicoW 48–⁠4553%
Oct 1vsUTSAW 22–⁠769%
Oct 8atStephen F. AustinAt HoustonW 45–⁠1056%
Oct 15vsNichollsW 47–⁠786%
Oct 22atMcNeeseW 38–⁠1458%
Oct 29vsLamarW 66–⁠084%
Nov 5atSE LouisianaW 38–⁠978%
Nov 12vsNorthwestern StateW 43–⁠1779%
Nov 19atTexas StateW 36–⁠1469%
Dec 3vsStony BrookNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 34–⁠2760%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stony Brook 34–⁠27 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Southland Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of Sam Houston’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 10vsMontana StateW 49–⁠13Montana State’s article
Dec 16vsMontanaW 31–⁠28Montana’s article
Jan 7atNorth Dakota StateL 6–⁠17North Dakota State’s article

Southland Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
12–⁠0
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
468–⁠166
Coach
—
Elo
1538 +220 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.1 No. 5 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob DeBesse
Defensive coordinator
Scott Stoker
Offense
Multiple pistol
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

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

2011 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Sam Houston7–⁠012–⁠0
Central Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠4
Stephen F. Austin5–⁠26–⁠5
McNeese4–⁠36–⁠5
Northwestern State3–⁠45–⁠6
Lamar2–⁠54–⁠7
SE Louisiana1–⁠63–⁠8
Nicholls0–⁠71–⁠10

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