2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
ConferenceGreat West Conference
Record6–5 (1–3 Great West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Clark (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJustin Ena (2nd season)
Home stadiumEccles Coliseum
(capacity: 8,500)
2011 Great West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 23 North Dakota +  3 1   8 3  
Cal Poly +  3 1   6 5  
South Dakota  2 2   6 5  
Southern Utah  1 3   6 5  
UC Davis  1 3   4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University as a member of the Great West Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. Southern Utah compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Great West. The Thunderbirds beat UNLV of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) on September 24, which was program's second ever against a I-A/FBS. They beat Arkansas State in 1997.

This was Southern Utah's final year as a member of the Great West as they became a full member of the Big Sky Conference in 2012.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 35:00 pmat South Dakota State*L 28–2910,113
September 101:00 pmNo. 12 Sacramento State*KMYUW 35–146,238
September 176:00 pmUTSA*dagger
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
KMYUW 45–228,683
September 247:00 pmat UNLV*No. 23The Mtn.W 41–1618,102
October 11:00 pmNorth DakotaNo. 17
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
KMYUL 20–264,987
October 83:00 pmat No. 18 South DakotaNo. 22L 19–2410,169
October 157:00 pmat Cal PolyKSBYL 27–318,232
October 224:00 pmat Weber State*W 35–288,657
October 291:00 pmUC Davis
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
KMYUW 34–36,602
November 125:00 pmat No. 5 Northern Iowa*L 21–3412,480
November 193:00 pmat Northern Arizona*NAU-TV/FCSPW 27–244,398

References

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