2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Conference	Great West Conference
Record	6–5 (1–3 Great West)
Head coach	Ed Lamb (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Clark (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Justin Ena (2nd season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum

2011 Great West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 pm	at South Dakota State*		Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD		L 28–29	10,113
September 10	1:00 pm	No. 12 Sacramento State*		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	KMYU	W 35–14	6,238
September 17	6:00 pm	UTSA*		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	KMYU	W 45–22	8,683
September 24	7:00 pm	at UNLV*	No. 23	Sam Boyd Stadium Paradise, NV	The Mtn.	W 41–16	18,102
October 1	1:00 pm	North Dakota	No. 17	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	KMYU	L 20–26	4,987
October 8	3:00 pm	at No. 18 South Dakota	No. 22	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD		L 19–24	10,169
October 15	7:00 pm	at Cal Poly		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	KSBY	L 27–31	8,232
October 22	4:00 pm	at Weber State*		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT		W 35–28	8,657
October 29	1:00 pm	UC Davis		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	KMYU	W 34–3	6,602
November 12	5:00 pm	at No. 5 Northern Iowa*		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		L 21–34	12,480
November 19	3:00 pm	at Northern Arizona*		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (rivalry)	NAU-TV/FCSP	W 27–24	4,398
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

References

1. "Vikings". The Oregonian. September 22, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2024.