2011 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 2011 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. were led by second-year head coach Robin Pflugrad and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

2011 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 5
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record6–2* (5–1* Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Robin Pflugrad (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorJonathan Smith
Defensive coordinatorMike Breske
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
2011 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Montana State $^  7 1   10 3  
No. 5 Montana† ^  5 1   6 2  
Portland State  5 3   7 4  
Eastern Washington  5 3   6 5  
Weber State  5 3   5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 5   4 7  
Sacramento State  3 5   4 7  
Idaho State*  1 7   2 9  
Northern Colorado  0 8   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • † Montana vacated two conference wins, five total wins, their conference co-championship, and playoff participation (three games, including two of the five total wins) in 2011
    * Idaho State ineligible for FCS playoffs due to APR violations
Rankings from The Sports Network poll, using Montana's later-diminished W–L record

The team finished the regular season with an overall 9–2 record, 7–1 in Big Sky play. They then won two FCS playoff games, before being eliminated in the semifinals by Sam Houston State, thus ending their season with an overall 11–3 record. On July 26, 2013, Montana was sanctioned by the NCAA, which found that "boosters provided extra benefits to players." Montana vacated its last two conference games of the 2011 season (two wins), its last non-conference game of the regular season (one win), and its participation in the NCAA playoffs (two wins, semifinals loss), resulting in an official record of 6–2 overall, 5–1 in conference play.

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