| 2011 North Dakota State Bison football | |
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NCAA Division I champion MVFC co-champion | |
NCAA Division I Championship, W 17–6 vs. Sam Houston State | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 1 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 1 |
| Record | 14–1 (7–1 MVFC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Brent Vigen (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Scottie Hazelton (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Fargodome |
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| No. 1 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Northern Iowa +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Illinois State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by ninth year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 14–1, 7–1 in MVFC play to share the conference title with Northern Iowa. [1]
The Bison received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, their second FCS playoff bid in school history, where they advanced to the National Championship Game and defeated Sam Houston State to win their first FCS National Championship and their first national championship since 1990 when they won the Division II championship.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | 6:00 pm | Lafayette * | No. 11 | W 42–6 | 17,023 | [2] | ||
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA) * | No. 11 |
| ND-NBC | W 56–3 | 18,341 | [3] |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | at Minnesota * | No. 8 | BTN | W 37–24 | 48,802 | [4] | |
| October 1 | 1:00 pm | Illinois State | No. 5 |
| CSNC | W 20–10 | 18,904 | [5] |
| October 8 | 2:00 pm | at No. 20 Southern Illinois | No. 4 | ESPN3 | W 9–3 | 9,059 | [6] | |
| October 15 | 6:00 pm | Missouri State | No. 4 |
| MSN | W 51–21 | 18,029 | [7] |
| October 22 | 2:00 pm | at South Dakota State | No. 3 | MSN | W 38–14 | 14,823 | [8] | |
| October 29 | 3:00 pm | No. 2 Northern Iowa | No. 3 |
| FCS Central | W 27–19 | 18,886 | [9] |
| November 5 | 1:00 pm | at No. 21 Indiana State | No. 1 | ESPN3 | W 27–16 | 6,412 | [10] | |
| November 12 | 3:00 pm | Youngstown State | No. 1 |
| ND-NBC | L 24–27 | 18,450 | [11] |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | at Western Illinois | No. 5 | KXJB-TV | W 37–21 | 3,560 | [12] | |
| December 3 | 3:00 pm | No. 17 James Madison * | No. 4 |
| ESPN3 | W 26–14 | 17,432 | [13] |
| December 10 | 3:00 pm | No. 6 Lehigh * | No. 4 |
| ESPN3 | W 24–0 | 18,111 | [14] |
| December 17 | 1:00 pm | No. 3 Georgia Southern * | No. 4 |
| ESPNU | W 35–7 | 18,108 | [15] |
| January 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Sam Houston State * | No. 4 | ESPN2 | W 17–6 | 20,586 | [16] | |
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| Sports Network | 11 | 11 | 8 (1) | 8 (1) | 5 (5) | 4 (7) | 4 (6) | 3 (9) | 3 (10) | 1 (133) | 1 (143) | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | 1 |
| Coaches | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6 т | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 (22) | 1 (26) | 5 | 4 (1) | 1 |
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| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| No. 11 Bison | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
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| Statistics | LAF | NDSU |
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| First downs | 8 | 18 |
| Total yards | 198 | 416 |
| Rushing yards | 54 | 180 |
| Passing yards | 144 | 236 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 27:55 | 32:05 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Lafayette | Passing | Ryan O'Neil | 15/20, 144 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Ross Scheuerman | 8 rushes, 46 yards | |
| Receiving | Mitchell Bennett | 3 receptions, 45 yards, TD | |
| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 15/22, 197 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | D. J. McNorton | 13 rushes, 80 yards, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Warren Holloway | 6 receptions, 147 yards, 2 TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Red Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| No. 11 Bison | 7 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 56 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
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| Statistics | STF | NDSU |
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| First downs | 15 | 17 |
| Total yards | 182 | 394 |
| Rushing yards | 66 | 233 |
| Passing yards | 116 | 161 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 37:31 | 22:29 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Saint Francis | Passing | John Kelly | 8/17, 62 yards, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Kyle Harbridge | 14 rushes, 41 yards | |
| Receiving | Ryan Laduke | 5 receptions, 42 yards | |
| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 11/13, 139 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Sam Ojuri | 12 rushes, 165 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Warren Holloway | 4 receptions, 73 yards, TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 8 Bison | 0 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Golden Gophers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
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| Statistics | NDSU | MINN |
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| First downs | 17 | 18 |
| Total yards | 336 | 292 |
| Rushing yards | 139 | 168 |
| Passing yards | 197 | 124 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 31:21 | 28:39 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 16/21, 197 yards |
| Rushing | D. J. McNorton | 13 rushes, 92 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Ryan Smith | 4 receptions, 74 yards | |
| Minnesota | Passing | Max Shortell | 4/8, 71 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Duane Bennett | 13 rushes, 74 yards | |
| Receiving | Eric Lair | 2 receptions, 41 yards, TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Redbirds | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| No. 5 Bison | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
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| Statistics | ILST | NDSU |
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| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Total yards | 397 | 331 |
| Rushing yards | 127 | 124 |
| Passing yards | 270 | 207 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 30:44 | 29:16 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Illinois State | Passing | Matt Brown | 31/48, 270 yards, TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Ashton Leggett | 16 rushes, 73 yards | |
| Receiving | Lechein Neblett | 9 receptions, 78 yards | |
| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 15/22, 207 yards, TD |
| Rushing | D. J. McNorton | 17 rushes, 56 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Warren Holloway | 6 receptions, 70 yards |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 8 Bison | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| No. 20 Salukis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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| Statistics | NDSU | SIU |
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| First downs | 9 | 17 |
| Total yards | 210 | 297 |
| Rushing yards | 60 | 128 |
| Passing yards | 150 | 169 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Time of possession | 28:28 | 31:32 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 13/23, 150 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | D. J. McNorton | 13 rushes, 31 yards | |
| Receiving | Ryan Smith | 3 receptions, 70 yards | |
| Southern Illinois | Passing | Kory Faulkner | 16/28, 169 yards, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Jewel Hampton | 23 rushes, 120 yards | |
| Receiving | Cam Fuller | 2 receptions, 59 yards |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 4 Bison | 10 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 51 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
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| Statistics | MOST | NDSU |
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| First downs | 19 | 26 |
| Total yards | 363 | 428 |
| Rushing yards | 141 | 212 |
| Passing yards | 222 | 216 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 22:30 | 37:30 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Missouri State | Passing | Trevor Wooden | 18/25, 222 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Vernon Scott | 13 rushes, 66 yards | |
| Receiving | Ian Starnes | 5 receptions, 79 yards, TD | |
| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 19/23, 211 yards, 3 TD |
| Rushing | D. J. McNorton | 14 rushes, 92 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Warren Holloway | 6 receptions, 109 yards, 2 TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 3 Bison | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
| Jackrabbits | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Statistics | NDSU | SDSU |
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| South Dakota State | Passing | ||
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| No. 2 Panthers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| No. 3 Bison | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
| Statistics | UNI | NDSU |
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| Northern Iowa | Passing | ||
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| North Dakota State | Passing | ||
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| No. 1 Bison | 10 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| No. 21 Sycamores | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Statistics | NDSU | INST |
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| Indiana State | Passing | ||
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| Youngstown State | Passing | ||
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| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 5 Bison | 7 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 37 |
| Leathernecks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
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| Western Illinois | Passing | ||
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| No. 17 Dukes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 4 Bison | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
| Statistics | JMU | NDSU |
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| James Madison | Passing | ||
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| No. 6 Mountain Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 4 Bison | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
| Statistics | LEH | NDSU |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Lehigh | Passing | ||
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| North Dakota State | Passing | ||
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| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 3 Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 4 Bison | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 35 |
at Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
| Statistics | GASO | NDSU |
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| Georgia Southern | Passing | ||
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| No. 1 Bearkats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 4 Bison | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
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| Statistics | SHSU | NDSU |
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| First downs | 12 | 9 |
| Total yards | 210 | 235 |
| Rushing yards | 95 | 115 |
| Passing yards | 115 | 120 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 33:05 | 26:55 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Sam Houston State | Passing | Brian Bell | 12/31, 115 yards, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Tim Flanders | 21 rushes, 84 yards | |
| Receiving | Torrance Williams | 3 receptions, 53 yards | |
| North Dakota State | Passing | Brock Jensen | 10/20, 120 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | D. J. McNorton | 14 rushes, 39 yards | |
| Receiving | D. J. McNorton | 2 receptions, 35 yards, TD |