2011 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2011 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Lumberjacks were led by 14th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They finished the season with an overall record of 4–7 and a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in Big Sky.

2011 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Lindgren (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Thompson (3rd season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSAZ/KWBA/FCSA	L 10–41	51,761
September 10	3:00 pm	Fort Lewis*	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/FCSA	W 58–13	7,108
September 17	5:00 pm	at Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR	CSNNW	L 29–31	5,479
September 24	3:00 pm	Idaho State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/FCSP	W 20–3	9,304
October 8	3:00 pm	Eastern Washington	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/FCSA	L 28–36	5,012
October 15	12:00 pm	at No. 3 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	Max Media	L 24–41	17,527
October 22	3:00 pm	No. 9 Montana	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/KPAX	L 24–28	8,421
October 29	1:30 pm	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA		W 27–26	6,119
November 5	3:00 pm	Northern Colorado	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/FCSP	W 34–14	3,417
November 12	1:30 pm	at Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT		L 31–34	7,614
November 19	3:00 pm	Southern Utah*	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (rivalry)	NAU-TV/FCSP	L 24–27	4,398
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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