2011 Texas State Bobcats football team

2011 Texas State Bobcats football
2011 Texas State Bobcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–6
Head coach	Dennis Franchione (3rd overall season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Darrell Dickey (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Craig Naivar (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University–San Marcos in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by Dennis Franchione in the 1st year of his second stint as the Bobcats' head coach and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. Despite playing seven games against teams from their former conference, the Southland Conference, they were technically an FCS independent as they transitioned to the Football Bowl Subdivision. They will become a member of the Western Athletic Conference in 2012 and become a full FBS member in 2013. They finished the season 6–6.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 10–50	51,792
September 10	5:00 pm	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	Mtn.	L 10–45	23,248
September 17	6:00 pm	Tarleton State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX		W 38–28	15,800
September 24	6:00 pm	at No. 22 Stephen F. Austin	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 35–26	9,145
October 1	6:00 pm	Nicholls State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX (Battle for the Paddle)	TSAA	W 38–12	15,502
October 8	7:00 pm	at No. 15 McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA		W 21–14	12,194
October 15	6:00 pm	Lamar	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	TSAA	W 46–21	15,028
October 22	7:00 pm	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	Southeastern Channel	L 28–38	4,137
October 29	3:00 pm	Northwestern State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	TSAA	L 10–23	14,473
November 5	3:00 pm	Prairie View A&M	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	TSAA	W 34–26	14,222
November 12	4:00 pm	at No. 19 Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium Conway, AR		L 22–23	7,724
November 19	2:00 pm	No. 2 Sam Houston State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX (rivalry)	TSAA	L 14–36	15,613
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "2011 Football Schedule". Texas State University. Retrieved February 29, 2024.

Texas State Bobcats football
Venues	Evans Field (a.k.a. Normal Field) (1915–1931) Evans Field (a.k.a. Kyle Field) (1932–1980) UFCU Stadium (1981–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 2023 First Responder Bowl 2025 First Responder Bowl Nicholls: Battle for the Paddle Sam Houston UTSA: I-35 Rivalry
Culture & lore	Boko the Bobcat "Go Bobcats!" The Pride of the Hill Country
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1904 1905–1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold