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.
| 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football | |
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| Conference | Great West Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (1–3 Great West) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Steve Clark (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Justin Ena (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Eccles Coliseum |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 5:00 pm | at South Dakota State* | L 28–29 | 10,113 | |||
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | No. 12 Sacramento State* | KMYU | W 35–14 | 6,238 | ||
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | UTSA* |
| KMYU | W 45–22 | 8,683 | |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | at UNLV* | No. 23 | The Mtn. | W 41–16 | 18,102 | |
| October 1 | 1:00 pm | North Dakota | No. 17 |
| KMYU | L 20–26 | 4,987 |
| October 8 | 3:00 pm | at No. 18 South Dakota | No. 22 | L 19–24 | 10,169 | ||
| October 15 | 7:00 pm | at Cal Poly | KSBY | L 27–31 | 8,232 | ||
| October 22 | 4:00 pm | at Weber State* | W 35–28 | 8,657 | |||
| October 29 | 1:00 pm | UC Davis |
| KMYU | W 34–3 | 6,602 | |
| November 12 | 5:00 pm | at No. 5 Northern Iowa* | L 21–34 | 12,480 | |||
| November 19 | 3:00 pm | at Northern Arizona* | NAU-TV/FCSP | W 27–24 | 4,398 | ||
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