2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2011

| team = San Diego State Aztecs

| sport = football

| image = San Diego State athletics logo 2002.png

| image_size = 150

| conference = Mountain West Conference

| short_conf = MW

| record = 8–5

| conf_record = 4–3

| head_coach = Rocky Long

| hc_year = 1st

| off_coach= Andy Ludwig

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme = Pro-style

| def_scheme = 3–3–5

| captain =

| stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| bowl = New Orleans Bowl

| bowl_result = L 30–32 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette

}}

{{2011 Mountain West Conference football standings}}

The 2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by first-year head coach Rocky Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 8-5, 4–3 in Mountain West play to finish fourth place. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they lost, but then eventually won a forfeited game to Louisiana–Lafayette.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2011

| poll = AP

| timezone = Pacific

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 3

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Cal Poly

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = Mtn.

| score = 49–21

| attend = 34,384

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 10

| time = 9:00 a.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Army

| site_stadium = Michie Stadium

| site_cityst = West Point, NY

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 23–20

| attend = 26,778

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 17

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Washington State

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = Mtn.

| score = 42–24

| attend = 57,286

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 24

| time = 9:00 a.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 22

| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| tv = BTN

| score = 7–28

| attend = 110,707

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = TCU

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 14–27

| attend = 44,248

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Air Force

| site_stadium = Falcon Stadium

| site_cityst = Colorado Springs, CO

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 41–27

| attend = 27,490

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Wyoming

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = Mtn.

| score = 27–30

| attend = 29,730

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = New Mexico

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = Mtn.

| score = 35–7

| attend = 28,362

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Colorado State

| site_stadium = Hughes Stadium

| site_cityst = Fort Collins, CO

| tv = Mtn.

| score = 18–15

| attend = 16,811

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Boise State

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 35–52

| attend = 52,256

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = UNLV

| site_stadium = Sam Boyd Stadium

| site_cityst = Whitney, NV

| tv = Mtn.

| score = 31–14

| attend = 19,075 

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 3

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Fresno State

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 35–28

| attend = 32,790

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 17

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Louisiana–Lafayette

| site_stadium = Mercedes-Benz Superdome

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| gamename = New Orleans Bowl

| tv = ESPN

| score = 30–32

| attend = 42,841

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=San Diego State Aztecs Schedule 2011 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/21/season/2011 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 23, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2011 Football Schedule |url=https://goaztecs.com/sports/football/schedule/2011 |publisher=San Diego State University Athletics |access-date=August 23, 2023 }}

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