2011 Colorado State Rams football team

2011 Mountain West Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Colorado State Rams football
2011 Colorado State Rams football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2011 record	3–9 (1–6 MW)
Head coach	Steve Fairchild (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Pat Meyer (2nd as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (14th season)
Home stadium	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (Capacity: 32,500)
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by fourth year head coach Steve Fairchild and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–6 in Mouintain West play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

Head coach Steve Fairchild was fired at end of the season after four year record of 16–33.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	4:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	The Mtn.	W 14–10	21,454^[1]
September 10	12:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	W 33–14	25,367
September 17	11:30 a.m.	vs. Colorado*	Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FSN	L 14–28	57,186
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN3/KCSG	W 35–34 ^2OT	22,599
October 1	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	L 31–38	27,683
October 15	4:00 p.m.	No. 5 Boise State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	L 13–63	30,027
October 22	6:00 p.m.	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	TWC El Paso	L 17–31	31,797
October 29	4:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	The Mtn.	L 35–38	21,289
November 12	4:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	L 15–18	16,811
November 19	3:30 p.m.	at No. 19 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	L 10–34	33,650
November 26	4:00 p.m.	Air Force	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	The Mtn.	L 21–45	14,107
December 3	12:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Border War)	The Mtn.	L 19–22	17,207
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

v t Colorado State Rams football
Venues	Durkee Field (1899–1911) Colorado Field (1912–1967) Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (1968–2016) Canvas Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown) Wyoming (Border War)
Culture & lore	CAM the Ram Fight Song
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders School records Consensus All-Americans Hall of Fame inductees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 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 1944 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

2011 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 14 TCU $		7	–	0		11	–	2
No. 8 Boise State		6	–	1		12	–	1
Wyoming		5	–	2		8	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	3		8	–	5
Air Force		3	–	4		7	–	6
Colorado State		1	–	6		3	–	9
UNLV		1	–	6		2	–	10
New Mexico		1	–	6		1	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll