2011 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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

2011 San Diego State Aztecs football
2011 San Diego State Aztecs football
New Orleans Bowl, L 30-32 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2011 record	9–4 (4–3 MW)
Head coach	Rocky Long (1st as head coach, 3rd overall season);
Offensive coordinator	Andy Ludwig (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Rocky Long (3rd season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Qualcomm Stadium; (Capacity: 54,000)
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

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 9–4, 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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Cal Poly*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	Mtn.	W 49–21	34,384
September 10	9:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 23–20	26,778
September 17	3:00 p.m.	Washington State*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	Mtn.	W 42–24	57,286
September 24	9:00 a.m.	at No. 21 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 7–28	110,707
October 8	7:30 p.m.	TCU	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 14–27	44,248
October 13	5:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	W 41–27	27,490
October 29	7:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	Mtn.	L 27–30	29,730
November 5	5:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	Mtn.	W 35–7	28,362
November 12	3:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	Mtn.	W 18–15	16,811
November 19	5:00 p.m.	No. 11 Boise State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 35–52	52,256
November 26	7:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Mtn.	W 31–14	19,075
December 3	5:00 p.m.	Fresno State*	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (rivalry)	CBSSN	W 35–28	32,790
December 17	6:00 p.m.	vs. Louisiana–Lafayette*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN	L 30–32	42,841
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Venues	College Field / Aztec Field (1921, 1923–1925, 1927–1928, 1934–1935) Navy "Sports" Field (1922, 1926, 1929–1931, 1933–1934) Balboa Stadium (1921–1925, 1927–1929, 1932, 1934–1935, 1940–1941, 1945–1947, alternate in several other seasons) Aztec Bowl (1936–1942, 1947–1966) San Diego Stadium (1967–2019) Dignity Health Sports Park (2020–2021) Snapdragon Stadium (from 2022)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Fresno State: Battle for the Oil Can
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
National championship seasons in bold

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