2011 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

2011 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football
2011 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football
SWAC East Division co-champion
SWAC Football Championship Game, L 15–16 vs. Grambling State
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
Record	8–4 (7–2 SWAC)
Head coach	Anthony Jones (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	Cedric Pearl (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brawnski Towns
Home stadium	Louis Crews Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represented Alabama A&M University as a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Anthony Jones, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 7–2 in conference play, sharing SWAC East Division title with Alabama State and Southern. Alabama A&M advanced to SWAC Football Championship Game by virtue of a head-to-head win over the Alabama State, while Southern was ineligible for postseason play due to low Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The Bulldogs lost the SWAC title game to Grambling State, 16–15. Alabama A&M played their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama.

2011 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 21 Jackson State x	7	–	2	9	–	2
Alabama State x	7	–	2	8	–	3
Alabama A&M xy	7	–	2	8	–	4
Alcorn State	1	–	8	2	–	8
Mississippi Valley State	1	–	8	1	–	10
West Division
Grambling State xy$	6	–	3	8	–	4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	5	–	4	6	–	5
Prairie View A&M	5	–	4	5	–	6
Southern	4	–	5	4	–	7
Texas Southern	2	–	7	4	–	7
Championship: Grambling State 16, Alabama A&M 15
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Jackson State and Southern were ineligible to participate in the SWAC Championship Game due to low APR scores. Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	5:00 pm	vs. Hampton*	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (Chicago Football Classic)		L 20–21	35,653
September 10	6:00 pm	at Southern	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 6–21	9,020
September 17	6:00 pm	Tuskegee*	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 21–6	18,629
September 24	5:00 pm	at Grambling State	Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA		W 20–14	7,118
October 1	6:00 pm	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 28–27	5,136
October 8	1:00 pm	Mississippi Valley State	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 37–14	16,827
October 13	6:30 pm	Texas Southern	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL	ESPNU	W 24–21	5,386	^[1]
October 29	2:30 pm	vs. No. 16 Alabama State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Magic City Classic)		W 20–19	66,473
November 5	2:00 pm	at Alcorn State	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		W 28–14	2,500
November 12	1:00 pm	No. 21 Jackson State	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		L 6–34	5,831
November 19	1:00 pm	at Prairie View A&M	Edward L. Blackshear Field Prairie View, TX		W 17–15	10,500
December 10	12:00 pm	vs. Grambling State*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (SWAC Football Championship Game)	ESPNU	L 15–16	23,476	^[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Texas Southern Tigers vs. Alabama A&M Bulldogs Box Score". ESPN.com. October 13, 2011.
^ Benson, Reggie (December 10, 2011). "Bulldogs come up short again against Tigers". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved December 10, 2011.