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2011 Norfolk State Spartans football
2011 Norfolk State Spartans football
MEAC champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 18–35 vs. Old Dominion
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 19
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	9–3 (7–1 MEAC)
Head coach	Pete Adrian (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Blackwell
Defensive coordinator	Mark DeBastiani
Home stadium	William "Dick" Price Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Norfolk State $^	7	–	1	9	–	3
Bethune–Cookman	6	–	2	8	–	3
South Carolina State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Florida A&M	5	–	3	7	–	4
Hampton	5	–	3	7	–	4
Howard	4	–	4	5	–	6
Morgan State	4	–	4	5	–	6
North Carolina A&T	4	–	4	5	–	6
Delaware State	1	–	7	3	–	8
North Carolina Central	1	–	7	2	–	9
Savannah State	1	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Spartans were led by seventh-year head coach Pete Adrian and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in MEAC play to win the conference championship. They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Old Dominion.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	Virginia State*		William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA (Labor Day Classic)	SSC	W 37–3	17,357
September 10	1:00 pm	at No. 24 (FBS) West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN3	L 12–55	51,911
September 17	1:00 pm	at Howard		William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.		W 23–9	4,063
September 24	1:30 pm	at Charleston Southern*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 33–3	1,933
October 1	4:00 pm	No. 22 South Carolina State		William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	SSC	W 17–14	10,137
October 8	1:00 pm	at Delaware State		Alumni Stadium Dover, DE		W 38–21	3,198
October 15	4:00 pm	Hampton		William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA (Battle of the Bay)	SSC	W 34–24	19,556
October 20	7:30 pm	Bethune-Cookman	No. 24	William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPNU	L 6–14	10,053
October 29	2:00 pm	North Carolina A&T		William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA	SSC	W 14–10	18,752
November 5	5:00 pm	at Savannah State		Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA		W 45–3	4,193
November 12	1:00 pm	at Morgan State	No. 22	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD		W 47–14	5,329
November 26	1:30 pm	at No. 10 Old Dominion*	No. 19	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 18–35	19,818
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time