The 2011 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented

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during the

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. Humboldt State competed in the

Great Northwest Athletic Conference The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It has historically operated in the northwestern United States, but al ...

(GNAC). The 2011 Lumberjacks were led by fourth-year head coach

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. They played home games at the

Redwood Bowl Redwood Bowl is the main stadium on the campus of Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. It is used for Humboldt State Lumberjacks football games and track and field meets, as well as local high school contests. Construction began in the ...

Arcata, California Arcata (; Wiyot: ''Goudi’ni''; Yurok: ''Oket'oh'') is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay (northern) portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, Arcata's population was 18,857. Arcata was first ...

. Humboldt State finished the season as champion of the GNAC with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 7–1 GNAC). This was the first conference championship for the Lumberjacks since they won the

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(NCAC) in 1995 and the nine wins was that highest since the 10-win 1968 Camellia Bowl championship team. The Lumberjacks averaged 35 points per game, outscoring their opponents 349–197 for the 2011 season.

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Humboldt State Lumberjacks football The Humboldt State Lumberjacks football program represented Humboldt State University, known since January 2022 as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, in college football and played its home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, Cali ...