2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game

Conference Championship

(10–2)

Head coach:
Bret Bielema

Head coach:
Mark Dantonio

AP	Coaches	BCS
15	12	15

AP	Coaches	BCS
11	9	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	21	0	7	14	42
Michigan State	7	22	7	3	39

Date

December 3, 2011

Season

Stadium

Location

MVP

Bill LeMonnier

United States TV coverage

Gus Johnson (Play-by-play)
Charles Davis (Color Analyst)
Tim Brewster (Sideline Analyst)

Dhani Jones (Sideline Analyst)

Big Ten Football Championship Game
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2011 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Legends Division
#11 Michigan State x		7	–	1		11	–	3
#12 Michigan %		6	–	2		11	–	2
#24 Nebraska		5	–	3		9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4		7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5		6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6		3	–	9
Leaders Division
#10 Wisconsin xy$		6	–	2		11	–	3
Penn State x		6	–	2		9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	6
Ohio State		3	–	5		6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6		7	–	6
Indiana		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

Gus Johnson (Play-by-play)
Charles Davis (Color Analyst)
Tim Brewster (Sideline Analyst)

The 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game was a college football game. It was played on December 3, 2011, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, to determine the 2011 champion of the Big Ten Conference. The Wisconsin Badgers of the Leaders Division beat the Michigan State Spartans of the Legends Division by a score of 42–39. By winning the game, Wisconsin earned a berth in the 2012 Rose Bowl.

The game was the first football championship game ever played in the Big Ten's 115-year history. The game was played in prime time and televised by Fox.

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Kickoff time: 8:19 p.m. • End of Game: 11:52 p.m. • Total elapsed time: 3 hours 33 minutes