2011 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

2011 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
UCLA Bruins Oregon Ducks (6–6) (10-2) 31 49 Head coach:  Rick Neuheisel Head coach:  Chip Kelly AP Coaches BCS NR NR NR AP Coaches BCS 8 7 9
1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 7 10 7 7 31 Oregon 21 14 14 0 49
Date	December 2, 2011
Season	2011
Stadium	Autzen Stadium
Location	Eugene, Oregon
MVP	RB LaMichael James, Oregon
Favorite	Oregon by 31
National anthem	Elijah Kelley
Referee	Land Clark
Attendance	59,376
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox Sports
Announcers	Gus Johnson play-by-play Charles Davis color Tim Brewster sideline
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2011 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
#4 Oregon xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
#7 Stanford x%		8	–	1					11	–	2
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	6					3	–	9
Washington State		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
#6 USC *		7	–	2					10	–	2
UCLA xy		5	–	4					6	–	8
Utah		4	–	5					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7					4	–	8
Colorado		2	–	7					3	–	10
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon to determine the 2011 football champion of the Pac-12 Conference. The game featured the UCLA Bruins of the South Division against the Oregon Ducks of the North Division. It was the first football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference, or any of its predecessors. The game took place at Oregon's Autzen Stadium, as the Ducks' conference record of 8–1 was better than UCLA's record of 5–4. The Ducks defeated the Bruins 49-31, and would earn a berth in the 2012 Rose Bowl. At the Rose Bowl Game, the Ducks defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 45–38 for the Rose Bowl Championship trophy.

UCLA was named South Division Champions and earned a berth in the game even though it only had the second best record in the South Division; while the South Division's best record belonged to USC (7–2), the Trojans were ineligible to participate in the game due to NCAA sanctions. Both Oregon and Stanford finished with identical 8-1 conference records in the North Division; however Oregon defeated Stanford during the season, giving them the berth in the championship game.

The three-hour-27-minute game started at 5:20 p.m. PST/6:20 p.m. MST and televised by Fox Sports. Oregon running back LaMichael James was the game MVP.

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