| Year: | 2011 |
| Team: | Southern Utah Thunderbirds |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Great West Conference |
| Short Conf: | Great West |
| Record: | 6–5 |
| Conf Record: | 1–3 |
| Head Coach: | Ed Lamb |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Steve Clark |
| Oc Year: | 4th |
| Def Coach: | Justin Ena |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Eccles Coliseum |
The 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University as a member of the Great West Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. Southern Utah compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Great West. The Thunderbirds beat UNLV of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) on September 24, which was program's second ever against a I-A/FBS. They beat Arkansas State in 1997.
This was Southern Utah's final year as a member of the Great West as they became a full member of the Big Sky Conference in 2012.