The 1911 college football season was the last one before major reforms were made to the American game in 1912.

The United States Naval Academy (Navy) finished with a record of 6 wins and 3 ties (6–0–3).

Two of the ties were 0–0 games with the other major unbeaten teams, Penn State (8–0–1) and Princeton (8–0–2).

The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Princeton had been the best team of 1911 [1] The rules for American football in 1911 included:[2] A pass could not be caught beyond the goal line, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.

[2] The last five-point American football touchdown was scored on January 1, 1912, in a game played in Havana, Cuba.