The 2011 IAFL season was the 25th regular season of the Irish American Football League.
The regular season began on Sunday, March 6,[1] at the UCD Bowl featuring 2 of the University sides in the competition. Trinity College defeated UCD 20 - 16.
Marcus Naylor, safety of the Dublin Rebels, was named MVP for the 2011 season. In Shamrock Bowl XXV, the League's championship game, played at Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin, the Dublin Rebels defeated the UL Vikings to win their seventh Shamrock Bowl.
The IAFL Kickoff Game, the first game of the season took place on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 1 pm IST with the University Bowl Game featuring UCD taking on Trinity College at the UCD Bowl in the IAFL College Championship Game. Trinity won the game 20 - 16 in what was a close game. This was the only game to take place in the opening weekend with the rest of the teams playing their matches in the next 3 weeks.
By Week 4, all teams had played at least 1 game. The Cork Admirals, Belfast Trojans and Dublin Dragons were the final teams to play at least 1 game.
IAFL North
| Position | Team | Pld | W | L | T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
IAFL Central
| Position | Team | Pld | W | L | T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
IAFL South
| Position | Team | Pld | W | L | T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
The top 2 teams qualify for the Play-Off Qualifiers.
| width=100 | Division | width=165 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=25 | T | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Belfast Trojans | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| North | Craigavon Cowboys | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| South | UCD | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Central | West Dublin Rhinos | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Central | Trinity College | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| South | Cork Admirals | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| South | Dublin Dragons | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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| Date | Road Team | Score | Home team | Venue | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 13 | 6-56 | |||||
| March 13 | P-P |
| Date | Road Team | Score | Home team | Venue | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20 | 6 - 3 | |||||
| March 20 | 27 - 14 |
| Date | Road Team | Score | Home team | Venue | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | 14 - 59 | |||||
| March 27 | 0 - 8 | |||||
| March 27 | 0 - 6 | West Dublin Rhinos | Report |
| Date | Road Team | Score | Home team | Venue | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 | 6 - 34 | |||||
| April 3 | 6 - 20 | |||||
| April 3 | 0 - 40 |
| Date | Road Team | Score | Home team | Venue | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 10 | 8 - 74 | |||||
| April 10 | 13 - 0 | West Dublin Rhinos | ||||
| April 10 | 8 - 45 |