2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Arizona State Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record6–7 (4–5 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray (5th season)
CaptainOmar Bolden
Garth Gerhart
Brock Osweiler
Colin Parker
T.J. Simpson
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)
Seasons
←  2010
2012  →
2011 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 4 Oregon xy$  8 –1   12 –2  
No. 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
No. 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
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games in Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They are a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas where they were defeated by Boise State.

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At the end of the regular season, head coach Dennis Erickson was fired. He stayed on to coach in the Sun Devils bowl game and finished with a five-year record of 31–31.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pm UC Davis *
 FSAZ W 48–1445,671 [1]
September 97:30 pmNo. 21 Missouri *
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
 ESPN W 37–30 OT70,236 [2]
September 174:00 pmat Illinois *No. 22
 BTN L 14–1750,669 [3]
September 247:15 pmNo. 23 USC
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPNW 43–2261,495 [4]
October 17:30 pm Oregon State No. 25
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSAZW 35–2057,437 [5]
October 812:30 pmat Utah No. 22
 FSN W 35–1445,089 [6]
October 157:15 pmat No. 9 Oregon No. 18
ESPNL 27–4160,055 [7]
October 293:30 pm Colorado Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 23
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSAZW 48–1453,168 [8]
November 54:30 pmat UCLA No. 20
 Versus L 28–2965,438 [9]
November 128:30 pmat Washington State
VersusL 27–3727,213 [10]
November 197:30 pm Arizona
FSAZL 27–3172,694 [11]
November 258:15 pm California
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPNL 38–4752,350 [12]
December 226:00 pmvs. No. 8 Boise State *
ESPNL 24–5635,720
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[13]

Game summaries

UC Davis

1234Total
Aggies0001414
Sun Devils141017748

The Sun Devils played the UC Davis Aggies on September 1 and won 48–14. Quarterback Brock Osweiler threw two touchdown passes – both of them to receiver Aaron Pflugrad – and finished with 19 completions on 26 attempts before leaving with leg cramps in the third quarter. Running back Cameron Marshall added two rushing touchdowns as the Sun Devils amassed 217 yards on the ground. ASU's defense managed to keep the Aggies scoreless until the fourth quarter; the Aggies scored both touchdowns against ASU's reserves. [14]

Missouri

Jamal Miles caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brock Osweiler in overtime, then the defense held Missouri out of the end zone on their possession to seal Arizona State's wild win over No. 21 Missouri, 37 - 30. The win was Dennis Erickson's 28th career victory over a ranked opponent.

1234OTTotal
#21 Tigers37614030
Sun Devils7977737

Illinois

1234Total
#22 Sun Devils700714
Fighting Illini1000717

USC

#23 USC at Arizona State
1234Total
USC3613022
•Arizona State71471543

[15]

USC had won the last 11 meetings, with Arizona State last defeating USC in 1999. In this game, USC led 22–21 in the third quarter, but Arizona State then scored 22 unanswered points to win 43–22.

Oregon State

1234Total
Beavers677020
#25 Sun Devils0217735

Utah

#22 Arizona State at Utah
1234Total
•Arizona State7318735
Utah707014

[16]

Oregon

1234Total
#18 Sun Devils1437327
#9 Ducks71414641

Colorado

1234Total
Buffaloes070714
#23 Sun Devils211010748

UCLA

1234Total
#20 Sun Devils777728
Bruins6107629

First Quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11-yard run (Tyler Gonzalez kick failed); ASU – A.J. Pickens 35-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Alex Garoutte kick)

Second Quarter scoring: ASU – C. Marshall 14-yard run (Garoutte kick); UCLA – Gonzalez 43-yard field goal; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1-yard run (Gonzalez kick)

Third Quarter scoring: UCLA – Nelson Rosario 76-yard pass from Kevin Prince (Gonzalez kick); ASU – Jamal Miles, 9-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Garoutte kick)

Fourth Quarter scoring: ASU – Osweiler 1-yard run (Garoutte kick); UCLA – Coleman 1-yard run (Prince pass failed)

Washington State

1234Total
Sun Devils7137027
Cougars61071437

Arizona

1234Total
Wildcats14301431
Sun Devils7143327

California

1234Total
Golden Bears171014647
Sun Devils72110038

Boise State–Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

1234Total
Sun Devils0371424
#8 Broncos141472156

Rankings

Ranking movments
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RVRV22RV252218242320RVRV————
Coaches RV2318RVRV2420252018RVRV————
Harris Not released19232019RVRV———Not released
BCS Not released—2119—————Not released

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