2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football | |
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Big East co-champion Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 31–24 vs. Vanderbilt | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 25 |
Record | 10–3 (5–2 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Mike Bajakian (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Co-defensive coordinators |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Nippert Stadium Paul Brown Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 West Virginia $+ | 5 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Cincinnati + | 5 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville + | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 4 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 1 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats were led by second-year head coach Butch Jones and played their home games at Nippert Stadium and two conference games at Paul Brown Stadium. They finished the season 10–3 overall and 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference championship with Louisville and West Virginia. Despite the conference title, which was their third in the last four years, they did not receive the conference's automatic bid into a BCS game (West Virginia received the bid based on BCS rankings). They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they defeated Vanderbilt 31–24.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 7:00 pm | Austin Peay * | FS Ohio | W 72–10 | 23,282 | [1] | ||
September 10 | 3:30 pm | at Tennessee * | ESPN2 | L 23–45 | 94,207 | [2] | ||
September 17 | 3:30 pm | Akron * |
| ESPN3 | W 59–14 | 24,991 | [3] | |
September 22 | 8:00 pm | NC State * |
| ESPN | W 44–14 | 28,431 | [4] | |
October 1 | 1:00 pm | at Miami (OH) * | ESPN3 | W 27–0 | 16,408 | [5] | ||
October 15 | 12:00 pm | Louisville ![]() |
| Big East Network | W 25–16 | 40,971 | [6] | |
October 22 | 12:00 pm | at South Florida | Big East Network | W 37–34 | 44,248 | [7] | ||
November 5 | 7:00 pm | at Pittsburgh | No. 24 |
| ESPNU | W 26–23 | 49,362 | [8] |
November 12 | 12:00 pm | West Virginia | No. 23 |
| ABC/ESPN3 | L 21–24 | 48,152 | [9] |
November 19 | 12:00 pm | at Rutgers | ESPNU | L 3–20 | 47,447 | |||
November 26 | 12:00 pm | at Syracuse | Big East Network | W 30–13 | 38,159 | |||
December 3 | 12:00 pm | Connecticut |
| ESPN | W 35–27 | 27,930 | ||
December 31 | 3:30 pm | vs. Vanderbilt * | ABC | W 31–24 | 57,103 | [10] | ||
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2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 |
Coaches | — | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | RV | 23 | 22 | 18 | RV | — | 25 | 24 | 21 |
Harris | Not released | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | Not released | |||||
BCS | Not released | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Derek Wolfe | DT | 2 | 36 | Denver Broncos |
Isaiah Pead | RB | 2 | 50 | St. Louis Rams |
John Hughes | DT | 3 | 87 | Cleveland Browns |
Adrien Robinson | TE | 4 | 127 | New York Giants |