2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

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2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Cincinnati University Bearcats textlogo.svg
Big East co-champion
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 31–24 vs. Vanderbilt
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 25
Record10–3 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Co-defensive coordinators
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Nippert Stadium

Paul Brown Stadium
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Big East Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2012
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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 pm Austin Peay * FS Ohio W 72–1023,282 [1]
September 103:30 pmat Tennessee * ESPN2 L 23–4594,207 [2]
September 173:30 pm Akron *
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ESPN3 W 59–1424,991 [3]
September 228:00 pm NC State *
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ESPN W 44–1428,431 [4]
October 11:00 pmat Miami (OH) *ESPN3W 27–016,408 [5]
October 1512:00 pm Louisville Dagger-14-plain.png Big East Network W 25–1640,971 [6]
October 2212:00 pmat South Florida Big East NetworkW 37–3444,248 [7]
November 57:00 pmat Pittsburgh No. 24
ESPNU W 26–2349,362 [8]
November 1212:00 pm West Virginia No. 23
  • Paul Brown Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ABC/ESPN3L 21–2448,152 [9]
November 1912:00 pmat Rutgers ESPNUL 3–2047,447
November 2612:00 pmat Syracuse Big East NetworkW 30–1338,159
December 312:00 pm Connecticut
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
ESPNW 35–2727,930
December 313:30 pmvs. Vanderbilt *ABCW 31–2457,103 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 86 Blake Annen Redshirt.svg  So
TE 18 Travis Kelce Jr
RB 23 Isaiah Pead Sr
TE 88 Adrien Robinson Sr
WR 1 Kenbrell Thompkins Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 40 John Hughes Sr
LB 37 J. K. Schaffer Sr
DT 78 Derek Wolfe Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RVRVRVRV242323RVRVRVRV25
Coaches RVRVRV232218RV252421
Harris Not releasedRVRV242322RVRVRV24Not released
BCS Not released23Not released

Game summaries

Louisville

1234Total
Louisville6100016
Cincinnati0771125

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Awards and milestones

Big East Conference honors

Big East Conference All-Conference First Team

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Big East Conference All-Conference Third Team

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Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Derek Wolfe DT 236 Denver Broncos
Isaiah Pead RB 250 St. Louis Rams
John Hughes DT 387 Cleveland Browns
Adrien Robinson TE 4127 New York Giants

References

  1. "Austin Peay Governors vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN . September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  2. "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Tennessee Volunteers Box Score". ESPN . September 10, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  3. "Akron Zips vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN . September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  4. "North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN . September 22, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  5. "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Miami RedHawks Box Score". ESPN . October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  6. "Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN . October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  7. "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. South Florida Bulls Box Score". ESPN . October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  8. "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Box Score". ESPN . November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  9. "West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN . November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  10. "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Vanderbilt Commodores Box Score". ESPN . December 31, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  11. "2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football schedule". gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati Athletics.
  12. "Cincinnati Scoots Past Louisville with Late Isaiah Pead TD". ESPN . October 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "2011 Big East All-Conference Teams". College Sports Madness. Retrieved December 22, 2018.