2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
DivisionLegends Division
Record3–9 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys (1st season)
CaptainGame captains
Home stadium TCF Bank Stadium
Seasons
  2010
2012  
2011 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x  7 1   11 3  
No. 12 Michigan  %  6 2   11 2  
No. 24 Nebraska  5 3   9 4  
Iowa  4 4   7 6  
Northwestern  3 5   6 7  
Minnesota  2 6   3 9  
Leaders Division
No. 10 Wisconsin xy$  6 2   11 3  
Penn State x  6 2   9 4  
Purdue  4 4   7 6  
Ohio State  3 5   6 7  
Illinois  2 6   7 6  
Indiana  0 8   1 11  
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota for the 2011 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were led by head coach Jerry Kill for his first season as head coach at Minnesota. They finished with 3–9 overall record, 2–6 in Big Ten Legends play.

Contents

Roster

2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 30Mike HenrySo
OL 52Zac Epping Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 53Tommy OlsonFr
OL 58Ed OlsonSo
OL 60Ryan WynnSr
OL 62Zach MottlaSo
OL 63Jon ChristensonFr
OL 64Caleb Bak Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 65Josh CampionFr
OL 66Luke McAvoyFr
OL 68Chris BundersSr
OL 69Jacob GlicksteinJr
OL 70Sean Ferguson Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 71Kyle McAvoyFr
OL 73Joe BjorklundFr
OL 74Marek Lenkiewicz Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 75Brooks MichelSo
OL 76Jimmy Gjere Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 77Foster BushFr
OL 78Ryan OrtonSr
QB 3Dexter ForemanFr
QB 5 MarQueis Gray Jr
QB 11 Max Shortell Fr
QB 12Moses AlipateSo
QB 16Tom Parish Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 19Adam LueckJr
RB 20Donnell Kirkwood Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 22Duane Bennett Redshirt.svg  Sr
RB 25Devon Wright Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 27 David Cobb Fr
RB 31Cole Banham Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 32Lamonte Edwards Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 33Cameron GatlingJr
TE 42Ernie HeifortFr
TE 45Gavin BronsonFr
TE 47Alex Bisch Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 81John RabeJr
TE 83Drew GoodgerFr
TE 85Eric LairSr
TE 87Sahr NgekiaSo
TE 88Collin McGarrySr
WR 1Brandon Green Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 2Ge'Shun HarrisJr
WR 6Da'Jon McKnightSr
WR 8Cameron Wilson Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 13J.D. Pride Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 14Connor Cosgrove Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 85Bryce Witham Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 14Matt KlossJr
WR 15Marcus JonesFr
WR 17C.J. Cesario Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 18Derrick EngelJr
WR 23Luke TrucillaFr
WR 80Devin Crawford-TuftsSo
WR 82A.J. BarkerSo
WR 84Victor KeiseSo
WR 86Malcolm MoultonSo
WR 89Logan Hutton Redshirt.svg  Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 11 Troy Stoudermire Sr
CB 27 Cedric Thompson Fr
DB 3Kim RoystonSr
DB 5Johnny JohnsonSr
DB 6Michael CarterJr
DB 7Tyrone Bouie Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 9Christyn LewisSr
DB 13 Derrick Wells Fr
DB 14Kyle HendersonSr
DB 16Steven MontgomeryFr
DB 21 Brock Vereen So
DB 23Grayson LevineFr
DB 24James ManuelSo
DB 28Kenny WatkinsSo
DB 29Shady SalamonSr
DL 36Chase HavilandSo
DB 40Nathan Tow-ArnettJr
DB 45Bryan KlitzkeSr
DE 49Matt GarinSo
DE 55Thieren CockranFr
DE 91Kendall Gregory-McGheeSo
DB 92Leston SimpsonJr
DE 93Ben Perry Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 95D.L. WilhiteJr
DE 98Michael AmaefulaFr
DE 99 Ra'Shede Hageman So
DL 46Cameron Botticelli Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 62Eric JacquesSo
DL 67David StommesSo
DL 89Curran DelaneyJr
DL 90Austin HahnJr
DL 94Harold Legania Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 97Anthony JacobsSr
DT 96Brandon KirkseySr
LB 1Drendan BealSo
LB 4Keanon CooperJr
LB 8Spencer ReevesJr
LB 17 Peter Westerhaus Fr
LB 26Mike RallisJr
LB 34Jephte MatilusFr
LB 35Dominic SchultzFr
LB 39Gabe Mezzenga Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 43Ryan GrantJr
LB 44Brent SingletonSo
LB 47Quinn BaudccoFr
LB 48Judd PaffrathJr
LB 50Patrick SveumSr
LB 51Gary TinsleySr
LB 57Aaron HillSo
LB 59Joey BalthazorSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 7Chris HawthorneSo
K 31David PlatnerFr
K 38David SchwermanSr
K 39Jordan WettsteinJr
LS 40Jared HartmanFr
LS 48Jake FilkinsSo
LS 96Dave Ramlet Redshirt.svg  Fr
P 37Peter MortellFr
P 41Dan OrseskeSo

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 32:30 pmat No. 25 USC * ABC/ESPN2 L 17–1968,273 [1]
September 102:30 pm New Mexico State * BTN L 21–2848,807
September 172:30 pm Miami (OH) *
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis
BTNW 29–2349,950
September 246:00 pmNo. 12 (FCS) North Dakota State *
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis
BTNL 24–3748,802 [2]
October 111:00 amat No. 19 Michigan BTNL 0–58111,106
October 811:00 amat Purdue ESPN L 17–4538,207 [3]
October 222:30 pmNo. 13 Nebraska Dagger-14-plain.png
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis
ABC/ESPN2L 14–4149,187 [4]
October 292:30 pm Iowa
BTNW 22–2146,543 [5]
November 511:00 amat No. 15 Michigan State BTNL 24–3172,219 [6]
November 122:30 pmNo. 16 Wisconsin
BTNL 13–4249,158
November 1911:00 amat Northwestern BTNL 13–2827,050
November 262:30 pm Illinois
  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis
BTNW 27–741,549

[7]

Game summaries

@ USC

Matt Barkley threw three touchdowns to Robert Woods as the Trojans won their 14th straight season opener. Barkley went 34-of-45 with 304 yards while Woods caught 17 passes, a USC single-game record, for 177 yards in the win. D.J. Morgan added 18 carries for 70 yards in the win for USC.

Duane Bennett ran for a touchdown while Max Shortell threw for a touchdown but was intercepted on the final drive for the Golden Gophers, who failed to win in the debut of new head coach Jerry Kill.

Bennett finished with 53 yards on 15 carries while MarQueis Gray went 7-of-12 with 94 yards and added 48 yards on 16 carries for Minnesota, which went just 3–9 last season.

The Gophers never led in the game, but made it a one-score possession with 8:03 to play when Shortell hit Brandon Green on a short pass to the left and the receiver curled around his defender and into the end zone from 12 yards out to make it 19–17.

Minnesota got the ball back at its own nine-yard line with just over two minutes to play. However, the drive only made it to the Minnesota 28 and on 3rd-and-1 Shortell was picked off by Torin Harris and the Trojans killed off the rest of the clock. [8]

Vs. New Mexico State

Aside from losing the game 28–21, this game represented a scare for Minnesota outside of the game itself as head coach Jerry Kill had a seizure with 20 seconds left in the game and was taken away by ambulance.

Kill was stabilized, and Minnesota's team physician said the coach's condition was not life-threatening. Kill has had similar episodes three times before in his career, but never missed a game, and his assistants said they weren't worried.

Regarding the game, the Aggies set the tone from the start with a six-play, 60-yard drive. Manley hit Rogers for a 26-yard score, with cornerback Brock Vereen and safety Shady Salamon failing to reach Rogers in time. Manley had help from Robert Clay, who rushed 20 times for 97 yards and a touchdown. Taveon Rogers had 88 yards receiving and two scores.

MarQueis Gray had another uneven performance at quarterback for the Gophers, who hadn't lost their first two games to start a season since 1992. Da'Jon McKnight made a handful of acrobatic catches, finishing with 146 yards and one touchdown, and tight end Colin McGarry dived to haul in a 10-yard score in the corner of the end zone and pull the Gophers within 21–14 right before the half.

Gray, who was relieved in the third quarter by freshman Max Shortell because he had cramps on a hot day, finished with 110 yards rushing on 17 attempts. He went 16 for 32 through the air for 211 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Gray threaded a perfect pass to McKnight on a quick post route for a 4-yard touchdown with 11:47 left, pulling the Gophers within 28–21.

He nearly tied the game later on a rollout with a head-first dive at the pylon with 7:51 left, and the initial ruling on the field was a touchdown. But a replay review determined his foot was out of bounds.

On fourth and 1, Edwards was stopped and NMSU took over.

Clay and Victor Johnson ground down the clock for the Aggies, and the Gophers didn't get the ball back until 2:09 remained, starting at their own 11-yard line with no timeouts. This proved to be too much for the Gophers to overcome. [9]

Iowa

1234Total
Iowa077721
Minnesota0731222

[10]

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