2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football
ACC Coastal Division Champions
ACC Championship Game vs. Clemson, L, 10–38
Sugar Bowl vs. Michigan, L 20–23 OT
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference (Coastal Division)
Ranking
BCS #11
Coaches #11
AP #17
2011 record 11–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach Frank Beamer (25th year)
Offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring
Defensive coordinator Bud Foster
Home stadium Lane Stadium
Seasons
« 2010 2012 »
2011 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic
#14 Clemson x   6 2         10 3  
#25 Florida State   5 3         9 4  
Wake Forest   5 3         6 7  
NC State   4 4         8 5  
Boston College   3 5         4 8  
Maryland   1 7         2 10  
Coastal
#17 Virginia Tech x   7 1         11 3  
Virginia   5 3         8 5  
Georgia Tech   5 3         8 5  
North Carolina   3 5         7 6  
Miami   3 5         6 6  
Duke   1 7         3 9  
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
† – BCS representative as champion
‡ – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 4, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represents the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies are led by 25th year head coach Frank Beamer and play their home games at Lane Stadium. They are members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 11–3 overall record, 7–1 in ACC play, to be champions of the coastal division. They were defeated by Clemson in the 2011 ACC Championship Game 10–38. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Michigan 20–23 in overtime.

Contents

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 12:30 PM #2 (FCS) Appalachian State* #13 Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA ACC Network W 66–13   66,233
September 10 3:30 PM at East Carolina* #11 Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC FSN W 17–10   49,404
September 17 4:00 PM Arkansas State* #12 Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA FSN W 26–7   66,233
September 24 3:30 PM at Marshall* #11 Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV CBSSN W 30–10   34,424
October 1 6:00 PM #15 Clemson #10 Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ESPN2 L 3–23   66,233
October 8 3:30 PM Miami (FL) #17 Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ABC/ESPN W 38–35   66,233
October 15 6:30 PM at Wake Forest #17 BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC ESPN3 W 38–17   35,026[2]
October 22 3:00 PM Boston College #14 Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry) FSN Affiliates W 30–14   66,233[3]
October 29 12:30 PM at Duke #15 Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC ACC Network W 14–10   27,392
November 10 8:00 PM at #19 Georgia Tech #9 Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA (Battle of the Techs) ESPN W 37–26   50,140[4]
November 17 8:00 PM North Carolina #7 Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA ESPN W 24–21   66,233
November 26 3:30 PM at #24 Virginia #4 Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup) ABC W 38–0   61,124
December 3 8:00 PM vs. #21 Clemson #3 Bank of America StadiumCharlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game) ESPN L 10–38   73,675
January 3 8:30 PM vs. #12 Michigan* #11 Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ESPN L 20–23 OT  64,512
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
AP 13 11 13 13 11 21 19 16 15 12 10 9 6 5 17
Coaches 13 11 12 11 10 17 17 14 15 11 9 7 4 3 11
Harris Not released 18 16 15 12 10 9 5 4 11
BCS Not released 12 12 12 10 8 5 5 11

Coaching Staff

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies coaching staff

Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Shane Beamer - Associate Head Coach and Running Backs Coach
  • Bryan Stinespring - Offensive Coordinator and Tight Ends/Offensive Tackles Coach
  • Bud Foster - Defensive Coordinator and Inside Linebackers Coach
  • Curt Newsome - Offensive Guards and Center Coach
  • Kevin Sherman - Wide Receivers Coach
  • Mike O'Cain - Quarterbacks Coach
  • Torrian Gray - Defensive Secondary Coach
  • Charley Wiles - Defensive Line Coach
  • Cornell Brown - Outside Linebackers and Assistant Defensive Line Coach
  • John Ballein - Associate Athletics Director for Football Operations
  • Billy Hite - Assistant to the Head Coach and Senior Advisor
  • Jim Cavanaugh - Director of Recruiting and High School Relations

Roster

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies roster
Flanker
  •      David Mellstrom - Freshman
  •   7 Marcus Davis - Junior
  • 11 Dyrell Roberts - Senior
  • 19 Danny Coale - Senior
  • 31 Demitri Knowles - Freshman
  • 82 Willie Byrn - Freshman
Split End
  •      Kevin Asante - Freshman
  •      Christian Reeves - Freshman
  • 18 D.J. Coles - Junior
  • 81 Jarrett Boykin - Senior
  • 83 Corey Fuller - Junior
  • 85 E.L. Smiling - Freshman
Center
  • 63 Bo Gentry - Senior
  • 74 Andrew Miller - Sophomore
  • 79 Caleb Farris - Freshman
Offensive Guard
  •      Tyler Barfield - Sophomore
  •      Jake Goins - Freshman
  •      Andrew Harrs - Freshman
  • 59 Courtney Price - Junior
  • 60 Laurence Gibson - Freshman
  • 64 Matt Arkema - Freshman
  • 68 Jaymes Brooks - Senior
  • 70 Kory Gough - Freshman
  • 75 Greg Nosal - Senior
  • 76 David Wang - Sophomore
  • 77 Dale Davis - Freshman
Offensive Tackle
  •      Brent Benedict - Freshman
  •      Darian Fisher - Sophomore
  •      Marcus Mapp - Freshman
  • 54 Nick Becton - Junior
  • 61 Nick Acree - Freshman
  • 62 Blake DeChristopher - Senior
  • 67 Michael Via - Junior
  • 69 Mark Shuman - Freshman
  • 71 Vinston Painter - Junior
  • 72 Andrew Lanier - Senior
Tight End
  •      Fuller Hoepner - Freshman
  •      Darius Redman - Freshman
  • 13 Randall Dunn - Junior
  • 33 Chris Drager - Senior
  • 80 George George - Junior
  • 86 Eric Martin - Sophomore
  • 88 Ryan Malleck - Freshman
 
Quarterback
  •      Brian Rody - Freshman
  •      T.J. Shaw - Freshman
  •   3 Logan Thomas - Sophomore
  •   6 Mark Leal - Freshman
  • 12 Joseph Clayton - Junior
  • 16 Trey Gresh - Freshman
Tailback
  •      Michael Holmes - Freshman
  •      Maurice Taylor - Freshman
  •   2 Josh Oglesby - Senior
  •   4 David Wilson - Junior
  • 14 Dominique Patterson - '' Freshman
  • 22 Tony Gregory - Sophomore
  • 39 Daniel Dyer - '' Freshman

Fullback

  •      Greg Gaddell - Freshman
  •      Justus Hoffmann - Freshman
  • 25 Martin Scales - Junior
  • 32 Riley Beiro - Freshman
  • 45 Joey Phillips - Junior
Defensive tackle
  •      Kwamaine Battle - Senior
  •      Ross Ward - Freshman
  • 53 Dwight Tucker - Junior
  • 56 Antoine Hopkins - Junior
  • 92 Luther Maddy - Freshman
  • 93 Isaiah Hamlette - Junior
  • 96 Corey Marshall - Freshman
  • 97 Kris Harley - Freshman
  • 98 Derrick Hopkins - Sophomore
Defensive End
  •      Matt Roth - Freshman
  • 42 J.R. Collins - Sophomore
  • 66 Tyrel Wilson - Sophomore
  • 87 Justin Taylor - Freshman
  • 90 Duan Perez-Means - Freshman
  • 94 Dadi Nicolas - Freshman
  • 95 Zach McCray - Freshman
  • 99 James Gayle - Sophomore
 
Cornerback
  •      Chris Caver - Freshman
  •      James Farrow - Freshman
  •      Carl Jackson - Freshman
  •   8 Detrick Bonner - Freshman
  •   9 Cris Hill - Sophomore
  • 17 Kyler Fuller - Sophomore
  • 20 Jayron Hosley - Junior
  • 34 Kyshoen Jarrett - Freshman
Linebacker
  •      Griffin Hite - Freshman
  •      Brandon Spitzer - Freshman
  •      D.J. Ward - Freshman
  • 24 Tariq Edwards - Sophomore
  • 36 Chase Williams - '' Freshman
  • 44 Brian Laiti - Freshman
  • 47 Jonathan Halfhide - Freshman
  • 51 Bruce Taylor - Junior
  • 52 Barquell Rivers - Senior
  • 57 Telvion Clark - Sophomore
  • 58 Jack Tyler - Sophomore
Outside Linebacker
  • 27 Nick Dew - Freshman
  • 28 Alonzo Tweedy - Junior
  • 40 Wiley Brown - Junior
  • 43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow - Junior
Free Safety
  •      Michael Cole - Freshman
  •      Scott Rolin - Freshman
  •   1 Antone Exum - Sophomore
  • 21 Theron Norman - Freshman
  • 26 James Hopper - Sophomore
  • 37 Ronny Vandyke - Freshman
  • 41 Derek DiNardo - Freshman
Rover
  •      Nick Bush - Freshman
  •      Ryan Cassidy - Freshman
  •      Josh Trimble - Freshman
  • 15 Eddie Whitley - Senior
  • 23 Boye Aromire - Freshman
Long Snapper
  •      Lukas Stump - Freshman
  • 50 Collin Carroll - Senior
  • 65 Joe St. Germain - Freshman
Punter
  •      Ethan Keyserling - Freshman
  • 29 Scott Demler - Junior
  • 38 Michael Branthover - Freshman
Place Kicker
  •      Conor Goulding - Freshman
  •   5 Tyler Weiss - Senior
  • 48 Justin Myer - Senior
  • 89 Cody Journell - Freshman

Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players

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