2011_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football
2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football
ACC Coastal Division champion
ACC Championship Game, L 10–38 vs. Clemson
Sugar Bowl, L 20–23 OT vs. Michigan
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 21
Record	11–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (25th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bryan Stinespring (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (17th season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

American college football season

The 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by 25th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 11–3 overall record, 7–1 in ACC play, as 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.

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2011 Virginia Tech Hokies roster

wide receiver

David Mellstrom – Freshman
7 Marcus Davis – Junior
11 Dyrell Roberts – Senior
19 Danny Coale – Senior
31 Demitri Knowles – Freshman
82 Willie Byrn – Freshman
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 Prince – 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 Gadell – 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
Michael Dennis II - Senior
Carl Jackson – Freshman
8 Detrick Bonner – Freshman
9 Cris Hill – Sophomore
17 Kyle 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

Strong Safety

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

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 (FCS) Appalachian State*	No. 13	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	W 66–13	66,233
September 10	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*	No. 11	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	W 17–10	49,404
September 17	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	No. 13	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	FSN	W 26–7	66,233
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Marshall*	No. 13	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN	W 30–10	34,424
October 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 13 Clemson	No. 11	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	L 3–23	66,233
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN	W 38–35	66,233
October 15	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 19	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W 38–17	35,026^[1]
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	FSN	W 30–14	66,233^[2]
October 29	12:30 p.m.	at Duke	No. 15	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 14–10	27,392
November 10	8:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech	No. 10	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Battle of the Techs)	ESPN	W 37–26	50,140^[3]
November 17	8:00 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 9	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	W 24–21	66,233
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Virginia	No. 6	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ABC/ESPN2	W 38–0	61,124
December 3	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 21 Clemson	No. 5	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game)	ESPN	L 10–38	73,675
January 3, 2012	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Michigan*	No. 17	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 20–23 ^OT	64,512
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football

ACC Coastal Division champion
ACC Championship Game, L 10–38 vs. Clemson
Sugar Bowl, L 20–23 ^OT vs. Michigan
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 21
Record	11–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (25th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bryan Stinespring (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (17th season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 22 Clemson x$	6	–	2	10	–	4
Wake Forest	5	–	3	6	–	7
No. 23 Florida State	5	–	3	9	–	4
NC State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Boston College	3	–	5	4	–	8
Maryland	1	–	7	2	–	10
Coastal Division
No. 21 Virginia Tech x%	7	–	1	11	–	3
Virginia	5	–	3	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Miami (FL)	3	–	5	6	–	6
North Carolina	3	–	5	7	–	6
Duke	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	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	21
Coaches	13	11	12	11	10	17	17	14	15	11	9	7	4	3	11	17
Harris	Not released						18	16	15	12	10	9	5	4	11	Not released
BCS	Not released							12	12	12	10	8	5	5	11	Not released