2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football
2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Insight Bowl, L 14–31 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	Legends Division
Record	7–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ken O'Keefe (13th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (13th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Kirk Ferentz, who was in his 13th season, and played their homes games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. They are member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in Big Ten Conference play to finish in fourth place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Insight Bowl, for the second consecutive year, where they were defeated by Oklahoma, 31–14.

2011 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 am	Tennessee Tech*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 34–7	70,585^[1]
September 10	11:00 am	at Iowa State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FSN	L 41–44 ^3OT	56,058^[2]
September 17	11:00 am	Pittsburgh*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	W 31–27	70,585^[3]
September 24	11:00 am	Louisiana–Monroe*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 45–17	70,585^[4]
October 8	2:30 pm	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC/ESPN	L 3–13	103,497^[5]
October 15	6:00 pm	Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 41–31	70,585^[6]
October 22	11:00 am	Indiana	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 45–24	70,585^[7]
October 29	2:30 pm	at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	BTN	L 21–22	46,543^[8]
November 5	11:00 am	No. 13 Michigan	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN	W 24–16	70,585^[9]
November 12	11:00 am	No. 13 Michigan State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 21–37	70,585^[10]
November 19	11:00 am	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 31–21	44,017^[11]
November 25	11:00 am	at No. 22 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–20	85,595^[12]
December 30	9:00 pm	vs. No. 19 Oklahoma*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Insight Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–31	54,247^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`15`	Jake Rudock	Fr
QB	`16`	James Vandenberg	Jr
QB	`14`	John Wienke	Jr
RB	`40`	Marcus Binns	Fr
RB	`32`	Damon Bullock	Fr
RB	`33`	Jordan Canzeri	Fr
RB	`34`	Marcus Coker	So
RB	`33`	Adam Cox	Fr
RB	`92`	Jonathan Gimm	Jr
RB	`30`	De'Andre Johnson	Fr
RB	`25`	Mika'll McCall	Fr
RB	`35`	Matt Mayers	Fr
RB	`41`	Jacob Reisen	So
RB	`38`	Brad Rogers	So
RB	`28`	Mark Weisman	Fr
RB	`3`	Jason White	Jr
WR	`88`	Joe Audlehelm	Sr
WR	`18`	John Chief	Fr
WR	`23`	Jordan Cotton	So
WR	`6`	Keenan Davis	Jr
WR	`9`	Blake Haluska	Fr
WR	`84`	Jacob Hillyer	Fr
WR	`11`	Kevonte Martin-Manley	Fr
WR	`7`	Marvin McNutt	Sr
WR	`29`	Nick Nielsen	Jr
WR	`8`	Don Shumpert	So
WR	`83`	Steven Staggs	Jr
TE	`85`	Zach Derby	Jr
TE	`87`	Jake Duzey	Fr
TE	`86`	C.J. Fiedorowicz	So
TE	`82`	Ray Hamilton	Fr
TE	`39`	Brad Herman	Sr
TE	`80`	Henry Krieger-Coble	Fr
TE	`81`	Austin Vier	Fr
OL	`63`	Austin Blythe	Fr
OL	`59`	Conor Boffeli	So
OL	`50`	Drew Clark	So
OL	`78`	Andrew Donnal	Fr
OL	`53`	James Ferentz	So
OL	`57`	Tommy Gaul	Fr
OL	`73`	Adam Gettis	Sr
OL	`73`	Jared Kracke	Fr
OL	`76`	Noaln MacMillan	So
OL	`66`	Casey McMillan	Jr
OL	`72`	Woody Orne	Sr
OL	`77`	Riley Reiff	Sr
OL	`68`	Brandon Scherff	Fr
OL	`60`	Matt Tobin	Jr
OL	`70`	Brett Van Sloten	So
OL	`65`	Jordan Walsh	Fr
OL	`56`	Markus Zusevics	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`79`	Dominic Alvis	So
DL	`54`	Steve Bigach	Jr
DL	`91`	Broderick Binns	Sr
DL	`97`	Darian Cooper	Fr
DL	`58`	Lebron Daniel	Sr
DL	`93`	Mike Daniels	Sr
DL	`71`	Carl Davis	Fr
DL	`96`	Joe Forgy	Sr
DL	`99`	Joe Gaglione	Jr
DL	`98`	Mike Hardy	Fr
DL	`58`	Cameron Hayward	Fr
DL	`94`	Riley McMinn	Fr
DL	`87`	Thomas Nardo	Sr
DL	`90`	Louis Trinca-Pasat	Fr
DL	`75`	Dean Tsopanides	Fr
LB	`52`	Quinton Alston	Fr
LB	`55`	Marcus Collins	Fr
LB	`17`	A.J. DiBona	Fr
LB	`13`	Tom Donatell	Jr
LB	`50`	Palmer Foster	Fr
LB	`47`	Dakota Getz	So
LB	`31`	Anthony Hitchens	So
LB	`20`	Christian Kirksey	So
LB	`44`	James Morris	So
LB	`45`	Tyler Nielsen	Sr
LB	`36`	Macon Plewa	Fr
LB	`43`	Jim Poggi	Fr
LB	`51`	Terrance Pryor	Jr
LB	`49`	Melvin Spears	Fr
DB	`4`	Jordan Bernstine	Sr
DB	`7`	Brendon Boerm	Fr
DB	`22`	Torrey Campbell	Fr
DB	`2`	Greg Castillo	Jr
DB	`36`	Cole Fisher	Fr
DB	`18`	Micah Hyde	Jr
DB	`22`	Brian Kroll	Fr
DB	`21`	Nico Law	Fr
DB	`27`	Jordan Lomax	Fr
DB	`48`	John Lowdermilk	Fr
DB	`19`	B.J. Lowery	So
DB	`5`	Tanner Miller	So
DB	`16`	Jamal Overton	Fr
DB	`39`	Travis Perry	Fr
DB	`28`	Shaun Prater	Sr
DB	`16`	Collin Sleeper	Jr
DB	`30`	Gavin Smith	Fr
DB	`12`	Kyle Steinbrecher	Sr
DB	`40`	Jack Swanson	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`1`	Marshall Koehn	Fr
K	`96`	Mike Meyer	So
K	`8`	Trent Mossbrucker	Jr
P	`6`	Eric Guthrie	Sr
P	`15`	Jonny Mullings	Fr
LS	`65`	Ryan Kolka	Fr
LS	`61`	Casey Kreiter	So

Head coach

Kirk Ferentz

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Ken O'Keefe – Offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks
Norm Parker – Defensive coordinator
Erik Campbell – Wide receivers
Lester Erb – Running backs and Special Teams
Eric Johnson – Recruiting Coordinator and tight ends
Rick Kaczenski – Defensive line
Reese Morgan – Offensive line
Phil Parker – Defensive backs
Darrell Wilson – Linebackers and Special Teams
Chris Doyle – Strength and conditioning
Dustyn Baethke – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
Charlie Bullen – Defensive Graduate Assistant
Chad Kraklio – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
David Raih – Offensive Graduate Assistant
Doug West – Senior Athletic Trainer
Ned Amendola, M.D. – Director, UI Sports Medicine Center
Raimond Braithwaite – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
Chigozie Ejiasi – Director of player development
Matthew Engelbert – Video Coordinator
Paul Federici – Director of football operations
Russ Haynes – Associate Director, Athletic Training Services
Bob Rahfeldt – Assistant Video Coordinator
Scott Southmayd – Quality Control Director
John Streif – Assistant Athletic Trainer
LeVar Woods – Administrative Assistant

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 12, 2011

Regular season

Tennessee Tech

Tennessee Tech at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee Tech (0–1)	0	0	0	7	7
• Iowa (1–0)	3	24	7	0	34

Date: September 3
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 4:27
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Rain, Wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h) SSW (Game delayed 1 hour and 24 minutes)
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz

Source: Box Score

Honorary Captain: Brad Banks^[15]

At Iowa State

Iowa at Iowa State
Cy-Hawk Trophy

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Iowa (1–1)	7	3	6	8	7	7	3	41
• Iowa State (1–0)	0	10	7	7	7	7	6	44

Date: September 10
Location: Jack Trice Stadium
Ames, IA
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:50
Game attendance: 56,058
Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), mostly clear, wind 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h) N
Referee: John O'Neill
TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt, Jim Knox

At Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh (2–0)	10	0	14	3	27
• Iowa (2–1)	0	3	7	21	31

Date: September 17
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:17
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), Cloudy, wind 9 mph (14 km/h) ESE
Referee: Jerry McGinn
TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti

Louisiana–Monroe

Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana-Monroe (1–2)	3	0	14	0	17
• Iowa (3–1)	14	14	14	3	45

Date: September 24
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:00
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph (8.0 km/h) NE
Referee: Mike Cannon
TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz

Source: Box Score

At Penn State

Iowa at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa (3–2)	0	3	0	0	3
• Penn State (4–1)	3	3	0	7	13

Date: October 8
Location: Beaver Stadium
University Park, PA
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
Elapsed time: 2:58
Game attendance: 103,497
Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 3 mph (4.8 km/h) N
Referee: Dan Capron
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Dave Pasch, Urban Meyer, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich

Source: Box Score

Northwestern

Northwestern at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern (2–3)	0	7	10	14	31
• Iowa (4–2)	10	7	0	24	41

Date: October 15
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 6:00 p.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:10
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), Mostly Sunny, wind 11 mph (18 km/h) WNW
Referee: Dennis Lipski
TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Source: Box Score

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Indiana

Indiana at Iowa
Homecoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana (1–6)	7	7	3	7	24
• Iowa (5–2)	14	21	3	7	45

Date: October 22
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 11:01 a.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:09
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), Sunny, wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h) NNW
Referee: Scott McElwee
TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Source: Box Score

At Minnesota

Iowa at Minnesota
Floyd of Rosedale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa (5–3)	0	7	7	7	21
• Minnesota (1–6)	0	7	3	12	22

Date: October 29
Location: TCF Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, MN
Game start: 2:30 PM CST
Elapsed time: 3:00
Game attendance: 46,543
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), Clear, wind 7 mph (11 km/h) SW
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Michigan

Michigan at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13/13 Michigan (7–2)	6	0	3	7	16
• Iowa (6–3)	7	10	0	7	24

Date: November 5
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:11
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 13 mph (21 km/h) SSE
Referee: Dan Capron
TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich

Source: Box Score

Michigan State

Michigan State at Iowa
Senior Day

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #13/13 Michigan State (7–2)	14	17	3	3	37
Iowa (6–4)	0	7	14	0	21

Date: November 12
Location: Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:35
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph (19 km/h) S
Referee: Dave Witvoet
TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti

At Purdue

Iowa at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa (7–4)	14	7	3	7	31
Purdue (5–5)	7	7	0	7	21

Date: November 19
Location: Ross–Ade Stadium
West Lafayette, IN
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:17
Game attendance: 44,017
Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C), Overcast, wind 17 mph (27 km/h) SSW
TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Tom Hart, Derek Rackley and Lisa Byington

At Nebraska

Iowa at Nebraska
Heroes Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa (7–5)	0	0	0	7	7
• #22/22 Nebraska (8–3)	0	10	3	7	20

Date: November 25
Location: Memorial Stadium
Lincoln, NE
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:06
Game attendance: 85,595
Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Overcast, wind 13 mph (21 km/h) S
Referee: Todd Geerlings
TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Jeanine Edwards

Vs. Oklahoma (Insight Bowl)

Iowa vs. Oklahoma
Insight Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa (7–6)	0	0	0	14	14
• #19/19 Oklahoma (9–3)	7	7	7	10	31

Date: December 30
Location: Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, AZ
Game start: 8:00 p.m. MST
Elapsed time: 3:23
Game attendance: 54,247
Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), clear, wind calm
Referee: Jack Wood
TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox

Source: Box Score

Postseason awards

Marvin McNutt - Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year
Riley Reiff - First-team All-American (Pro Football Writers)

Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club	Ref
Riley Reiff	Offensive Tackle	1	23	Detroit Lions	^[17]
Mike Daniels	Defensive tackle	4	132	Green Bay Packers	^[17]
Adam Gettis	Offensive Guard	5	141	Washington Redskins	^[17]
Shaun Prater	Cornerback	5	156	Cincinnati Bengals	^[17]
Marvin McNutt	Wide receiver	6	194	Philadelphia Eagles	^[17]
Jordan Bernstine	Cornerback	7	217	Washington Redskins	^[17]

References

^ "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. September 3, 2011.
^ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN.com. September 10, 2011.
^ "Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. September 17, 2011.
^ "Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. September 24, 2011.
^ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State Nittany Lions Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.
^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. October 15, 2011.
^ "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. October 22, 2011.
^ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Box Score". ESPN.com. October 29, 2011.
^ "Michigan Wolverines vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.
^ "Michigan State Spartans vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. November 12, 2011.
^ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Purdue Boilermakers Box Score". ESPN.com. November 19, 2011.
^ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Box Score". ESPN.com. November 25, 2011.
^ "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Oklahoma Sooners Box Score". ESPN.com. February 15, 2012.
^ "2011-2012 Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. University of Iowa Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
^ Banks Named Honorary Captain HawkeyeSports.com. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
^ Northwestern at Iowa Recap
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2012.htm ^{[dead link]}

[1] "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. September 3, 2011.

[2] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs Iowa State Cyclones Box Score". ESPN.com. September 10, 2011.

[3] "Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. September 17, 2011.

[4] "Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. September 24, 2011.

[5] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State Nittany Lions Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.

[6] "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. October 15, 2011.

[7] "Indiana Hoosiers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. October 22, 2011.

[8] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Box Score". ESPN.com. October 29, 2011.

[9] "Michigan Wolverines vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.

[10] "Michigan State Spartans vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN.com. November 12, 2011.

[11] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Purdue Boilermakers Box Score". ESPN.com. November 19, 2011.

[12] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Box Score". ESPN.com. November 25, 2011.

[13] "Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Oklahoma Sooners Box Score". ESPN.com. February 15, 2012.

[14] "2011-2012 Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. University of Iowa Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 9, 2015.

[15] Banks Named Honorary Captain HawkeyeSports.com. Retrieved December 12, 2011.

[16] Northwestern at Iowa Recap

[2012_NFL_Draft-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2012.htm ^{[dead link]}

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