2011 Miami Hurricanes football team

2011 Miami Hurricanes football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division
2011 record	6–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Al Golden (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Jedd Fisch (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro Style
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (1st year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Sun Life Stadium (Capacity: 74,916)

2011 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
#22 Clemson x$		6	–	2					10	–	4
Wake Forest		5	–	3					6	–	7
#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
#21 Virginia Tech x%		7	–	1					11	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
Miami		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 As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by first year head coach Al Golden and played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The team posted a 6–6 (3–5 ACC) record in 2011. It was only the third time since 1979 that the program had failed to register a winning record.

Despite being bowl eligible, Miami did not accept a bowl invitation due to a self-imposed bowl ban following an ongoing scandal.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	8:00 PM	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPN	L 24–32	52,875
September 17	7:30 PM	#16 Ohio State*		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	W 24–6	66,279
September 24	3:30 PM	Kansas State*		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (Family Weekend)	ESPNU	L 24–28	43,786
October 1	3:30 PM	Bethune-Cookman*		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	W 45–14	40,387
October 8	3:30 PM	at #17 Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ABC/ESPN	L 35–38	66,233
October 15	12:30 PM	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 30–24	60,000
October 22	3:30 PM	#22 Georgia Tech		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	W 24–7	43,716
October 27	8:00 PM	Virginia		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	L 21–28	40,403
November 5	3:30 PM	Duke		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	SUN	W 49–14	62,053
November 12	3:30 PM	at Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry)	ABC/ESPN	L 19–23	82,322
November 19	3:30 PM	at South Florida*		Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPNU	W 6–3	47,745
November 25	3:30 PM	Boston College		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ABC	L 17–24	44,954
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Preseason

Scandal

See also: 2011 University of Miami athletics scandal

The Hurricanes faced adversity even before the first down of football as twelve players were forced to pay restitution and eight players were suspended for accepting money and gifts from former booster Nevin Shapiro, a convicted Ponzi schemer serving a 20-year prison sentence. The players suspended were Jacory Harris (one game), Sean Spence (one game), Travis Benjamin (one game), Marcus Forston (one game), Adewale Ojomo (one game), Ray-Ray Armstrong (four games), Dyron Dye (four games), and Olivier Vernon (six games).

On November 20, Miami announced it was withdrawing from bowl consideration due to an ongoing NCAA investigation into the Shapiro affair.

Roster

2011 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 86 Blake Ayles Sr WR 18 Chad Barnes So OL 73 Jermaine Barton  Fr WR 3 Travis Benjamin Sr WR 87 Ben Bruneau Sr OL 79 Malcolm Bunche  Fr WR 2 LaRon Byrd Sr TE 43 John Calhoun Jr RB 23 Eduardo Clements So TE 82 Asante Cleveland So WR 85 Phillip Dorsett Fr TE 49 Dyron Dye So OL 70 Jon Feliciano  Fr OL 61 Joel Figueroa Sr TE 9 Chase Ford Sr OL 66 Harland Gunn Sr RB 33 Maurice Hagans So RB 19 Darion Hall  Fr QB 12 Jacory Harris Sr OL 77 Seantrel Henderson So RB 34 C.J. Holton Jr OL 63 Tyler Horn Sr RB 47 Darris Hughes So WR 1 Allen Hurns So RB 5 Mike James Jr OL 78 Jermaine Johnson So OL 55 Ben Jones Jr WR 41 Garrett Kidd Fr WR 25 DeAndre Lewis Fr OL 68 Jeremy Lewis Jr OL 65 Brandon Linder So OL 69 Eduardo Lopez So OL 62 Shane McDermott  Fr RB 6 Lamar Miller So QB 17 Stephen Morris So WR 28 Shawn O'Dare So TE 95 David Perry  Fr TE 88 Billy Sanders So WR 80 Rashawn Scott Fr WR 8 Tommy Streeter Jr WR 83 Kendal Thompkins Jr RB 38 David Thompson Jr TE 46 Clive Walford  Fr OL 72 Brandon Washington Jr OL 64 Hunter Wells Fr OL 75 Jared Wheeler So TE 84 Cory White So QB 11 Ryan Williams So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 51 Erik Akre So DL 50 Junior Alexis Fr DB 13 Thurston Armbrister Fr DB 26 Ray-Ray Armstrong Jr LB 45 Ramon Buchanan Sr LB 94 Kelvin Cain So DB 32 Lee Chambers Sr DL 71 Anthony Chickillo Fr DB 39 Tyrone Cornelius So LB 47 Akil Craig So DB 25 Dallas Crawford Fr DB 46 Hugo Delapenha Jr. So DL 90 Chris Dunckel Jr LB 40 Nantambu-Akil Fentress Fr DB 20 Thomas Finnie Fr DL 99 Marcus Fortson Jr LB 58 Jordan Futch Sr LB 59 James Gaines So DB 37 Nathan Gholston Jr LB 53 Sean Goldstein Jr DL 51 Shayon Green So DL 92 Jalen Grimble Fr DE 76 Sean Harvey So DB 30 A.J. Highsmith So DB 43 Ken Jackson Fr DB 24 Davon Johnson Jr LB 44 Eddie Johnson Fr DL 76 Corey King Fr LB 57 Miles Levine Sr LB 57 Erik Lichter Jr DB 21 Brandon McGee Jr DB 29 JoJo Nicolas Sr DL 97 Adewale Ojomo Jr LB 36 Gionni Paul Fr DB 27 Keion Payne  Fr LB 52 Denzel Perryman Fr DE 91 Olson Pierre Fr DL 96 Curtis Porter So DL 54 Micanor Regis Sr DL 93 Luther Robinson So DL 56 Marcus Robinson Sr DB 22 Kacy Rodgers So DL 48 Andrew Smith Sr DL 98 Darius Smith Jr LB 31 Sean Spence Sr DB 28 Andrew Swasey Jr DB 7 Vaughn Telemaque Jr DB 38 Jordan Tolson  Fr DL 35 Olivier Vernon Jr DB 41 Mike Williams Sr DL 90 Ricardo Williams Fr DB 19 Robert Wright Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 13 Dalton Botts So P 15 Cameron Dean Jr K 18 Matt Goudis Fr K 15 Ben Hopfinger  Fr K/P 37 Alex Irastoza So LS 60 Chris Ivory Sr LS 64 Sean McNally Jr K 40 Jake Wieclaw  Jr	Head coach Al Golden (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Mark D'Onofrio – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Jedd Fisch – Offensive Coordinator Michael Barrow – Linebackers/Special Teams Brennan Carroll – Tight Ends/National Recruiting Coordinator Jethro Franklin – Senior Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line Art Kehoe – Offensive Line George McDonald – Wide Receivers Terry Richardson – Running Backs/Florida Recruiting Coordinator Paul Williams – Defensive Backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

Mark D'Onofrio and Jethro Franklin joined Al Golden from his Temple coaching staff.

Depth chart

Defense http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041811aab.html FS JoJo Nicolas A.J. Highsmith WLB MLB SLB ⋅ Sean Spence ⋅ Marcus Robinson OR Jordan Futch James Gaines ⋅ SS Vaughn Telemaque Ray-Ray Armstrong CB Mike Williams Kacy Rodgers DE DT DT DE Olivier Vernon Darius Smith Adewale Ojomo Anthony Chickillo Andrew Smith Micanor Regis Curtis Porter Shayon Green CB Brandon McGee Thomas Finnie Offense http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041811aab.html WR Tommy Streeter LaRon Byrd LT LG C RG RT Brandon Washington Harland Gunn Tyler Horn Brandon Linder Jon Feliciano OR Malcolm Bunche Joel Figueroa Jeremy Lewis Shane McDermott Jared Wheeler ⋅ TE Dyron Dye Clive Walford WR Travis Benjamin Phillip Dorsett QB Jacory Harris Stephen Morris RB Lamar Miller Mike James OR Eduardo Clements FB Maurice Hagens John Calhoun Special Teams PK Jake Wieclaw P Dalton Botts KR Lamar Miller AND Travis Benjamin PR Travis Benjamin LS Chris Ivory H Spencer Whipple

Regular season

Maryland

See also: 2011 Maryland Terrapins football team

Al Golden's first game as head coach.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	14	7	3	24
Maryland	7	13	3	9	32

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Miami (FL) Maryland 1 11:21 11 79 3:39 Maryland Ronnie Tyler 10-yard touchdown reception from Danny O'Brien, Nick Ferrara kick good 0 7 2 12:52 11 62 3:35 Maryland 24-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara 0 10 2 9:12 7 60 3:33 Miami (FL) Mike James (American football) 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good 7 10 2 5:50 11 72 3:15 Maryland 29-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara 7 13 2 4:04 5 68 1:40 Miami (FL) Lamar Miller 41-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good 14 13 2 0:47 Maryland Fumble recovery returned 30 yards for touchdown by Joe Vellano, Nick Ferrara kick good 14 20 3 10:08 9 62 4:46 Miami (FL) Stephen Morris 5-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good 21 20 3 5:02 14 68 4:59 Maryland 28-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara 21 23 4 4:01 15 67 8:25 Miami (FL) 30-yard field goal by Jake Wieclaw 24 23 4 1:39 6 60 2:17 Maryland 32-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara 24 26 4 0:39 Maryland Interception returned 54 yards for touchdown by Cameron Chism, 2-point pass failed 24 32 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 32

Ohio State

See also: 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 6 0 0 6 • Miami (FL) 14 3 0 7 24 Date: September 17 Location: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Game start: 7:30 p.m. EST Television network: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 12:47 MIA Allen Hurns 3-yard pass from Jacory Harris (Jake Wieclaw kick) MIA 7-0 1 5:12 MIA Allen Hurns 3-yard pass from Jacory Harris (Jake Wieclaw kick) MIA 14-0 2 6:28 OSU Drew Basil 22-yard field goal MIA 14-3 2 3:40 OSU Drew Basil 24-yard field goal MIA 14-6 2 0:00 MIA Jake Wieclaw 25-yard field goal MIA 17-6 4 0:33 MIA Mike James 1-yard run (Jake Wieclaw kick) MIA 24-6

Kansas State

See also: 2011 Kansas State Wildcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	7	7	7	7	28
Miami (FL)	3	0	14	7	24

Bethune-Cookman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bethune-Cookman	7	0	7	0	14
Miami (FL)	0	14	10	21	45

Virginia Tech

See also: 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	7	7	21	35
Virginia Tech	7	14	3	14	38

North Carolina

See also: 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	17	10	0	3	30
North Carolina	0	10	0	14	24

Georgia Tech

See also: 2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	0	7	0	0	7
Miami (FL)	7	14	0	3	24

Virginia

See also: 2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Virginia	7	10	3	8	28
Miami (FL)	0	7	7	7	21

Duke

See also: 2011 Duke Blue Devils football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Duke	0	7	7	0	14
Miami (FL)	14	14	7	14	49

Florida State

See also: 2011 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida State-Miami rivalry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	7	0	12	19
Florida State	3	14	3	3	23

South Florida

See also: 2011 South Florida Bulls football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Miami (FL) 3 0 0 3 6 South Florida 0 3 0 0 3 Date: November 19 Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Television network: ESPNU

Scoring summary 1 2:08 MIA Jake Wieclaw 26-yard field goal MIA 3-0 2 13:48 USF Maikon Bonani 42-yard field goal Tied 3-3 4 0:00 MIA Jake Wieclaw 36-yard field goal MIA 6-3

Boston College

See also: 2011 Boston College Eagles football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boston College	7	3	7	7	24
Miami (FL)	14	0	0	3	17