American college football season
2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football Conference Big East Conference Coaches No. 21 AP No. 25 2011 record 10–3 (5–2 Big East) Head coach Offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian (2nd season)Co-defensive coordinator Tim Banks (2nd season)Co-defensive coordinator John Jancek (2nd season)Home stadium Nippert Stadium (Capacity: 35,097)Paul Brown Stadium (Capacity: 65,535)Seasons
The 2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bearcats were led by second year head coach Butch Jones and played their home games at Nippert Stadium and two conference games at Paul Brown Stadium . They are a member of the Big East Conference . They finished the season 10–3, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference championship with Louisville and West Virginia . Despite the conference title, which was their third in the last four years, they did not receive the conference's automatic bid into a BCS game (West Virginia received the bid based on BCS rankings). They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they defeated Vanderbilt 31–24.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 pm Austin Peay * Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH FS Ohio W 72–1023,282[1]
September 10 3:30 pm at Tennessee * Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN ESPN2 L 23–4594,207[2]
September 17 3:30 pm Akron * Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH ESPN3 W 59–1424,991[3]
September 22 8:00 pm NC State * Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH ESPN W 44–1428,431[4]
October 1 1:00 pm at Miami (OH) * ESPN3 W 27–016,408[5]
October 15 12:00 pm Louisville BIG EAST Network W 25–1640,971[6]
October 22 12:00 pm at South Florida Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL BIG EAST Network W 37–3444,248[7]
November 5 7:00 pm at Pittsburgh No. 24 ESPNU W 26–2349,362[8]
November 12 12:00 pm West Virginia No. 23 Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, OH ABC/ESPN3 L 21–2448,152[9]
November 19 12:00 pm at Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ ESPNU L 3–2047,447
November 26 12:00 pm at Syracuse BIG EAST Network W 30–1338,159
December 3 12:00 pm Connecticut Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH ESPN W 35–2727,930
December 31 3:30 pm vs. Vanderbilt * ABC W 31–2457,103[10]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Roster [ ]
2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
NR
NR
NR
RV
NR
RV
RV
RV
24
23
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
25
Coaches
NR
RV
NR
NR
NR
RV
NR
RV
23
22
18
RV
NR
25
24
21
Harris
Not released
RV
RV
24
23
22
RV
RV
RV
24
Not released
BCS
Not released
NR
NR
NR
23
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
Game summaries [ ]
Louisville [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Louisville
6
10 0 0
16
• Cincinnati
0
7 7 11
25
Date: October 15Location: Paul Brown Stadium , Cincinnati, OH Game start: 12:09 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:12Game attendance: 40,971Referee: Dennis HenniganTV announcers (Big East Network ): Mike Gleason , John Congemi
Scoring summary 1 7:47 LOU Chris Philpott 42 yard field goal LOU 3-0
1 1:41 LOU Chris Philpott 51 yard field goal LOU 6-0
2 5:01 CIN D.J. Woods 26 yard pass from Zach Collaros (Tony Miliano kick) CIN 7-6
2 2:54 LOU Chris Philpott 18 yard field goal LOU 9-7
2 0:06 LOU Mike Evans 63 yard interception return (Chris Philpott kick) LOU 16-7
3 4:41 CIN Zach Collaros 1 yard run (Tony Miliano kick) LOU 16-14
4 12:19 CIN Isaiah Pead 50 yard run (Zach Collaros to Adrien Robinson pass)CIN 22-16
4 1:21 CIN Tony Miliano 21 yard field goal CIN 25-16
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Awards and milestones [ ]
Big East Conference honors [ ]
Offensive Player of the Year : Isaiah Pead [13]
Defensive Player of the Year : Derek Wolfe [13]
Coach of the Year : Butch Jones [13]
Big East Conference All-Conference First Team [ ]
Isaiah Pead, RB
Alex Hoffman, OL
Derek Wolfe, DL
J.K. Schaffer, LB
Pat O'Donnell, P
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Big East Conference All-Conference Third Team [ ]
Walter Stewart, DL
Dan Giordano, DL
Camerron Cheatham, DB
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Players in the 2012 NFL Draft [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Austin Peay Governors vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score" . ESPN . September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011 .
^ "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Tennessee Volunteers Box Score" . ESPN . September 10, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011 .
^ "Akron Zips vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score" . ESPN . September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011 .
^ "North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score" . ESPN . September 22, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011 .
^ "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Miami RedHawks Box Score" . ESPN . October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011 .
^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score" . ESPN . October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011 .
^ "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. South Florida Bulls Box Score" . ESPN . October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011 .
^ "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Box Score" . ESPN . November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011 .
^ "West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score" . ESPN . November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2012 .
^ "Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Vanderbilt Commodores Box Score" . ESPN . December 31, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011 .
^ http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cinn-m-footbl-sched.html
^ "Cincinnati Scoots Past Louisville with Late Isaiah Pead TD" . ESPN . October 15, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015 .
^ a b c d e "2011 Big East All-Conference Teams" . College Sports Madness. Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
Venues
Union Ball Park (1885–1900)
Carson Field (1901–1923)
Nippert Stadium (1924–89, 1991–2013, 2015–present)
Riverfront Stadium (1990)
Paul Brown Stadium (2014)
Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons
National championships in bold