2011 Louisville Cardinals football team

2011 Big East Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; + – Conference co-champions; As of January 11, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

2011 Louisville Cardinals football
2011 Louisville Cardinals football
Big East co-champion
Belk Bowl, L 24–31 vs. NC State
Conference	Big East Conference
2011 record	7–6 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Charlie Strong (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford (games 1–5); Shawn Watson (interim, games 5–12)
Defensive coordinator	Vance Bedford (2nd season)
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium; (Capacity: 55,000)
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong and played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference championship with Cincinnati and West Virginia. Due to tie-break rules, the Cardinals did not receive the Big East's automatic bid into a BCS bowl; West Virginia received the bid. The Cardinals were instead invited to the Belk Bowl, where they were defeated by North Carolina State, 31–24.

Schedule[]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Murray State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 21–9	46,157
September 9	8:00 p.m.	Florida International*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 17–24	47,228
September 17	7:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPNU	W 24–17	68,170
October 1	3:30 p.m.	Marshall*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	BIG EAST Network	L 13–17	53,267
October 8	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	L 7–14	51,500^[4]
October 15	12:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Keg of Nails)	BIG EAST Network	L 16–25	40,971^[5]
October 21	8:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 16–14	48,435
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	BIG EAST Network	W 27–10	44,817
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at No. 24 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	BIG EAST Network	W 38–35	57,287^[6]
November 12	12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	BIG EAST Network	L 14–21	51,321
November 19	12:00 p.m.	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	BIG EAST Network	W 34–20	34,483
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN2	W 34–24	46,666
December 27	8:00 p.m.	vs. North Carolina State*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Belk Bowl)	ESPN	L 24–31	58,427
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

Quarterbacks

4 Will Stein - JR
5 Teddy Bridgewater - FR
10 Dominique Brown - SO
12 Luke Brohm - FR
19 Jerry Arlinghaus - FR

Running backs

20 Victor Anderson - SR
22 Corvin Lamb - FR
28 Jeremy Wright - SO
30 Kamal Hogan - FR
32 Senorise Perry - SO
48 Nick Heuser - SO (FB)
49 Jarel McGriff-Culver - FR

Wide receivers

1 Joshua Bellamy - SR
2 Michaelee Harris - FR
7 Damian Copeland - SO
9 DeVante Parker - FR
14 Andrell Smith - JR
29 Stephen Goodwin - SO
31 DeMarcus Topp - JR
37 Lincoln Carr - JR
82 Eli Rogers - FR
84 Aaron Nanace - SO
88 Jarrett Davis - SO
89 Scott Radcliff - JR

Tight ends

11 Josh Chichester - SR
80 Stephon Ball - JR
81 Chris White - SO
87 Scot MacMillan - FR
86 Lorenzo Mauldin - FR

Offensive linemen

53 Jake Smith - FR (OL)
54 Mike Romano - FR (C)
55 Mario Benavides - JR (C)
59 Zach Perkins - SO (OL)
62 John Clark - SO (OL)
65 Dylan Kupper - FR (OL)
66 Alex Kupper - JR (OL)
68 Kamran Joyer - SO (OL)
69 Chris Walker - SO (OL)
70 John Miller - FR (OL)
71 Chris Acosta - FR (OL)
72 Hunter Stout - SO (OL)
73 Hector Hernandez - SR (OL)
74 Ryan Mack - FR (OL)
75 Ryan Kessling - SR (OT)
76 Chase Petersen - FR (OL)
78 Aaron Epps - FR (OL)
79 Jamon Brown - FR (OG)

Defensive Linemen

6 Greg Scruggs - SR (DE)
17 Marcus Smith - SO (DE)
44 B.J. Butler - SO (DE)
47 Malcolm Mitchell - SO (DE)
57 Jordan Tennyson - JR (DE)
90 B.J. Dubose - Freshman (DE)
91 William Savoy - Senior (DE)
92 Brandon Dunn - SO (DT)
93 Roy Philon - SO (DT)
95 Randy Salmon - JR (DT)
99 Jamaine Brooks - Freshman (DL)

Linebackers

2 Preston Brown - SO
24 Daniel Brown - JR
27 Mike Addesa - FR
34 George Durant - SO
37 Tyon Dixon - SO
39 Chris Zelli - FR
42 Champ Lee - SO
42 Jalen Harrington - FR
43 Deon Rogers - SO
46 Dexter Heyman - SR
48 Deiontrez Mount - FR
51 Mike Privott - SO
56 Tarik Rollins - SO

Defensive Backs

3 Charles Gaines - Freshman (CB)
8 Darius Ashley - JR (CB)
13 Preston Pace - SR (CB)
15 Andrew Johnson - FR (CB)
18 Titus Teague - SO (CB)
19 Terrell Floyd - FR (CB)
19 Joe Castaneda - FR (DB)
21 Adrian Bushell - JR (CB)
22 Jordon Paschal - FR (CB)
23 Terrence Simien - SR (S)
25 Calvin Pryor - FR (S)
26 Zed Evans - SO (CB)
27 Jermaine Reve - FR (S)
29 Hakeem Smith - SO (S)
33 Mike Evans - SR (DB)
35 Anthony Conner - SR (CB)
36 Shenard Holton - JR (S)
38 Rashad Stewart - SO (DB)
39 Kenneth Jaboin - SR (DB)
41 Stephan Robinson - FR (CB)

Special teams

12 Chris Philpott - SR (K)
18 Matthew Nakatani - FR (K)
33 Grant Donovan - FR (LS)
35 Andrew Fletcher - FR (K)
38 Ryan Johnson - FR (P)
40 Jordan Bleser - SR (P)
45 John Wallace - FR (P/K)

Head Coach

Charlie Strong

Assistant coaches

Shawn Watson – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Vance Bedford – Defensive Coordinator
Kenny Carter – Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
Dave Borbely – Offensive Line Coach
Ron Dugans – Wide Receivers Coach
Clint Hurtt – Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach
Brian Jean-Mary – Linebackers Coach
Larry Slade – Secondary Coach
Pat Moorer – Strength & Conditioning Coach

References[]

^ Bozich, Rick (October 9, 2011). Watson, No quick fix likely for Louisville football team. The Courier-Journal, Retrieved October 9, 2011.
^ Bozich, Rick (October 10, 2011). Play-Calling The Reason Strong Removed Sanford^{[permanent dead link]}. The Courier-Journal, Retrieved October 10, 2011.
^ http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/lou-m-footbl-sched.html^{[dead link]}
^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.
^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN.com. October 15, 2011.
^ "Louisville Cardinals vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.

[1] Bozich, Rick (October 9, 2011). Watson, No quick fix likely for Louisville football team. The Courier-Journal, Retrieved October 9, 2011.

[2] Bozich, Rick (October 10, 2011). Play-Calling The Reason Strong Removed Sanford^{[permanent dead link]}. The Courier-Journal, Retrieved October 10, 2011.

[3] ttp://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/lou-m-footbl-sched.html^{[dead link]}

[4] "Louisville Cardinals vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Box Score". ESPN.com. October 8, 2011.

[5] "Louisville Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bearcats Box Score". ESPN.com. October 15, 2011.

[6] "Louisville Cardinals vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Box Score". ESPN.com. November 5, 2011.

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2011 Big East Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 17 West Virginia $+		5	–	2		10	–	3
No. 25 Cincinnati +		5	–	2		10	–	3
Louisville +		5	–	2		7	–	6
Rutgers		4	–	3		9	–	4
Pittsburgh		4	–	3		6	–	7
Connecticut		3	–	4		5	–	7
South Florida		1	–	6		5	–	7
Syracuse		1	–	6		5	–	7

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions As of January 11, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll