2011 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 2011 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Seminoles were led by second year head coach Jimbo Fisher and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, playing in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Champs Sports Bowl where they defeated Notre Dame 18–14.

Previous Season
Florida State ended the 2010 season with a 10–4 record (6–2 in the ACC) and were ranked #16 in the final Coaches Poll. They were led by head coach Jimbo Fisher in his first year of head coaching. The Seminoles lost three starters on offense (QB Christian Ponder, OG Rodney Hudson, and C Ryan McMahon) and three on defense (DE Marcus White, LB Mister Alexander, and LB Kendall Smith).

Schedule

 * Denotes the largest crowd in Doak Campbell Stadium history.

Watchlists

 * Nigel Bradham
 * Chuck Bednarik Award watchlist
 * Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlist
 * Butkus Award watchlist
 * Lombardi Award watchlist


 * Andrew Datko
 * Lombardi Award watchlist
 * Outland Trophy watchlist


 * Dustin Hopkins
 * Lou Groza Award finalist


 * Brandon Jenkins
 * Chuck Bednarik Award watchlist
 * Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlist
 * Walter Camp Award watchlist
 * Lombardi Award watchlist


 * E.J. Manuel
 * Maxwell Award watchlist
 * Davey O'Brien Award watchlist


 * Greg Reid
 * Chuck Bednarik Award watchlist
 * Jim Thorpe Award watchlist


 * Xavier Rhodes
 * Chuck Bednarik Award watchlist
 * Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlist

Players

 * Brandon Jenkins
 * Second-team All-ACC


 * Dustin Hopkins
 * First-team All-ACC


 * Lamarcus Joyner
 * Second-team All-ACC


 * Shawn Powell
 * First-team All-ACC
 * Consensus All-American


 * Zebrie Sanders
 * First-team All-ACC

Roster

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