2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football
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ACC Coastal Division champion
ACC Championship Game, L 10–38 vs. Clemson
Sugar Bowl, L 20–23 OT vs. Michigan
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#21
2011 record	11–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (25th year)
Offensive coordinator	Bryan Stinespring (10th year)
Defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (17th year)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium (Capacity: 66,233)
Seasons « 2010 2012 »

2011 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic
#22 Clemson x†		6	–	2					10	–	4
#23 Florida State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Wake Forest		5	–	3					6	–	7
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Boston College		3	–	5					4	–	8
Maryland		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal
#21 Virginia Tech x‡		7	–	1					11	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
North Carolina		3	–	5					7	–	6
Miami		3	–	5					6	–	6
Duke		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 10, 2012 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by 25th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 11–3 overall record, 7–1 in ACC play, as champions of the Coastal Division. They were defeated by Clemson in the 2011 ACC Championship Game, 10–38. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Michigan, 20–23 in overtime.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 (FCS) Appalachian State*	No. 13	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	W 66–13	66,233
September 10	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*	No. 11	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	W 17–10	49,404
September 17	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	No. 13	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	FSN	W 26–7	66,233
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Marshall*	No. 13	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN	W 30–10	34,424
October 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 13 Clemson	No. 11	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	L 3–23	66,233
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN	W 38–35	66,233
October 15	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 19	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W 38–17	35,026
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	FSN	W 30–14	66,233
October 29	12:30 p.m.	at Duke	No. 15	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 14–10	27,392
November 10	8:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech	No. 10	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Battle of the Techs)	ESPN	W 37–26	50,140
November 17	8:00 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 9	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	W 24–21	66,233
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Virginia	No. 6	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ABC/ESPN2	W 38–0	61,124
December 3	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 21 Clemson	No. 5	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game)	ESPN	L 10–38	73,675
January 3, 2012	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Michigan*	No. 17	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 20–23 OT	64,512
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	13	11	13	13	11	21	19	16	15	12	10	9	6	5	17	21
Coaches'	13	11	12	11	10	17	17	14	15	11	9	7	4	3	11	17
Harris	Not released						18	16	15	12	10	9	5	4	11	Not released
BCS	Not released							12	12	12	10	8	5	5	11	Not released

Coaching staff

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies coaching staff

Head coach Frank Beamer Assistant coaches Shane Beamer – associate head coach and running backs coach Bryan Stinespring – offensive coordinator and tight ends/offensive tackles coach Bud Foster – defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach Curt Newsome – offensive guards and center coach Kevin Sherman – wide receivers coach Mike O'Cain – quarterbacks coach Torrian Gray – defensive secondary coach Charley Wiles – defensive line coach Cornell Brown – outside linebackers and assistant defensive line coach John Ballein – associate athletics director for football operations Billy Hite – assistant to the head coach and senior advisor Jim Cavanaugh – director of recruiting and high school relations

Roster

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies roster
Flanker      David Mellstrom – Freshman   7 Marcus Davis – Redshirt Junior 11 Dyrell Roberts – Senior 19 Danny Coale – Redshirt Senior 31 Demitri Knowles – Freshman 82 Willie Byrn – Redshirt Freshman Split end      Kevin Asante – Freshman      Christian Reeves – Freshman 18 D.J. Coles – Junior 81 Jarrett Boykin – Senior 83 Corey Fuller – Redshirt Junior 85 E.L. Smiling – Redshirt Freshman Center 63 Bo Gentry – Senior 74 Andrew Miller – Redshirt Sophomore 79 Caleb Farris – Freshman Offensive guard      Tyler Barfield – Redshirt Sophomore      Jake Goins – Freshman      Andrew Harrs – Freshman 59 Courtney Prince – Redshirt Junior 60 Laurence Gibson – Redshirt Freshman 64 Matt Arkema – Redshirt Freshman 68 Jaymes Brooks – Redshirt Senior 70 Kory Gough – Redshirt Freshman 75 Greg Nosal – Redshirt Senior 76 David Wang – Redshirt Sophomore 77 Dale Davis – Redshirt Freshman Offensive tackle      Brent Benedict – Redshirt Freshman      Darian Fisher – Redshirt Sophomore      Marcus Mapp – Freshman 54 Nick Becton – Redshirt Junior 61 Nick Acree – Redshirt Freshman 62 Blake DeChristopher – Redshirt Senior 67 Michael Via – Redshirt Junior 69 Mark Shuman – Redshirt Freshman 71 Vinston Painter – Redshirt Junior 72 Andrew Lanier – Redshirt Senior Tight end      Fuller Hoepner – Redshirt Freshman      Darius Redman – Freshman 13 Randall Dunn – Redshirt Junior 33 Chris Drager – Redshirt Senior 80 George George – Redshirt Junior 86 Eric Martin – Redshirt Sophomore 88 Ryan Malleck – Freshman		Quarterback      Brian Rody – Freshman      T.J. Shaw – Freshman   3 Logan Thomas – Redshirt Sophomore   6 Mark Leal – Redshirt Freshman 12 Joseph Clayton – Redshirt Junior 16 Trey Gresh – Redshirt Freshman Tailback      Michael Holmes – Freshman      Maurice Taylor – Freshman   2 Josh Oglesby – Redshirt Senior   4 David Wilson – Junior 14 Dominique Patterson – ''Redshirt Freshman 22 Tony Gregory – Redshirt Sophomore 39 Daniel Dyer – ''Redshirt Freshman Fullback      Greg Gadell – Redshirt Freshman      Justus Hoffmann – Freshman 25 Martin Scales – Redshirt Junior 32 Riley Beiro – Redshirt Freshman 45 Joey Phillips – Redshirt Junior Defensive tackle      Kwamaine Battle – Redshirt Senior      Ross Ward – Freshman 53 Dwight Tucker – Redshirt Junior 56 Antoine Hopkins – Redshirt Junior 92 Luther Maddy – Freshman 93 Isaiah Hamlette – Redshirt Junior 96 Corey Marshall – Freshman 97 Kris Harley – Freshman 98 Derrick Hopkins – Sophomore Defensive end      Matt Roth – Freshman 42 J.R. Collins – Redshirt Sophomore 66 Tyrel Wilson – Redshirt Sophomore 87 Justin Taylor – Freshman 90 Duan Perez-Means – Redshirt Freshman 94 Dadi Nicolas – Freshman 95 Zach McCray – Redshirt Freshman 99 James Gayle – Redshirt Sophomore		Cornerback      Chris Caver – Freshman      James Farrow – Freshman      Michael Dennis II - Senior      Carl Jackson – Redshirt Freshman   8 Detrick Bonner – Redshirt Freshman   9 Cris Hill – Redshirt Sophomore 17 Kyle Fuller – Sophomore 20 Jayron Hosley – Junior 34 Kyshoen Jarrett – Freshman Linebacker      Griffin Hite – Freshman      Brandon Spitzer – Freshman      D.J. Ward – Freshman 24 Tariq Edwards – Redshirt Sophomore 36 Chase Williams – ''Redshirt Freshman 44 Brian Laiti – Redshirt Freshman 47 Jonathan Halfhide – Redshirt Freshman 51 Bruce Taylor – Redshirt Junior 52 Barquell Rivers – Redshirt Senior 57 Telvion Clark – Redshirt Sophomore 58 Jack Tyler – Redshirt Sophomore Outside linebacker 27 Nick Dew – Redshirt Freshman 28 Alonzo Tweedy – Redshirt Junior 40 Wiley Brown – Redshirt Junior 43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow – Redshirt Junior Free safety      Michael Cole – Freshman      Scott Rolin – Freshman   1 Antone Exum – Redshirt Sophomore 21 Theron Norman – Redshirt Freshman 26 James Hopper – Redshirt Sophomore 37 Ronny Vandyke – Freshman 41 Derek DiNardo – Redshirt Freshman Rover      Nick Bush – Freshman      Ryan Cassidy – Freshman      Josh Trimble – Freshman 15 Eddie Whitley – Senior 23 Boye Aromire – Freshman Long snapper      Lukas Stump – Redshirt Freshman 50 Collin Carroll – Redshirt Senior 65 Joe St. Germain – Redshirt Freshman Punter      Ethan Keyserling – Redshirt Freshman 29 Scott Demler – Redshirt Junior 38 Michael Branthover – Freshman Place kicker      Conor Goulding – Redshirt Freshman   5 Tyler Weiss – Redshirt Senior 48 Justin Myer – Senior 89 Cody Journell – Freshman
Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players

Game summaries

Virginia

See also: 2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Virginia Tech 7 7 7 17 38 Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 26 Location: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Scoring summary 1 8:46 VT Logan Thomas 14 yard run (Cody Journell kick) VT 7-0 2 11:36 VT Jarrett Boykin 16 yard pass from Logan Thomas (Cody Journell kick) VT 14-0 3 10:45 VT David Wilson 27 yard run (Cody Journell kick) VT 21-0 4 13:54 VT David Wilson 38 yard run (Cody Journell kick) VT 28-0 4 11:28 VT Marcus Davis 7 yard pass from Logan Thomas (Cody Journell kick) VT 35-0 4 6:45 VT Cody Journell 40 yard field goal VT 38-0