2011 Miami Hurricanes football team

American college football season

2011 Miami Hurricanes football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	6–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Al Golden (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jedd Fisch (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Sun Life Stadium
Seasons← 2010 2012 →

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 22 Clemson x$	6	–	2	10	–	4
Wake Forest	5	–	3	6	–	7
No. 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
No. 21 Virginia Tech x%	7	–	1	11	–	3
Virginia	5	–	3	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Miami (FL)	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 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 86th season of football and 8th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Al Golden and played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. They finished the season 6–6 overall and 3–5 in the ACC to finish in a two-way tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. The Hurricanes served a self-imposed bowl ban due to an ongoing NCAA investigation.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	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	No. 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	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 No. 17 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	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	No. 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 the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Al Golden	Head coach	1st	Penn State (1991)
Mark D'Onofrio	Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator	1st	Penn State (1991)
Jedd Fisch	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	1st	Florida (1998)
Jethro Franklin	Defensive line	1st	Fresno State (1989)
George McDonald	Wide receivers	1st	Illinois (1999)
Brennan Carroll	Tight ends/national recruiting coordinator	1st	Pittsburgh (2001)
Art Kehoe	Offensive line	22nd	Miami (1982)
Paul Williams	Defensive backs	1st	Delaware (1996)
Micheal Barrow	Special teams coordinator/linebackers	5th	Miami (1993)
Terry Richardson	Running back/Florida recruiting coordinator	1st	Syracuse (1994)

Support staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Andreu Swasey	Strength & conditioning	11th	Baylor (1995)
Benny Fernandez	Graduate assistant	1st	Miami (2008)
Phillip Eisenstein	Graduate assistant	1st
Matt Applebaum	Graduate assistant	1st	UConn (2007)

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

Depth chart

Defensehttp://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

Offensehttp://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

Preseason

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.

Regular season

Maryland

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
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	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

	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
Elapsed time: 3:00
Game attendance: 66,279
Game weather: Mostly Cloudy, 83 °F (28 °C), Wind ENE 10 mph (16 km/h)
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

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

	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

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

North Carolina

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

Georgia Tech

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

Virginia

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

Duke

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

Florida State

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

South Florida

	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

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

References

"Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. Maryland Terrapins Box Score". ESPN. September 5, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
"Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. North Carolina Tar Heels football team". ESPN. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
"Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Miami Hurricanes Box Score". ESPN. October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
"Miami's Golden: Player Suspension Were First Obstacle". Sports Illustrated. August 31, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
"Jacory Harris 1 of 8 Canes Reprimanded". ESPN. August 31, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
"Miami Won't Play in a Bowl Game". ESPN. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
"Canes Come Up Short". University of Miami Department of Athletics. September 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
"A Golden Win". University of Miami Department of Athletics. September 17, 2011. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
"Hurricanes Bowl Eligible as USF Loses B.J. Daniels, Game". ESPN. November 19, 2011. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

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