2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football

Big East Conference co-champion Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 31–24 vs. Vanderbilt
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 25
2011 record	10–3 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Butch Jones (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Bajakian
Defensive coordinator	Tim Banks/John Jancek
Home stadium	Nippert Stadium (Capacity: 35,097) Paul Brown Stadium (Capacity: 65,535)

2011 Big East football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#17 West Virginia $+		5	–	2		10	–	3
#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

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 72–10	23,282^[1]
September 10	3:30 PM	at Tennessee*		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN2	L 23–45	94,207^[2]
September 17	3:30 PM	Akron*		Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3	W 59–14	24,991^[3]
September 22	8:00 PM	NC State*		Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	W 44–14	28,431^[4]
October 1	1:00 PM	at Miami (OH)*		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH (116th Victory Bell)	ESPN3	W 27–0	16,408^[5]
October 15	12:00 PM	Louisville		Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (Keg of Nails)	BIG EAST Network	W 25–16	40,971^[6]
October 22	12:00 PM	at South Florida		Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	BIG EAST Network	W 37–34	44,248^[7]
November 5	7:00 PM	at Pittsburgh	No. 24	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA (River City Rivalry)	ESPNU	W 26–23	49,362^[8]
November 12	12:00 PM	West Virginia	No. 23	Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ABC/ESPN3	L 21–24	48,152^[9]
November 19	12:00 PM	at Rutgers		High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNU	L 3–20	47,447
November 26	12:00 PM	at Syracuse		Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	BIG EAST Network	W 30–13	38,159
December 3	12:00 PM	Connecticut		Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	W 35–27	27,930
December 31	3:30 PM	vs. Vanderbilt*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ABC	W 31–24	57,103^[10]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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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	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	23	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	25
Coaches'	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	VR	23	22	18	RV	NR	25	24	21
Harris	Not released						RV	VR	24	23	22	RV	RV	RV	24	Not released
BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Game notes

Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisville	6	10	0	0	16
• Cincinnati	0	7	7	11	25

Date: October 15
Location: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
Game start: 12:09 pm EDT
Elapsed time: 3:12
Game attendance: 40,971
Referee: Dennis Hennigan
TV 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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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.

Cincinnati Bearcats football

Venues	Carson Field (1901-1923) Nippert Stadium (1924–89, 1991–2013, 2015–present) Riverfront Stadium (1990) Paul Brown Stadium (2014)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Louisville (The Keg of Nails) Miami (Victory Bell) Pittsburgh: River City Rivalry

Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Big East Conference football champions

West Virginia (1993) Miami (FL) (1994) Miami (FL) & Virginia Tech (1995) Miami (FL) & Syracuse & Virginia Tech (1996) Syracuse (1997) Syracuse (1998) Virginia Tech (1999) Miami (FL) (2000) Miami (FL) (2001) Miami (FL) (2002) Miami (FL) & West Virginia (2003) Boston College & Pittsburgh & Syracuse & West Virginia (2004) West Virginia (2005) Louisville (2006) Connecticut & West Virginia (2007) Cincinnati (2008) Cincinnati (2009) Connecticut & Pittsburgh & West Virginia (2010) Cincinnati & Louisville & West Virginia (2011) Cincinnati & Louisville & Rutgers & Syracuse (2012)

National championships in bold

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