2011 Florida Gators football team

The 2011 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2011 college football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and were led by first-year head coach Will Muschamp. Muschamp coached the Gators to a third-place finish in the SEC East, a 3–5 conference record, a 24–17 Gator Bowl victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, and an overall win–loss record of 7–6 (.539).

2011 Florida Gators football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Ohio State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record7–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCharlie Weis (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorDan Quinn (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumBen Hill Griffin Stadium
(Capacity: 88,548)[1]
Uniform
2011 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 19 Georgia x  7 –1   10 –4  
No. 9 South Carolina  6 –2   11 –2  
Florida  3 –5   7 –6  
Vanderbilt  2 –6   6 –7  
Kentucky  2 –6   5 –7  
Tennessee  1 –7   5 –7  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU x$  8 –0   13 –1  
No. 1 Alabama  %#  7 –1   12 –1  
No. 5 Arkansas  6 –2   11 –2  
Auburn  4 –4   8 –5  
Mississippi State  2 –6   7 –6  
Ole Miss*  0 –8   2 –10  
Championship: LSU 42, Georgia 10
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3Florida Atlantic*No. 22
ESPNUW 41–388,708
September 10Alabama-Birmingham*No. 18
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
FSNW 39–087,473
September 17TennesseeNo. 16
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
CBSW 33–2390,744
September 24at KentuckyNo. 15
ESPNW 48–1065,134
October 1No. 3 AlabamaNo. 12
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
CBSL 10–3890,888
October 8at No. 1 LSUNo. 17
CBSL 11–4193,022
October 15at No. 24 Auburn
ESPNL 6–1787,451
October 29vs. No. 22 Georgia
CBSL 20–2484,524
November 5Vanderbiltdagger
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
SECNW 26–2190,144
November 12at No. 15 South Carolina
CBSL 12–1780,250
November 19No. 24 (FCS) Furman*
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
PPVW 54–3284,674
November 26Florida State*
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
ESPN2L 7–2190,798
January 2, 2012vs. Ohio State*
ESPN2W 24–1761,312
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2][3]

Rankings
See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP221816151217RV—————————
Coaches231817151218RV—RV———————
HarrisNot released25————————Not released
BCSNot released————————Not released

Game summaries

Florida Atlantic
See also: 2011 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Will Muschamp's debut as head coach for Florida was a success as the Gators defeated the Owls 41–3.[4]

1 234Total
Florida Atlantic 0 300 3
• Florida 10 14710 41
Scoring summary
18:28FLACaleb Sturgis 51-yard field goalFLA 3–0
12:41FLAChris Rainey 14-yard pass from John Brantley (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 10–0
214:52FLAJeff Demps 35-yard run (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 17–0
28:34FLAChris Rainey 14-yard run (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 24–0
21:22FAUVinny Zaccario 27-yard field goalFLA 24–3
310:09FLAChris Rainey 22-yard blocked punt return (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 31–3
411:18FLAJeff Demps 20-yard run (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 38–3
41:46FLACaleb Sturgis 29-yard field goalFLA 41–3

UAB
1 234Total
UAB 0 000 0
• Florida 13 12140 39

Tennessee
1 234Total
Tennessee 0 7610 23
• Florida 10 6143 33
Scoring summary
110:45FLATrey Burton 1-yard pass from John Brantley (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 7–0
11:10FLACaleb Sturgis 28-yard field goalFLA 10–0
211:57FLACaleb Sturgis 30-yard field goalFLA 13–0
28:31FLACaleb Sturgis 46-yard field goalFLA 16–0
21:43TENMarlin Lane 8-yard pass from Tyler Bray (Michael Parlady kick)FLA 16–7
311:41FLATrey Burton 1-yard run (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 23–7
38:08FLAChris Rainey 83-yard pass from John Brantley (Caleb Sturgis kick)FLA 30–7
34:25TENDa'Rick Rogers 14-yard pass from Tyler Bray (pass failed)FLA 30–13
413:33TENMichael Parlady 20-yard field goalFLA 30–16
47:19FLACaleb Sturgis 42-yard field goalFLA 33–16
44:46TENMychal Rivera 18-yard pass from Tyler Bray (Michael Parlady kick)FLA 33–23

[5]

Kentucky
1 234Total
• Florida 21 10107 48
Kentucky 3 700 10

Alabama
1 234Total
• Alabama 10 14014 38
Florida 10 000 10

LSU
1 234Total
Florida 0 380 11
• LSU 14 10314 41

Auburn
1 234Total
Florida 0 600 6
• Auburn 7 0010 17

Georgia
1 234Total
• Georgia 0 1077 24
Florida 7 1030 20

Vanderbilt
1 234Total
Vanderbilt 0 0714 21
• Florida 0 1736 26

South Carolina
1 234Total
Florida 3 036 12
• South Carolina 0 1403 17

Furman
1 234Total
Furman 22 0100 32
• Florida 7 201017 54

Florida State
1 234Total
• Florida State 7 707 21
Florida 0 007 7

Gator Bowl
1 234Total
Ohio State 0 1007 17
• Florida 7 773 24

Players

Depth chart

Projected starters and primary backups versus Florida Atlantic.

Roster
2011 Florida Gators roster

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

  • 28 Jeff Demps – Senior
  • 38 Phillip Bellino – Senior
  • 1 Chris Rainey – Redshirt Senior
  • 23 Mike Gillislee – Junior
  • 8 Trey Burton – Sophomore
  • 37 Ben Sams – Sophomore
  • 33 Mack Brown – Redshirt Freshman

Fullbacks

  • 34 Jason Traylor – Senior
  • 41 Hunter Joyer – Freshman
  • 35 Jessie Schmitt – Sophomore

Wide receivers

  • 85 Frankie Hammond, Jr. – Redshirt Junior
  • 9 Quinton Dunbar – Redshirt Freshman
  • 89 Stephen Alli – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 30 Michael McNeely – Freshman
  • 82 Omarius Hines – Redshirt Junior
  • 4 Andre Debose – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 29 Solomon Schoonover – Senior
  • 7 Robert Clark – Sophomore
  • 83 Solomon Patton – Sophomore
  • 6 Deonte Thompson – Redshirt Senior
  • 80 Ja'Juan Story – Freshman

Tight ends

  • 87 William Steinmann – Senior
  • 81 A.C. Leonard – Freshman
  • 11 Jordan Reed – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 32 Gerald Christian – Sophomore
  • 88 Clay Burton – Freshman

Offensive line

  • 66 James Wilson – Redshirt Senior
  • 62 Cole Gilliam – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 67 Jon Halapio – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 65 Tommy Jordan – Freshman
  • 63 Trip Thurman – Freshman
  • 78 David Young – Senior
  • 77 Ian Silberman – Redshirt Freshman
  • 72 Jonotthan Harrison – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 75 Chaz Green – Redshirt Freshman
  • 64 Kyle Koehne – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 73 Xavier Nixon – Junior
  • 71 Matt Patchan – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 50 Sam Robey – Redshirt Junior
  • 56 Dan Wenger – Redshirt Senior

Defensive line

  • 2 Dominique Easley – Sophomore
  • 73 Sharrif Floyd – Sophomore
  • 96 William Green – Senior
  • 6 Jaye Howard – Redshirt Senior
  • 99 Omar Hunter – Redshirt Junior
  • 90 Evan Holmes – Freshman
  • 93 Kedric Johnson – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 34 Lerentee McCray – Redshirt Junior
  • 94 Gerry Marseille – Freshman
  • 91 Earl Okine – Redshirt Junior
  • 44 Leon Orr – Redshirt Freshman
  • 92 Lynden Trail – Redshirt Freshman
  • 97 Tevin Westbrook – Freshman

Buck

Linebackers

  • 25 Gideon Ajagbe – Redshirt Freshman
  • 52 Jon Bostic – Junior
  • 13 Dee Finley – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 3 Jelani Jenkins – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 49 Darrin Kitchens – Sophomore
  • 33 Minch Minchin – Senior
  • 53 Scott Peek – Redshirt Junior
  • 95 Hygens Succes – Junior
  • 51 Michael Taylor – Redshirt Freshman
  • 55 Graham Stewart – Freshman

Cornerbacks

  • 31 Brian Biada – Senior
  • 8 Jeremy Brown – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 36 Moses Jenkins – Redshirt Senior
  • 15 Loucheiz Purifoy – Freshman
  • 31 Cody Riggs – Sophomore
  • 5 Marcus Roberson – Freshman
  • 37 Brandon Sanders – Sophomore
  • 45 Newton Lizima – Senior

Safeties

  • 30 Tim Clark – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 22 Matt Elam – Sophomore
  • 24 Josh Evans – Junior
  • 21 Jabari Gorman – Freshman
  • 27 Ben Peacock – Freshman
  • 9 Joshua Shaw – Redshirt Freshman
  • 20 Valdez Showers – Freshman
  • 14 Jaylen Watkins – Sophomore

Punters

  • 44 Kyle Christy – Freshman
  • 39 Todd Fennell – Freshman
  • 40 David Lerner – Senior

Placekickers

  • 98 Zack Brust – Senior
  • 47 John Crofoot – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 97 Brad Phillips – Sophomore
  • 19 Caleb Sturgis – Redshirt Junior

Long snappers

  • 43 Kyle Crofoot – Freshman
  • 46 Drew Ferris – Sophomore
  • 54 Christopher Guido – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 50 Cody Hampton – Senior

Coaching staff
NameCurrent ResponsibilitiesJoined Staff
Will MuschampHead Coach2011
Charlie WeisOffensive coordinator
Quarterbacks		2011
Dan QuinnDefensive Coordinator2011
D.J. DurkinLinebackers
Special Teams		2010
Aubrey HillWide Receivers
Recruiting coordinator		2011
Frank VerducciOffensive line
Running game coordinator		2011
Brian WhiteRunning backs2009
Derek LewisTight ends2011
Travaris RobinsonDefensive backs2011
Bryant YoungDefensive line2011

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2012 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4114Jaye HowardDTSeattle Seahawks
5159Chris RaineyRBPittsburgh Steelers

References
  1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2011 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  2. 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived May 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  3. "Gator Football Schedule/Results - GatorZone.com". Archived from the original on April 28, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  4. "Gators Convincing in 41–3 Win Over FAU; Take 22nd Straight Season Opener To Begin Muschamp Era. Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Gatorzone.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  5. "Tennessee vs. Florida - Game Recap - September 17, 2011 - ESPN".
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