2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg 150 Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division ACC 17 21 11–3 7–1 Frank Beamer 25th Bryan Stinespring 10th Pro-style Bud Foster 17th 4–4 Lane Stadium ACC Coastal Division champion ACC Championship Game L Lost 10–38 vs. Clemson Sugar Bowl L Lost 20–23 OT Overtime vs. Michigan 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 2011 AP Eastern September 3 12:30 p.m. w y 13 Appalachian State 2 (FCS) Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ACCN 66–13 66,233 September 10 3:30 p.m. w y y 11 East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC FSN 17–10 49,404 September 17 4:00 p.m. w y 13 Arkansas State Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA FSN 26–7 66,233 September 24 3:30 p.m. w y y 13 Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN 30–10 34,424 October 1 6:00 p.m. l 11 Clemson 13 Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ESPN2 3–23 66,233 October 8 3:30 p.m. w 21 Miami (FL) Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA rivalry ABC/ESPN 38–35 66,233 October 15 6:30 p.m. w y 19 Wake Forest BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPN3 38–17 35,026https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312880154 Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score ESPN October 15, 2011 October 15, 2011 October 22 3:00 p.m. w y 16 Boston College rivalry Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA FSN 30–14 66,233https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312950259 Boston College Eagles vs. Virginia Tech Hokies Box Score ESPN October 22, 2011 October 22, 2011 October 29 12:30 p.m. w y 15 Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN 14–10 27,392 November 10 8:00 p.m. w y 10 Georgia Tech 20 Battle of the Techs Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA ESPN 37–26 50,140https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=313140059 Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Box Score ESPN November 10, 2011 November 10, 2011 November 17 8:00 p.m. w 9 North Carolina Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ESPN 24–21 66,233 November 26 3:30 p.m. w y 6 Virginia 24 Commonwealth Cup Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ABC/ESPN2 38–0 61,124 December 3 8:00 p.m. l y 5 Clemson 21 ACC Championship Game Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC ESPN 10–38 73,675 January 3, 2012 8:30 p.m. l y y 17 Michigan 13 Sugar Bowl) (College GameDay Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA ESPN 20–23 OT 64,512http://www.hokiesports.com/football/schedule/ hokiesports.com :: Football Schedule www.hokiesports.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090803171304/http://www.hokiesports.com/football/schedule/ 2009-08-03 Rankings 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 6 7 13 13 11 11 13 12 13 11 11 10 21 17 19 17 18 16 14 16 12 15 15 15 12 12 11 12 12 10 9 10 10 9 7 9 8 6 4 5 5 5 3 4 5 17 11 11 11 21 17 Coaching staff 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies coaching staffHead 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 rosterWide receiver      David Mellstrom – Freshman   7 Marcus Davis – 10px|Redshirt Junior 11 Dyrell Roberts – Senior 19 Danny Coale – 10px|Redshirt Senior 31 Demitri Knowles – Freshman 82 Willie Byrn – 10px|Redshirt Freshman      Kevin Asante – Freshman      Christian Reeves – Freshman 18 D.J. Coles – Junior 81 Jarrett Boykin – Senior 83 Corey Fuller – 10px|Redshirt Junior 85 E.L. Smiling – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Center 63 Bo Gentry – Senior 74 Andrew Miller – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 79 Caleb Farris – Freshman Offensive guard      Tyler Barfield – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore      Jake Goins – Freshman      Andrew Harrs – Freshman 59 Courtney Prince – 10px|Redshirt Junior 60 Laurence Gibson – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 64 Matt Arkema – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 68 Jaymes Brooks – 10px|Redshirt Senior 70 Kory Gough – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 75 Greg Nosal – 10px|Redshirt Senior 76 David Wang – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 77 Dale Davis – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Offensive tackle      Brent Benedict – 10px|Redshirt Freshman      Darian Fisher – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore      Marcus Mapp – Freshman 54 Nick Becton – 10px|Redshirt Junior 61 Nick Acree – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 62 Blake DeChristopher – 10px|Redshirt Senior 67 Michael Via – 10px|Redshirt Junior 69 Mark Shuman – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 71 Vinston Painter – 10px|Redshirt Junior 72 Andrew Lanier – 10px|Redshirt Senior Tight end      Fuller Hoepner – 10px|Redshirt Freshman      Darius Redman – Freshman 13 Randall Dunn – 10px|Redshirt Junior 33 Chris Drager – 10px|Redshirt Senior 80 George George – 10px|Redshirt Junior 86 Eric Martin – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 88 Ryan Malleck – Freshman Quarterback      Brian Rody – Freshman      T.J. Shaw – Freshman   3 Logan Thomas – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore   6 Mark Leal – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 12 Joseph Clayton – 10px|Redshirt Junior 16 Trey Gresh – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Tailback      Michael Holmes – Freshman      Maurice Taylor – Freshman   2 Josh Oglesby – 10px|Redshirt Senior   4 David Wilson – Junior 14 Dominique Patterson – '10px|Redshirt Freshman22 Tony Gregory – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore39 Daniel Dyer – ''''10px|Redshirt FreshmanFullback     Greg Gadell – 10px|Redshirt Freshman      Justus Hoffmann – Freshman 25 Martin Scales – 10px|Redshirt Junior 32 Riley Beiro – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 45 Joey Phillips – 10px|Redshirt Junior Defensive tackle      Kwamaine Battle – 10px|Redshirt Senior      Ross Ward – Freshman 53 Dwight Tucker – 10px|Redshirt Junior 56 Antoine Hopkins – 10px|Redshirt Junior 92 Luther Maddy – Freshman 93 Isaiah Hamlette – 10px|Redshirt Junior 96 Corey Marshall – Freshman 97 Kris Harley – Freshman 98 Derrick Hopkins – Sophomore Defensive end      Matt Roth – Freshman 42 J.R. Collins – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 66 Tyrel Wilson – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 87 Justin Taylor – Freshman 90 Duan Perez-Means – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 94 Dadi Nicolas – Freshman 95 Zach McCray – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 99 James Gayle – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore |width="25"|  |valign="top"| Cornerback      Chris Caver – Freshman      James Farrow – Freshman      Michael Dennis II - Senior      Carl Jackson – 10px|Redshirt Freshman   8 Detrick Bonner – 10px|Redshirt Freshman   9 Cris Hill – 10px|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 – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore 36 Chase Williams – '10px|Redshirt Freshman44 Brian Laiti – 10px|Redshirt Freshman47 Jonathan Halfhide – 10px|Redshirt Freshman51 Bruce Taylor – 10px|Redshirt Junior52 Barquell Rivers – 10px|Redshirt Senior57 Telvion Clark – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore58 Jack Tyler – 10px|Redshirt SophomoreOutside linebacker 27 Nick Dew – 10px|Redshirt Freshman28 Alonzo Tweedy – 10px|Redshirt Junior40 Wiley Brown – 10px|Redshirt Junior43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow – 10px|Redshirt JuniorFree safety      Michael Cole – Freshman     Scott Rolin – Freshman  1 Antone Exum – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore21 Theron Norman – 10px|Redshirt Freshman26 James Hopper – 10px|Redshirt Sophomore37 Ronny Vandyke – Freshman41 Derek DiNardo – 10px|Redshirt FreshmanStrong Safety      Nick Bush – Freshman     Ryan Cassidy – Freshman     Josh Trimble – Freshman15 Eddie Whitley – Senior23 Boye Aromire – FreshmanLong snapper      Lukas Stump – 10px|Redshirt Freshman50 Collin Carroll – 10px|Redshirt Senior65 Joe St. Germain – 10px|Redshirt FreshmanPunter      Ethan Keyserling – 10px|Redshirt Freshman29 Scott Demler – 10px|Redshirt Junior38 Michael Branthover – FreshmanPlace kicker      Conor Goulding – 10px|Redshirt Freshman  5 Tyler Weiss – 10px|Redshirt Senior48 Justin Myer – Senior89 Cody Journell – Freshman'' Game summaries Virginia 2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team Virginia Tech 7 7 7 17 Virginia 0 0 0 0 November 26 Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA 3:30 p.m. EST Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore, Lisa Salters ABC/ESPN2 yes 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 yes Virginia Tech Shuts Out Virginia, Claims ACC Coastal Division Title http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313300258 https://archive.today/20130124082247/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313300258 dead January 24, 2013 ESPN November 26, 2011 December 29, 2014 References Virginia Tech Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons Virginia Tech Hokies football