2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 2–10 1–7 Rick Stockstill 6th Willie Simmons 1st Spread Steve Ellis 1st 4–3 Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium The 2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing eighth in the Sun Belt. The team played home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Coaching changes On January 13, 2011, it was announced that both coordinators, Mike Schultz (Offensive) and Randall McCray (Defensive), would not return for the 2011 football season. After a very successful 2009 season, when the team went 10–3 and won the New Orleans Bowl, during the 2010 season the team fell in several statistical categories. The team's turnover margin went from being ranked 8th in the nation to being 120th in the nation. Middle Tennessee's total offense fell from 27th in the nation to 69th in the nation, while their total defense fell from 50th in the nation to 72nd in the nation. Both coordinators only served for one season at Middle Tennessee.Football loses two coordinators https://web.archive.org/web/20110721055324/http://www.mtsusidelines.com/sports/football-loses-two-coordinators-1.1840322 July 21, 2011 MTSUSidelines.com, January 13, 2011. On January 24, 2011, Rick Stockstill announced that he promoted cornerbacks coach Steve Ellis to defensive coordinator and running backs coach Willie Simmons to offensive coordinator.Stockstill elevates Ellis, Simmons https://web.archive.org/web/20110901002826/http://www.goblueraiders.com/content.cfm/id/50721 September 1, 2011 GoBlueRaiders.com, January 24, 2011. Two days later, Coach Stockstill completed his staff by hiring Joe Cauthen to coach the linebackers and serve as the special team's coordinator, and Buster Faulkner to coach the quarterbacks and be the passing game coordinator.Stockstill completes staff with Cauthen, Faulkner https://web.archive.org/web/20120314044657/http://www.goblueraiders.com/content.cfm/id/50750 March 14, 2012 GoBlueRaiders.com, January 26, 2011. During the season, on October 14, 2011, Willie Simmons abruptly resigned from his job as offensive coordinator following his arrest on aggravated assault charges. On October 17, Buster Faulkner was named MTSU's offensive coordinator.Faulkner named new MTSU play callerJanuary 2025 InternetArchiveBot yes DNJ.com, October 17, 2011 Schedule 2011 Central April 9 1:00 pm Blue-White Spring Game Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN Blue 67–60 3,409 September 3 11:00 am l y y Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN BTN 24–27 42,110 September 10 6:00 pm l y Georgia Tech Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 21–49 30,502 September 24 3:30 pm l y Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL Battle for the Palladium ESPN3 35–38 20,185 October 1 6:00 pm w y y Memphis Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 38–31 20,098 October 6 6:30 pm l Western Kentucky rivalry Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPNU 33–36 2OT 23,307 October 22 7:00 pm w y Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL Sun Belt Network 38–14 16,344 October 29 6:30 pm l Louisiana–Lafayette Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN Sun Belt Network 20–45 13,500 November 5 6:00 pm l y y Tennessee Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN FS South 0–24 88,211 November 12 2:30 pm l y Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe, LA ESPN3 14–42 11,987 November 19 2:00 pm l Arkansas State Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN ESPN3 19–45 12,806 November 26 2:30 pm l FIU Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN 18–31 10,227 December 3 3:00 pm l y North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton, TX 7–59 15,962 2011 Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20110320092906/http://www.goblueraiders.com/schedule.cfm/sport/football/season/2011 March 20, 2011 GoBlueRaiders.com, June 12, 2011. Roster Quarterbacks 6 Timmy Byerly (Fr.) 10 Logan Kilgore (r-So.) 11 Shaun White (Fr.) 12 Jeff Murphy (r-Jr.) 19 Andrew Banks (r-Sr.) Luke Hayes Spencer Wise (r-So.) Running backs 2 Benny Cunningham (Jr.) 21 Drayton Allen-Calhoun (r-So.) 23 D. D. Kyles (r-Sr.) 25 Reggie Whatley (r-Fr.) 29 William Pratcher (r-So.) 34 Marquise Branton (r-Sr.) Jeremiah Bryson (Fr.) Kennedy McGruder (r-Jr.) Kevin Mix (Jr.) Chase Pennycuff (Fr.) Tony Rowland Evan Ward (Fr.) Wide receivers 3 Tavarres Jefferson (Jr.) 4 Malcolm Beyah (Sr.) 9 Kyle Griswould (r-So.) 13 Tyler Mason (Sr.) 15 Sancho McDonald (Sr.) 16 Shane Blissard (r-Sr.) 17 Jamar Brown (Sr.) 37 Harold Turner Jr. (r-Jr.) 80 Jamal Gray (Jr.) 81 Christian Collis (Fr.) 82 Arthur Williams (r-So.) 84 Richard Drake (r-So.) 86 Anthony Amos (r-Jr.) 87 Vincent Van Horne (Sr.) 88 Marcus Thurmond (r-Jr.) Chris Lampkins (Fr.) Tight ends 83 Jared Bamber (Sr.) Offensive linemen 50 Colin Boss (r-Sr.) 57 Judd Hunt (r-Fr.) 58 Jesse Grisham (r-So.) 60 Brandon McLeroy (Sr.) 61 Jadareius Hamlin (r-So.) 63 Quinton Groves (r-Sr.) 65 Alex Stuart (r-Jr.) 66 Micah James (Jr.) 70 Roberto Loya (Fr.) 73 Isaiah Anderson (r-Fr.) 74 Jason Rexroad (Fr.) 75 Darius Johnson (Fr.) 76 Jordon Johnson (r-So.) 77 Josh Walker (r-So.) 78 Mike Williams (r-Sr.) 79 Preston Bailey (r-Jr.) Lance Campbell (r-Fr.) Matt Sprouse (r-Jr.) Defensive linemen 43 Gorby Loreus, DE (Sr.) 45 Alexandro Antoine, DE (Fr.) 46 Max Ugboaja, DE (r-Fr.) 51 SaCoby Carter, DT (r-Sr.) 55 Shubert Bastien, DE (Fr.) 72 Jesse Kirkland, DL (r-Jr.) 85 Omar McLendon, DE (Jr.) 89 Dearco Nolan, DE (r-So.) 90 Jimmy Staten, DE (r-So.) 91 J.D. Jones, DT (Fr.) 92 Patrick McNeil, DT (r-Fr.) 93 Marcus Robinson, DT (Fr.) 94 O'Shae Bridges, DE (Fr.) 95 Kevin Pope, DE (Jr.) 96 Kendall Dangerfield, DT (r-Jr.) 97 Jiajuan Fennell, DE (r-Fr.) 98 Morris Moore, DE (r-Fr.) 99 Jerrold Frazier, DT (Fr.) Linebackers 22 David Jones (r-So.) 28 Christian Henry (r-Fr.) 30 Stephen Roberts (r-So.) 32 Justin Jones (Jr.) 33 Roderic Blunt (r-So.) 35 Craig Allen (r-So.) 40 Leighton Gasque (r-Fr.) 48 Jonathan Brooks (r-Fr.) 56 Norman Washington (r-Sr.) 59 Darin Davis (Sr.) Defensive backs 1 Eric Russell, S (Sr.) 5 Arness Ikner, CB (Sr.) 6 T.L. Edwards, CB (Sr.) 7 Khari Burke, CB (r-Fr.) 8 Sammy Seamster, S (r-So.) 18 Kenneth Gilstrap, CB (r-So.) 20 Kevin Byard, S (Fr.) 24 Derrick Crumpton, S (Sr.) 26 Marquise Dixon, CB (r-So.) 27 Chris Sharpe, CB (r-Fr.) 31 Denzell Guerra, S (r-Jr.) 36 Jajuan Harley, CB (Jr.) 39 James Roberson, S (Fr.) 42 Juno Prudhomm, S (Jr.) 47 Rodney O'Neal, CB (Fr.) 54 Zeke Anderson, DS (r.Sr) 67 Blaine Sidders, DS (Fr.) Bryan Armstrong, CB (r-Jr.) Brandon Grady, CB (r-So.) Robert Hogg, CB (r-Jr.) Greg Rein, DS (r-Fr.) Lee Woods, S (r-Jr.) Special teams 36 Josh Davis, P (r-So.) 38 Alan Gendreau, PK (Sr.) 39 Zachary Lopez, P (r-Fr.) 49 Nathaniel Toulson, P (r-Sr.) Michael Kee, P (Fr.) Zack Martin, LS (r-Fr.) Tyler Presley, LS (r-Fr.) Head coach Rick Stockstill Assistant coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/passing game coordinator: Buster Faulkner Defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks: Steve Ellis Offensive line: Jimmy Ray Stephens Safeties: David Bibee Defensive Line: John Palermo Wide receivers/recruiting coordinator: Justin Watts Inside Receivers: Brent Brock Linebackers/special teams coordinator: Joe Cauthen LAST UPDATED 9/1/2011 References Middle Tennessee Category:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football seasons Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football