2011 South Alabama Jaguars football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2011 South Alabama Jaguars football South Alabama Jaguars wordmark.svg 250 Independent 6–4 Joey Jones 3rd Greg Gregory 3rd Bill Clark 3rd Multiple Multiple 3–4 Ladd–Peebles Stadium The 2011 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This was the third season in program's history. They were led by head coach Joey Jones and played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. This was their first and final season as an FCS independent before joining the Sun Belt Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2012; it would also be their first season in which all of their opponents were other Division I teams (they had played mostly lower division teams in 2010 and prep schools and junior colleges during their inaugural season in 2009). They finished the season 6–4. Schedule 2011 The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Central September 1 6:00 p.m. w 2011 West Alabama Tigers West Alabama Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL WJTC/ESPN3 20–10 21,158http://www.usajaguars.com/documents/2011/9/1/usa-west_alabama_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1166 Usa-west alabama game stats September 10 4:00 p.m. w Lamar Hall of Fame Game Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 30–8 18,136http://www.usajaguars.com/documents/2011/9/10/usa-lamar_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1193 Usa-lamar game stats September 17 5:00 p.m. l y NC State Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC ESPN3 13–35 56,756http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/9/17/usa-north_carolina_state_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1215 Usa-north carolina state game stats September 24 2:30 p.m. l y Kent State Dix Stadium Kent, OH 25–33 13,352http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/9/24/usa-kent_state_football_game_stats76.pdf?id=1232 Usa-kent state game stats October 8 4:30 p.m. w y UTSA Alamodome San Antonio, TX Longhorn Network 30–27 2OT 32,886http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/10/8/usa-utsa_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1265 Usa-utsa game stats October 15 2:30 p.m. w y UT Martin Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL CSS/WJTC/ESPN3 33–30 24,582http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/10/15/usa-ut_martin_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1278 Usa-ut martin game stats October 22 2:00 p.m. l y Georgia State Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 20–27 OT 14,086http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/10/22/usa-georgia_state_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1289 Usa-georgia state game stats October 29 4:00 p.m. w 2011 Henderson State Reddies Henderson State Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 28–3 14,692http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/10/29/usa-henderson_state_football_game_stats.pdf?id=1307 Usa-henderson state game stats November 3 6:30 p.m. w Mississippi Valley State Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 35–3 13,807http://usajaguars.com/documents/2011/11/3/usa-mississippi_valley_state_football_game_stats.pdf Usa-mississippi valley state game stats November 19 4:00 p.m. l Cal Poly Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL WJTC/ESPN3 10–41 18,279 Schedule source USA 2011 Schedule Game summaries West Alabama West Alabama Tigers West Alabama Tigers 7 0 0 3 South Alabama Jaguars 7 0 6 7 Mobile, Alabama 6:30 p.m. Central 2:50 21,158 Overcast Jeff Hilyer WJTC/ESPN3 The Jaguars opened the 2011 season at home against the West Alabama Tigers of the Gulf South Conference. The meeting was the first all-time against the Tigers. This was South Alabama's first televised game on local station WJTC and ESPN3. South Alabama defeated West Alabama 21–10 on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams, improving to 18–0 since starting its football program in 2009. Before the game, starting running backs Kendall Houston and Demetre Baker, as well as wide receiver Corey Besteda and freshman linebacker Desmond LaVelle, were suspended for the first 2 quarters of the game for violating team rules. Kendall Houston scored two touchdowns on runs of 2 and 10 yards in the second half for the Jaguars, who broke a 7–7 halftime tie. The Jaguars rushed for 205 yards but quarterback C.J. Bennett threw three interceptions. Gary Johnston led the Tigers with 72 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted twice and sacked twice. Trailing 13–7, West Alabama cut the lead to 13–10 on a 22-yard field goal by Ryne Smith with 10:58 remaining. Houston's second touchdown with 8:13 left put the game out of reach.West Alabama 10, South Alabama 20 - College Football - Rivals.com Lamar 2011 Lamar Cardinals football team Hall of Fame Game Lamar Cardinals 0 0 2 6 South Alabama Jaguars 0 20 7 3 Mobile, Alabama 4:00 p.m. Central 2:54 18,136 Sunny Tony Backert C.J. Bennett threw two touchdown passes as South Alabama defeated Lamar 30–8. Lamar was held to three first downs and 64 yards on offense in the first half as South Alabama scored three times in the second quarter for a 20–0 halftime lead. Bennett passed 10 yards to Corey Waldon in the second quarter and 10 yards to Jereme Jones in the third as the Jaguars built a 27–2 lead. Bennett completed 9 of 14 passes for 144 yards. The Jaguars have beaten Lamar by a combined score of 56–8 in their past two meetings.South Alabama remains unbeaten, whips Lamar 30-8 - College Football - Rivals.com NC State 2011 NC State Wolfpack football team South Alabama Jaguars 3 0 7 3 North Carolina State Wolfpack 7 7 14 7 Raleigh, North Carolina 6:00 p.m. Central 2:55 56,756 Light Drizzle David Epperly ESPN3 South suffered its first loss in program history when the Jaguars fell 35–13 to NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina. South Alabama kept things competitive into the third quarter of its 35–13 loss to North Carolina State before allowing the Wolfpack's Mike Glennon to throw a career-high four touchdown passes. Demetre Baker had an 8-yard scoring run and Jordan Means kicked two field goals, including a school-record 46-yarder, for the Jaguars. C.J. Bennett finished 17 of 32 for 182 yards with two interceptions and Kendall Houston rushed for 117 yards. Kent State 2011 Kent State Golden Flashes football team South Alabama Jaguars 0 0 17 8 Kent State Golden Flashes 7 19 7 0 Kent, Ohio 2:30 p.m. Central 3:14 13,352 Partly Cloudy Anthony Cannell South Alabama suffered its second loss in the season and second loss in program history, falling short of Kent State 33–25. The Golden Flashes led the Jaguars 26-0 going into halftime. In the second half, after a quick score by Kent State to go up 33–0, South Alabama's offense clicked on and scored 25 unanswered points. The Jaguars had the ball with less than a minute left in the game but came up short. The game finished with a score of 33–25. C.J. Bennett ended the game with 281 yards in the air with 1 TD pass and 3 interceptions. Bryant Lavender was Bennett's favorite target, catching 5 passes for a total of 97 yards. Demetre Baker had 10 rushes for 28 yards and 2 TDs. Kendall Houston ended the game with a miserly 23 yards on 11 rushes.South Alabama Jaguars vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score - September 24, 2011 - ESPN UTSA 2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team South Alabama Jaguars 7 3 7 0 7 6 UTSA Roadrunners 0 17 0 0 7 3 San Antonio, Texas 4:30 p.m. Central 3:12 32,886 Indoors Bill Athan Longhorn Network Demetre Baker ran for 87 yards and two touchdowns, including the game winner in double overtime, to lift South Alabama to a 30–27 victory over Texas-San Antonio in South's first overtime game. Kendall Houston finished with 72 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Jaguars. C.J. Bennett finished 11 of 17 passing, throwing for one touchdown score. UT Martin 2011 UT Martin Skyhawks football team Homecoming UT Martin Skyhawks 7 0 6 17 South Alabama Jaguars 6 10 17 0 Mobile, Alabama 2:30 p.m. Central 3:34 24,582 Sunny Kevin Stine CSS/WJTC/ESPN3 Georgia State 2011 Georgia State Panthers football team South Alabama Jaguars 0 7 6 7 0 Georgia State Panthers 7 7 3 3 7 Atlanta, Georgia 2:00 p.m. Central 3:17 14,086 Indoor Dennis Donovan Henderson State Henderson State University Henderson State Reddies 0 0 3 0 South Alabama Jaguars 16 12 0 0 Mobile, Alabama 4:00 p.m. Central 3:04 14,692 Sunny Jason McArthur Mississippi Valley State 2011 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils 0 0 3 0 South Alabama Jaguars 14 7 14 0 Mobile, Alabama 6:30 p.m. Central 2:52 13,807 Partly Cloudy Steve Marlowe Cal Poly 2011 Cal Poly Mustangs football team Cal Poly Mustangs 7 10 17 7 South Alabama Jaguars 3 0 0 7 Mobile, Alabama 4:00 p.m. Central 3:14 18,279 Mostly Cloudy Chuck Lewis WJTC / ESPN3 Roster 2011 South Alabama Jaguars football roster Quarterbacks  2 Myles Gibbon  4 Logan Rogers 14 Kolt Peavey 15 C.J. Bennett 16 Trey Fetner Running backs 13 Ellis Hill 21 J.J. Keels 22 Ryan Scott 27 Devin Robinson 29 Kendall Houston 33 Demetre Baker 34 Santuan McGee 46 Brandon Ross 48 Julien Valentin Wide receivers  3 Jared Palmer  7 Lamontis Garder  8 Bryant Lavender  9 Corey Besteda 10 Greg Hollinger 11 Jeremé Jones 20 Nathan Sassaman 23 Tyrome Bivins 24 T.J. Glover 25 Michael Nevels 26 Donte Rome 35 Anthony Ingram 80 Taylor Noon 81 Corey Waldon 83 Jared Palmer 86 Jake Howton 88 Ben Whiteside Tight ends  5 Paul Bennett  6 Kennedy Helms 12 Kevin Helms 41 Robert Terrell 44 Ryan Onkka 47 Rush Hendricks 49 Corey McCarron 84 Ryne Baxter 85 Robby Stoner Offensive linemen 51 Chris Brunson 54 Jon Griffin 55 Chris May 57 Tremain Smith 60 Ryan Capers 63 DaMon Husband 64 Ryan Norris 66 Josh Terry 68 Shane Doty 69 Brian Krauskopf 70 Trey Clark 72 Drew Dearman 73 Shaun Artz 76 Ucambre Williams 77 Melvin Meggs 78 Kenneth Johnson 79 Taylor Malone Defensive linemen 12 Ceasare Johnson 43 Anthony Taylor 45 Justin Walker 55 Ashton Rivers 67 Jesse Kelley 77 Trevor Barry 82 Alex Page 86 Will Thompson 87 Caleb Cochran 90 Romelle Jones 92 Montavious Williams 93 Randon Carnathan 95 Rodney Thomas 98 Andy Dalgleish Linebackers 19 Cori Barnett 25 Clifton Crews 26 Desmond Jones 28 Enrique Williams 30 Cordivido Grice 33 Maleki Harris 35 David Hawkins 36 Logan Bennett 38 Bryson James 39 Dylan Hutto 42 Jake Johnson 50 Ben Giles 53 Blake Houston 56 Desmond LaVelle 57 Ramon Lewis 58 Philip Press 59 Andrew Philon 99 Byron Sneed Defensive backs  1 B.J. Scott (S)  2 Jeremy Roberts (CB)  3 Ameriol Finley (S)  4 Damond Smith (CB)  6 Gabe Loper (S)  7 E.J. May (CB)  8 T.J. Lawrence (CB)  9 Ken Barefield (S) 10 Carl Williams (S) 11 Davin Hawkins (S) 14 Anton Graphenreed (CB) 15 Josh Gregory (S) 16 Coleman Hornaday (S) 17 Alonzo Long (S) 21 Charles Harris (S) 22 Qudarius Ford (CB) 23 Dionté McDuffy (S) 24 Rodger Sims (S) 27 Eddy Cabrera (S) 29 Jaylond Franklin (CB) 37 Travis Brooks (CB) 97 Marquel Gardner (S) Special teams 19 Jordan Means(K) 39 Michael Chapseaux (K) 40 Scott Garber (P) 42 Joey Hamilton (LS) 61 Austin Cole (LS) 71 Nick Bear (LS) 97 Lawson McGlon (K) Head coach Joey Jones Assistant coaches Greg Gregory - Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Bill Clark - Defensive Coordinator Brian Turner - Defensive Line / Recruiting Coordinator Tommy Perry - Running Backs / Special Teams Coordinator Bryant Vincent - Tight Ends / Assistant Special Teams Ron Antoine - Wide Receivers Coach Kurt Crain - Linebackers Chuck Dunn - Outside Linebackers John Turner - Offensive Line Duwan Walker - Defenseive Backs Justin Schwind - Strength & Conditioning Coach Season notes January 19, 2011 - South Alabama received four transfers from several Football Bowl Subdivision teams. On this day, South saw B.J. Scott (Alabama), Demetre Baker (Georgia), and Damond Smith (Western Michigan) enroll for classes.South Alabama welcomes 4 transfers, including Tide's B.J. Scott | al.com January 31, 2011 - Two previously scheduled games, an Oct. 1 game against UC Davis and an Oct. 29 game against Edward Waters College, were dropped from the schedule that originally featured 11 games. The Aggies bought out the final game of their 2-year contract with South Alabama, while South Alabama and Edward Waters mutually agreed to end their 2-year contract early. South moved the game against Henderson State up to Oct. 29 and added a Nov. 3 meeting with Mississippi Valley State.South Alabama drops two games from football schedule, adds one | al.com May 6, 2011 - Ole Miss transfer Raymond Cotton left the South Alabama football program and transferred to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Cotton was highly thought of and was rumored to be the favorite to be the starting quarterback for the Jaguars in 2011 but a shoulder injury in 2010 and strong competition at the position saw Cotton drop in the depth chart.South Alabama's Raymond Cotton to transfer to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | al.com September 1, 2011 - The game between the West Alabama Tigers and South Alabama Jaguars was televised for the first time on local network WJTC and online on ESPN3. September 16, 2011 - South suffered its first loss in its short history, falling to NC State. This was South's first game against a Football Bowl Subdivision team. September 24, 2011 - South suffered its second consecutive loss in program history, falling to Kent State. December 5, 2011 - South relieved Offensive Coordinator Greg Gregory of his duties. A replacement has not been announced.University of South Alabama - GREGORY WILL NOT RETURN TO USA FOOTBALL STAFF IN 2012 References South Alabama Category:South Alabama Jaguars football seasons South Alabama Jaguars football