2011 Colorado Buffaloes football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2011 Colorado Buffaloes football Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg 125 Pac-12 Conference South Division Pac-12 3–10 2–7 Jon Embree 1st Eric Bieniemy 1st Greg Brown 1st Toney Clemons Tyler Hansen Tyler Hansen Jon Major Ryan Miller Anthony Perkins Folsom Field The 2011 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach and alumnus Jon Embree, the Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were first-year members of the newly expanded Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 3–10, 2–7 in Pac-12 play, in a tie for last place in the South Division. Preseason Recruiting National Signing Day was on February 2, 2011 and Colorado signed high school athletes from around the country. yes yes 2011 Brent Burnette QB Maryville, TN Arizona Western College 6 3 210 – 2011-01-07 2 3 Paulay Asiata OL Honolulu, HI Saint Louis School 6 5 295 – 2011-02-02 4 3 76 3 Jermaine Clark ATH/OLB Winston-Salem, NC Oak Ridge Military Academy 6 2 200 4.70/4.6 2011-01-23 2 2 45 Malcolm Creer RB Los Angeles, CA Palisades Charter High School 5 11 200 4.52 2011-02-02 2 3 45 Brady Daigh LB Denver, CO Mullen High School 6 2 222 4.7/4.80 2010-07-15 3 3 73 2 Steve Dorman QB Somerset, TX Somerset High School 6 4 210 4.8 2011-01-14 3 3 72 2 Woodson Greer LB Gardena, CA Junípero Serra High School 6 2 215 4.7 2011-01-17 3 3 74 2 Rashad Hall RB Forest, VA Oak Ridge Military Academy 6 0 195 – 2011-01-23 2 2 77 3 Will Harlos OLB Somerset, TX Somerset High School 6 3 200 4.5/4.60 2011-01-31 3 2 76 3 Sherrard Harrington DB Washington, D.C. Howard D. Woodson High School 6 1 170 4.4 2011-01-15 3 77 3 Gregory Henderson DB/CB Norco, CA Norco High School 5 10 180 – 2011-01-22 2 2 66 1 Alex Kelley OL/C Vista, CA Vista High School 6 3 295 – 2010-10-04 3 3 75 3 Marc Mustoe OL/OT Arvada, CO Arvada West High School 6 7 270 5.3 2010-12-11 3 3 78 3 Stephan Nembot DE Van Nuys, CA Montclair College Preparatory School 6 8 280 – 2011-02-02 3 3 78 3 Will Oliver K North Hollywood, CA Harvard-Westlake School 5 10 190 – 2011-01-26 2 2 75 3 Juda Parker DE Honolulu, HI Saint Louis School 6 2 230 – 2011-02-01 3 3 75 3 Nelson Spruce WR Westlake Village, CA Westlake High School 6 2 190 4.5 2010-12-18 3 3 75 3 K.T. Tuumalo LB Honolulu, HI Punahou School 6 2 200 4.7 2011-01-19 2 3 68 2 Kyle Washington ATH Florence, AZ Florence High School 6 1 190 4.70 2011-01-30 2 2 45 yes 2011 Colorado 2011 Football Commitments 2011 Colorado Recruits 2011 Colorado 73 61 yes Schedule 2011 AP Mountain September 3 8:15 p.m. l y y Hawaii Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI ESPN2 17–34 37,001 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312460062 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Hawaii Warriors Box Score ESPN September 3, 2011 September 4, 2011 September 10 1:30 p.m. l y California Folsom Field Boulder, CO FCS 33–36 OT 49,532 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312530058 California Golden Bears vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN September 10, 2011 September 10, 2011 September 17 11:30 a.m. w y y Colorado State Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO Rocky Mountain Showdown FSN 28–14 57,186 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312600038&confId=9 Colorado State Rams vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN September 17, 2011 September 19, 2011 September 24 1:30 p.m. l y y Ohio State Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH ABC/ESPN2 17–37 105,096 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312670194 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Ohio State Buckeyes Box Score ESPN September 24, 2011 September 25, 2011 October 1 1:30 p.m. l Washington State Folsom Field Boulder, CO FCS 27–31 51,928 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312740038 Washington State Cougars vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN October 1, 2011 October 1, 2011 October 8 5:30 p.m. l y Stanford 7 Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA Versus 7–48 50,360 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312810024 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Stanford Cardinal Box Score ESPN October 8, 2011 October 8, 2011 October 15 1:30 p.m. l y Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA RTRM 24–52 62,147 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312880264 Washington Huskies vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN October 15, 2011 October 15, 2011 October 22 1:30 p.m. l y Oregon 9 Folsom Field Boulder, CO FSN 2–45 52,123 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312950038 Oregon Ducks vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN October 22, 2011 October 22, 2011 October 29 4:30 p.m. l y Arizona State 23 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ RTRM 14–48 53,168 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=313020009 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Arizona State Sun Devils ESPN October 29, 2011 October 29, 2011 November 4, 2011 7:00 p.m. l USC 21 Folsom Field Boulder, CO ESPN 17–42 50,083 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=313080038 USC Trojans vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN November 4, 2011 November 4, 2011 November 12 12:30 p.m. w Arizona Folsom Field Boulder, CO FCS 48–29 48,111 https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=313160038 Arizona Wildcats vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score ESPN November 12, 2011 November 13, 2011 November 19 5:30 p.m. l y UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA Versus 6–45 57,344 November 25, 2011 1:30 p.m. w y Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Rumble in the Rockies FSN 17–14 45,026 http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&SPID=255&SPSID=3850 Football – 2011 Schedule/Results University of Colorado–Boulder Department of Athletics January 5, 2011 The California game on September 10 was designated as non-conference Game summaries Hawaii Buffaloes 0 0 14 3 Warriors 3 14 7 10 2011 Hawaii Warriors football team Colorado lost their 18th consecutive road game with their 34–17 loss to Hawaii on September 3 in Jon Embree's debut as Colorado head coach. The Buffaloes' last road win came on October 27, 2007 against Texas Tech. Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz ran for a career-best 121 yards and three touchdowns and threw for one touchdown and 20 completions on 33 attempts. Although Hawaii led most of the evening, Colorado made it interesting at the start of the fourth quarter, and took advantage of a fumble by Moniz; the Buffaloes cut the lead to 24–17 with a 34-yard field goal by placekicker Will Oliver. That was the last Colorado score, as Hawaii scored the game's last 10 points to secure the win.https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=312460062 https://web.archive.org/web/20231017150832/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=312460062 dead October 17, 2023 Bryant Moniz's three TDs lead Hawaii past Colorado ESPN September 4, 2011 September 8, 2011 Colorado Hawaii collapsed 1 9:49 Hawaii 9 63 3:16 FG 38 Kenton Chun 0 3 2 10:39 Hawaii 1 57 0:10 RushTD Bryant Moniz 57 good Kenton Chun run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 10 2 0:24 Hawaii 7 87 1:50 RushTD Bryant Moniz 14 good Kenton Chun run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 17 3 12:02 Colorado 6 73 2:50 RecTD Paul Richardson Tyler Hansen 15 good Will Oliver run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 17 3 5:59 Hawaii 10 48 5:53 RushTD Bryant Moniz 1 good Kenton Chun run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 24 3 1:51 Colorado 4 63 1:08 RecTD Paul Richardson Tyler Hansen 21 good Will Oliver run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 24 4 14:51 Colorado 5 17 1:53 FG 34 Will Oliver 17 24 4 6:17 Hawaii 8 45 4:05 RecTD Joey Iosefa Bryant Moniz 22 good Kenton Chun run/pass good/failed/incomplete 17 31 4 4:52 Hawaii 4 6 0:16 FG 22 Tyler Hadden 17 34 17 34 California Golden Bears 0 16 7 7 6 Buffaloes 3 3 14 10 3 2011 California Golden Bears football team Although both teams are members of the Pac-12, this game counted as a non-conference game in the standings as this game was scheduled before Colorado joined the Pac-12.http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cal-m-footbl-sched.html California Golden Bears Football Schedule University of California at Berkeley Department of Athletics March 4, 2011 December 24, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172823/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cal-m-footbl-sched.html dead Things started off rough for Cal, but after a failure at 4th and goal for Colorado and later a field goal, Cal capitalized on the momentum shift and raced out to a 16–6 lead at halftime. Cal continue to score, but the Buffaloes rebounded strongly by outgaining Cal offensively and later tied the game. In overtime, Colorado was held to a field goal and Zach Maynard later connected to Keenan Allen for a game-winning touchdown. California Colorado collapsed 1 2:51 Colorado 6 50 2:15 FG 27 Will Oliver 0 3 2 14:14 California 10 81 3:33 RecTD Nico Dumont Zach Maynard 2 no good (blocked) Gior Tavecchio run/pass good/failed/incomplete 6 3 2 9:21 California 7 52 2:22 FG 39 Gior Tavecchio 9 3 2 4:18 Colorado 11 46 5:03 FG 52 Will Oliver 9 6 2 1:13 California 7 62 2:49 RecTD Anthony Miller Zach Maynard 7 good Gior Tavecchio run/pass good/failed/incomplete 16 6 3 10:30 Colorado 10 80 4:30 RecTD Ryan Deehan Tyler Hansen 37 good Will Oliver run/pass good/failed/incomplete 16 13 3 4:28 California 4 35 1:52 RecTD Anthony Miller Zach Maynard 20 good Gior Tavecchio run/pass good/failed/incomplete 23 13 3 1:41 Colorado 8 86 2:41 RecTD Paul Richardson Tyler Hansen 66 good Will Oliver run/pass good/failed/incomplete 23 20 4 14:48 Colorado 2 78 0:52 RecTD Paul Richardson Tyler Hansen 78 good Will Oliver run/pass good/failed/incomplete 23 27 4 9:55 California 11 80 4:53 RushTD C.J. Anderson 19 good Gior Tavecchio run/pass good/failed/incomplete 30 27 4 0:30 Colorado 16 70 6:40 FG 32 Will Oliver 30 30 OT Colorado 6 20 FG 22 Will Oliver 30 33 OT California 6 25 Other Keenan Allen 5-yard touchdown reception from Zach Maynard, no kick attempt 36 33 36 33 Colorado State Colorado State 7 0 0 7 Colorado 0 14 7 7 September 17 Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, CO 1:30 p.m. EST yes 1 10:01 CSU Pete Thomas 4-yard run (Ben DeLine kick) CSU 7-0 2 2:37 COL Tyler Hansen 2-yard run (Will Oliver kick) Tied 7-7 2 0:12 COL Kyle Cefalo 24-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Will Oliver kick) COL 14-7 3 3:16 COL Toney Clemons 44-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Will Oliver kick) COL 21-7 4 14:20 CSU Crockett Gilmore 23-yard pass from Charlie Lovett (Ben DeLine kick) COL 21-14 4 1:15 COL Tyler Hansen 2-yard run (Will Oliver kick) COL 28-14 yes 2011 Colorado State Rams football team Rocky Mountain Showdown Tyler Hansen in High Gear as Colorado Downs Colorado State https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=312600038 https://web.archive.org/web/20170512195249/http://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=312600038 dead May 12, 2017 ESPN September 17, 2011 December 29, 2011 Ohio State Buffaloes 0 7 3 7 Buckeyes 10 10 14 3 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes football team Washington State Cougars 7 3 7 14 Buffaloes 3 10 7 7 2011 Washington State Cougars football team Stanford Buffaloes 0 7 0 0 #7 Cardinal 13 14 14 7 2011 Stanford Cardinal football team Washington Buffaloes 7 3 7 7 Huskies 21 17 7 7 2011 Washington Huskies football team Oregon #9 Ducks 29 6 10 0 Buffaloes 0 0 2 0 Notes: Darragh O'Neill punts four balls inside the five yard-line, one causing the Ducks to retreat in their end zone from the momentum of the punt, and them being tackled forcing a safety, the Buffaloes' only score. 2011 Oregon Ducks football team Arizona State Buffaloes 0 7 0 7 #23 Sun Devils 21 10 10 7 2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football team USC #21 Trojans 7 21 7 7 Buffaloes 7 3 0 7 2011 USC Trojans football team Arizona Arizona 3 7 7 12 Colorado 7 13 14 14 November 12 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO 2:30 p.m. EST yes 1 10:56 COL Rodney Stewart 5-yard run (Will Oliver kick) COL 7-0 1 4:15 ARIZ John Bonano 25-yard field goal COL 7-3 2 13:18 COL Tony Jones 5-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (kick failed) COL 13-3 2 6:28 ARIZ Ka'Deem Carey 1-yard run (John Bonano kick) COL 13-10 2 2:12 COL Josh Ford 17-yard run (Will Oliver kick) COL 20-10 3 10:26 COL Toney Clemons 15-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Will Oliver kick) COL 27-10 3 3:50 COL Tyler Hansen 14-yard pass from Rodney Stewart (Will Oliver kick) COL 34-10 3 0:11 ARIZ Tra'Mayne 29-yard interception return (John Bonano kick) COL 34-17 4 10:33 ARIZ David Douglas 11-yard pass from Nick Foles (pass failed) COL 34-23 4 7:42 COL Rodney Stewart 11-yard run (Will Oliver kick) COL 41-23 4 4:14 ARIZ Ka'Deem Carey 2-yard run (pass failed) COL 41-29 4 1:45 COL Rodney Stewart 9-yard run (Will Oliver kick) COL 48-29 yes 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team Colorado recorded their first ever Pac-12 win and avoided the first winless season in Folsom Field history.Colorado Avoids First Winless Season at Folsom Field https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=313160038 https://web.archive.org/web/20231017201848/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=313160038 dead October 17, 2023 ESPN November 12, 2011 December 29, 2014 UCLA Buffaloes 0 6 0 0 Bruins 21 0 3 21 2011 UCLA Bruins football team First Quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaqell Evans 54-yard pass from Kevin Prince (Tyler Gonzalez kick); UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 14-yard run (Gonzalez kick); UCLA – Joseph Fauria 5-yard pass from Prince (Gonzalez kick) Second Quarter scoring: CU – Toney Clemons 20-yard pass from Tyler Hansen ( Will Oliver kick failed) Third Quarter scoring: UCLA – Gonzalez 22-yard field goal Fourth Quarter scoring: UCLA – Fauria 15-yard pass from Prince (Gonzalez kick); UCLA – Nelson Rosario 11-yard pass from Prince (Gonzalez kick); UCLA – Malcolm Jones 1-yard run (Gonzalez kick) Utah 2011 Utah Utes football team Colorado–Utah rivalry Colorado 7 3 7 0 Utah 0 0 14 0 November 25 Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT 1:30 p.m. MST yes 1 9:08 COL Tyler Hansen 1-yard run (Will Oliver kick) COL 7-0 2 7:09 COL Will Oliver 23-yard field goal COL 10-0 3 10:29 UTAH Tauni Vakapuna 3-yard run (Coleman Petersen kick) COL 10-7 3 4:47 COL Evan Harrington 1-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Will Oliver kick) COL 17-7 3 0:54 UTAH Shawn Asiata 6-yard pass from Jon Hays (Coleman Petersen kick) COL 17-14 yes Colorado Holds Off Utah, Snaps 23-Game Road Losing Streak https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=313290254 https://web.archive.org/web/20191228180951/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=313290254 dead December 28, 2019 ESPN November 25, 2011 December 29, 2014 Roster 2011 Colorado Buffaloes y 63 SR Ethan Adkins OL 47 SR Tyler Ahles FB 33 FR Cordary Allen TB y 50 FR Paulay Asiata OL 43 SR Matthew Bahr TE 59 SO David Bakhtari OL 66 SR Blake Behrens OL 10 JR Brent Burnette QB 4 FR Keenan Canty WR y 35 SR Kyle Cefalo WR 60 SR David Clark OL 17 SR Toney Clemons WR 64 FR Brad Cotner C 54 FR Kaiwi Crabb OL y 44 FR Malcolm Creer TB 68 SR Shawn Daniels OL 53 JR Ryan Dannewitz OL 82 SO Jarrod Darden WR 34 SR Ryan Deehan TE 12 FR Stevie Joe Dorman QB 89 FR Drew Ebner WR 83 JR Dustin Ebner WR 15 SR Jason Espinoza WR 99 SO Scott Fernandez TE 29 SO Josh Ford TB 22 FR D.D. Goodson ATH 2 SR Logan Gray WR 76 SO Gus Handler OL 9 SR Tyler Hansen QB y 49 SR Evan Harrington FB 75 SO Jack Harris OL 8 FR Nick Hirschman QB y 26 FR Tony Jones TB y 71 FR Alex Lewis OL 20 SR Brian Lockridge TB 87 FR Tyler McCulloch WR 73 SR Ryan Miller OL 52 FR Daniel Munyer OL y 72 FR Marc Mustoe OL 27 SO Tommy Papillon WR 38 FR Nick Plimpton FB 6 SO Paul Richardson WR 14 FR John Schrock QB 88 FR Kyle Slavin TE y 22 FR Nelson Spruce WR 5 SR Rodney Stewart TB 79 SR Sione Tau OL 85 SO DaVaughn Thornton TE 86 SO Alex Turbow WR 81 FR Austin Vincent WR 84 SO Alex Wood TE 21 SO Jered Bell DB 94 SO Nate Bonsu DL 40 FR Brandon Brisco DB 30 FR Jermane Clark DB 50 SR Curtis Cunningham DT 54 FR Brady Daigh LB 27 JR Vince Ewing DB 55 SR David Goldberg OLB 14 FR Justin Gorman DB y 37 FR Woodson Greer LB 28 FR Will Harlos DB 23 FR Sherrad Harrington DB 17 SR Josh Hartigan OLB 18 SR Jonathan Hawkins DB 20 FR Greg Henderson DB 22 SR Arthur Jaffe DB 44 JR Nick Kasa DE 97 FR Kyle Koch DL 12 SR Patrick Mahnke ILB 31 JR Jon Major OLB 36 FR Jordan Marquez DB y 39 FR Josh Moten DB y 90 FR Stephane Nembot DE 58 FR Andre Nichols DE 48 SO Liloa Nobriga OLB 93 SR Conrad Obi DT 25 SO Ayodeji Olatoye DB 13 SO Parker Orms DB 2 FR Juda Parker OLB 83 JR Will Pericak DT 7 SR Anthony Perkins DB 26 JR Ray Polk DB 95 SR Tony Poremba DE 91 FR Kirk Poston DL y 16 JR Makiri Pugh DB 70 JR Eric Richter DL 3 JR Douglas Rippy ILB 19 SR Travis Sandersfield DB 34 FR Hunter Shaw OLB 41 SO Terrel Smith DB 38 FR River Thompson DB 42 FR K.T. Tu'umalo LB 51 FR John Tuso DE 9 SO Chidera Uzo-Diribe DE y 32 SO Paul Vigo DB 92 FR Casey Walker LB 4 FR Kyle Washington DB 5 SO Derrick Webb ILB 45 FR Lowell Williams ILB y 33 FR Richard Yates DB 8 SR Mark Brundage P 40 SO Justin Castor K 15 SO Zach Grossnickle P 69 SO Ryan Iverson LS 57 FR Clayton Jones LS 65 FR Keegan LaMar LS 8 FR Darragh O'Neill P 91 FR Will Oliver K http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=255&SPSID=3845&DB_OEM_ID=600 Jon Embree Eric Bieniemy – Offensive coordinator/running backs Greg Brown – Defensive coordinator/secondary Rip Scherer – Assistant head coach/quarterbacks J.D. Brookhart – Offensive passing game coordinator/tight ends/special teams Brian Cabral – Run game coordinator/linebackers Bobby Kennedy – Wide receivers Steve Marshall – Offensive line Kanavis McGhee – Defensive line Mike Tuiasosopo – Defensive line References Colorado Category:Colorado Buffaloes football seasons Colorado Buffaloes football