2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Insight Bowl vs. Oklahoma, 14–31
Conference	Big Ten Conference Legends Division
2011 record	7–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (13th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ken O'Keefe (13th year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-Style
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (13th year)
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium (Capacity: 70,585)

2011 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
#11 Michigan State x		7	–	1					11	–	3
#12 Michigan %		6	–	2					11	–	2
#24 Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5					6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6					3	–	9
Leaders Division
#10 Wisconsin xy$		6	–	2					11	–	3
Penn State x		6	–	2					9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ohio State		3	–	5					6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6					7	–	6
Indiana		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Kirk Ferentz, who was in his 13th season, and played their homes games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. They are member of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in Big Ten Conference play to finish in fourth place in the Leaders Division. They were invited to the Insight Bowl, for the second consecutive year, where they were defeated by Oklahoma, 31–14.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 AM	Tennessee Tech*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 34–7	70,585
September 10	11:00 AM	at Iowa State*		Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	FSN	L 41–44 3OT	56,058
September 17	11:00 AM	Pittsburgh*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	W 31–27	70,585
September 24	11:00 AM	Louisiana–Monroe*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 45–17	70,585
October 8	2:30 PM	at Penn State		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC/ESPN	L 3–13	103,497
October 15	6:00 PM	Northwestern		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 41–31	70,585
October 22	11:00 AM	Indiana		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 45–24	70,585
October 29	2:30 PM	at Minnesota		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	BTN	L 21–22	46,543
November 5	11:00 AM	#13 Michigan		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN	W 24–16	70,585
November 12	11:00 AM	#13 Michigan State		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 21–37	70,585
November 19	11:00 AM	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 31–21	44,017
November 25	11:00 AM	at #22 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ABC	L 7–20	85,595
December 30	9:00 PM	vs. #19 Oklahoma*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Insight Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–31	54,247
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 88 Joe Audlehelm Sr RB 40 Marcus Binns  Fr OL 63 Austin Blythe Fr OL 59 Conor Boffeli So RB 32 Damon Bullock Fr RB 33 Jordan Canzeri Fr WR 18 John Chief  Fr OL 50 Drew Clark So RB 34 Marcus Coker So WR 23 Jordan Cotton So FB 33 Adam Cox Fr WR 6 Keenan Davis Jr TE 85 Zach Derby Jr OL 78 Andrew Donnal  Fr TE 87 Jake Duzey Fr OL 53 James Ferentz So TE 86 C.J. Fiedorowicz So OL 57 Tommy Gaul  Fr OL 73 Adam Gettis Sr FB 92 Jonathan Grimm Jr WR 9 Blake Haluska  Fr TE 82 Ray Hamilton Fr TE 39 Brad Herman Sr WR 84 Jacob Hillyer Fr RB 30 De'Andre Johnson Fr OL 73 Jared Kracke Fr TE 80 Henry Krieger-Coble Fr OL 76 Noaln MacMillan So WR 11 Kevonte Martin-Manley Fr RB 25 Mika'll McCall Fr OL 66 Casey McMillan Jr WR 7 Marvin McNutt Sr FB 35 Matt Mayers  Fr WR 29 Nick Nielsen Jr OL 72 Woody Orne Sr OL 77 Riley Reiff Sr FB 41 Jacob Reisen So FB 38 Brad Rogers So QB 15 Jake Rudock Fr OL 68 Brandon Scherff  Fr WR 8 Don Shumpert So WR 83 Steven Staggs Jr OL 60 Matt Tobin Jr OL 70 Brett Van Sloten So QB 16 James Vandenberg Jr TE 81 Austin Vier  Fr OL 65 Jordan Walsh Fr FB 28 Mark Weisman  Fr RB 3 Jason White Jr QB 14 John Wienke Jr OL 56 Markus Zusevics Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 52 Quinton Alston Fr DL 79 Dominic Alvis So DB 4 Jordan Bernstine Sr DL 54 Steve Bigach Jr DL 91 Broderick Binns Sr DB 7 Brendon Boerm Fr DB 22 Torrey Campbell Fr DB 2 Greg Castillo Jr LB 55 Marcus Collins Fr DL 97 Darian Cooper Fr DL 58 Lebron Daniel Sr DL 93 Mike Daniels Sr DL 71 Carl Davis  Fr LB 17 A.J. DiBona Fr LB 13 Tom Donatell Jr DB 36 Cole Fisher Fr DL 96 Joe Forgy Sr OLB 50 Palmer Foster  Fr DL 99 Joe Gaglione Jr LB 47 Dakota Getz So DL 98 Mike Hardy  Fr DL 58 Cameron Hayward Fr LB 31 Anthony Hitchens So CB 18 Micah Hyde Jr LB 20 Christian Kirksey So DB 22 Brian Kroll  Fr DB 21 Nico Law Fr DB 27 Jordan Lomax Fr DB 48 John Lowdermilk Fr DB 19 B.J. Lowery So DE 94 Riley McMinn Fr DB 5 Tanner Miller So LB 44 James Morris So DL 87 Thomas Nardo Sr LB 45 Tyler Nielsen Sr DB 16 Jamal Overton Fr DB 39 Travis Perry Fr LB 36 Macon Plewa Fr LB 43 Jim Poggi  Fr DB 28 Shaun Prater Sr LB 51 Terrance Pryor Jr DB 16 Collin Sleeper Jr DB 30 Gavin Smith Fr LB 49 Melvin Spears Fr DB 12 Kyle Steinbrecher Sr DB 40 Jack Swanson Jr DL 90 Louis Trinca-Pasat  Fr DL 75 Dean Tsopanides Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 6 Eric Guthrie Sr PK 1 Marshall Koehn Fr LS 65 Ryan Kolka Fr LS 61 Casey Kreiter So PK 96 Mike Meyer So PK 8 Trent Mossbrucker Jr P 15 Jonny Mullings  Fr	Head coach Kirk Ferentz Coordinators/assistant coaches Ken O'Keefe – Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Norm Parker – Defensive Coordinator Erik Campbell – Wide Receivers Chris Doyle – Strength and Conditioning Lester Erb – Running Backs and Special Teams Eric Johnson – Recruiting Coordinator and Tight Ends Rick Kaczenski – Defensive Line Reese Morgan – Offensive Line Phil Parker – Defensive Backs Darrell Wilson – Linebackers and Special Teams Dustyn Baethke – Strength and Conditioning Assistant Charlie Bullen – Defensive Graduate Assistant Chad Kraklio – Strength and Conditioning Assistant David Raih – Offensive Graduate Assistant Doug West – Senior Athletic Trainer Ned Amendola, M.D. – Director, UI Sports Medicine Center Raimond Braithwaite – Strength and Conditioning Assistant Chigozie Ejiasi – Director of Player Development Matthew Engelbert – Video Coordinator Paul Federici – Director of Football Operations Russ Haynes – Associate Director, Athletic Training Services Bob Rahfeldt – Assistant Video Coordinator Scott Southmayd – Quality Control Director John Streif – Assistant Athletic Trainer LeVar Woods – Administrative Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 12, 2011

Regular season

Tennessee Tech

See also: 2011 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Tennessee Tech at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee Tech (0–1) 0 0 0 7 7 • Iowa (1–0) 3 24 7 0 34 Date: September 3 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 4:27 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 75°F, Rain, Wind 6 SSW (Game delayed 1 hour and 24 minutes) Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz

Honorary Captain: Brad Banks

Iowa State

See also: 2011 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Iowa at Iowa State
Cy-Hawk Trophy

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total Iowa (1–1) 7 3 6 8 7 7 3 41 • Iowa State (1–0) 0 10 7 7 7 7 6 44 Date: September 10 Location: Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:50 Game attendance: 56,058 Game weather: 75°F, mostly clear, wind 5–10 N Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt, Jim Knox

Pittsburgh

See also: 2011 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Pittsburgh at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh (2–0) 10 0 14 3 27 • Iowa (2–1) 0 3 7 21 31 Date: September 17 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 58°F, Cloudy, wind 9 ESE Referee: Jerry McGinn TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti

Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2011 ULM Warhawks football team

Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana-Monroe (1–2) 3 0 14 0 17 • Iowa (3–1) 14 14 14 3 45 Date: September 24 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 56°F, Partly Cloudy, wind 5 NE Referee: Mike Cannon TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz

Penn State

See also: 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Iowa at Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa (3–2) 0 3 0 0 3 • Penn State (4–1) 3 3 0 7 13 Date: October 8 Location: Beaver Stadium University Park, PA Game start: 2:30 CST Elapsed time: 2:58 Game attendance: 103,497 Game weather: 71°F, Partly Cloudy, wind 3 N Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Dave Pasch, Urban Meyer, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich

Northwestern

See also: 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Northwestern at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern (2–3) 0 7 10 14 31 • Iowa (4–2) 10 7 0 24 41 Date: October 15 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 61°F, Mostly Sunny, wind 11 WNW Referee: Dennis Lipski TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Scoring summary 1 11:17 IOWA Mike Meyer 27-yard field goal IOWA 3-0 1 4:08 IOWA Tanner Miller 98-yard interception return (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 10-0 2 9:34 IOWA Keenan Davis 47-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 17-0 2 3:54 NW Jeremy Ebert 6-yard pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 17-7 3 9:06 NW Adonis Smith 4-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 17-14 3 4:19 NW Jeff Budzien 47-yard field goal Tied 17-17 4 13:55 IOWA Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 24-17 4 8:51 IOWA Marvin McNutt 35-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meye kick) IOWA 31-17 4 6:49 IOWA Mike Meyer 40-yard field goal IOWA 34-17 4 4:50 NW Drake Dunsmore 18-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 34-24 4 3:56 IOWA Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 41-24 4 2:34 NW Rashad Lawrence 35-yard pass from Trevor Siemian (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 41-31

Indiana

See also: 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Indiana at Iowa
Homecoming

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana (1–6) 7 7 3 7 24 • Iowa (5–2) 14 21 3 7 45 Date: October 22 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 51°F, Sunny, wind 6 NNW Referee: Scott McElwee TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Minnesota

See also: 2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale

Iowa at Minnesota
Floyd of Rosedale

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa (5–3) 0 7 7 7 21 • Minnesota (1–6) 0 7 3 12 22 Date: October 29 Location: TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN Game start: 2:30 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 46,543 Game weather: 51°F, Clear, wind 7 SW Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Michigan

Michigan at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total #13/13 Michigan (7–2) 6 0 3 7 16 • Iowa (6–3) 7 10 0 7 24 Date: November 5 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:11 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 44°F, Partly Cloudy, wind 13 SSE Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich

Scoring summary 1 10:29 IOWA Marcus Coker 4-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 7-0 1 2:14 MICH Fitzgerald Toussaint 5-yard pass from Denard Robinson (run failed) IOWA 7-6 2 6:58 IOWA Brad Herman 1-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 14-6 2 2:11 IOWA Mike Meyer 42-yard field goal IOWA 17-6 3 6:19 MICH Brendan Gibbons 32-yard field goal IOWA 17-9 4 10:42 IOWA Marcus Coker 13-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 24-9 4 7:53 MICH Kevin Koger 7-yard pass from Denard Robinson (Brendan Gibbons kick) IOWA 24-16

See also: 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan State

See also: 2011 Michigan State Spartans football team

Michigan State at Iowa
Senior Day

1 2 3 4 Total • #13/13 Michigan State (7–2) 14 17 3 3 37 Iowa (6–4) 0 7 14 0 21 Date: November 12 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:35 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 51°F, Partly Cloudy, wind 12 S Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti

Purdue

See also: 2011 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Iowa at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Iowa (7–4) 14 7 3 7 31 Purdue (5–5) 7 7 0 7 21 Date: November 19 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 44,017 Game weather: 49°F, Overcast, wind 17 SSW TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Tom Hart, Derek Rackley and Lisa Byington

Nebraska

See also: 2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Iowa at Nebraska
Heroes Game

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa (7–5) 0 0 0 7 7 • #22/22 Nebraska (8–3) 0 10 3 7 20 Date: November 25 Location: Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 85,595 Game weather: 54°F, Overcast, wind 13 S Referee: Todd Geerlings TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Jeanine Edwards

Oklahoma–Insight Bowl

See also: 2011 Insight Bowl and 2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Iowa vs. Oklahoma
Insight Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa (7–6) 0 0 0 14 14 • #19/19 Oklahoma (9–3) 7 7 7 10 31 Date: December 30 Location: Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Game start: 8:00 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:23 Game attendance: 54,247 Game weather: 62°F, clear, wind calm Referee: Jack Wood TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox

Postseason Awards

• Marvin McNutt - Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year
• Riley Reiff - First-team All-American (Pro Football Writers)

See also: 2011 College Football All-America Team and 2011 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Players in the 2012 NFL Draft

See also: 2012 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club	Ref
Riley Reiff	Offensive Tackle	1	23	Detroit Lions
Mike Daniels	Defensive Tackle	4	132	Green Bay Packers
Adam Gettis	Offensive Guard	5	141	Washington Redskins
Shaun Prater	Cornerback	5	156	Cincinnati Bengals
Marvin McNutt	Wide Receiver	6	194	Philadelphia Eagles
Jordan Bernstine	Cornerback	7	217	Washington Redskins

External links

• Official Iowa Site