2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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

2011 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 12 Michigan %		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 24 Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5					6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6					3	–	9
Leaders Division
No. 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 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 Legends 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 Legends 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	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	No. 13 Michigan	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN	W 24–16	70,585
November 12	11:00 am	No. 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 No. 22 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–20	85,595
December 30	9:00 pm	vs. No. 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 QB 15 Jake Rudock Fr QB 16 James Vandenberg Jr QB 14 John Wienke Jr RB 40 Marcus Binns  Fr RB 32 Damon Bullock Fr RB 33 Jordan Canzeri Fr RB 34 Marcus Coker So RB 33 Adam Cox Fr RB 92 Jonathan Gimm Jr RB 30 De'Andre Johnson Fr RB 25 Mika'll McCall Fr RB 35 Matt Mayers  Fr RB 41 Jacob Reisen So RB 38 Brad Rogers So RB 28 Mark Weisman  Fr RB 3 Jason White Jr WR 88 Joe Audlehelm Sr WR 18 John Chief  Fr WR 23 Jordan Cotton So WR 6 Keenan Davis Jr WR 9 Blake Haluska  Fr WR 84 Jacob Hillyer Fr WR 11 Kevonte Martin-Manley Fr WR 7 Marvin McNutt Sr WR 29 Nick Nielsen Jr WR 8 Don Shumpert So WR 83 Steven Staggs Jr TE 85 Zach Derby Jr TE 87 Jake Duzey Fr TE 86 C.J. Fiedorowicz So TE 82 Ray Hamilton Fr TE 39 Brad Herman Sr TE 80 Henry Krieger-Coble Fr TE 81 Austin Vier  Fr OL 63 Austin Blythe Fr OL 59 Conor Boffeli So OL 50 Drew Clark So OL 78 Andrew Donnal  Fr OL 53 James Ferentz So OL 57 Tommy Gaul  Fr OL 73 Adam Gettis Sr OL 73 Jared Kracke Fr OL 76 Noaln MacMillan So OL 66 Casey McMillan Jr OL 72 Woody Orne Sr OL 77 Riley Reiff Sr OL 68 Brandon Scherff  Fr OL 60 Matt Tobin Jr OL 70 Brett Van Sloten So OL 65 Jordan Walsh Fr OL 56 Markus Zusevics Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 79 Dominic Alvis So DL 54 Steve Bigach Jr DL 91 Broderick Binns Sr DL 97 Darian Cooper Fr DL 58 Lebron Daniel Sr DL 93 Mike Daniels Sr DL 71 Carl Davis  Fr DL 96 Joe Forgy Sr DL 99 Joe Gaglione Jr DL 98 Mike Hardy  Fr DL 58 Cameron Hayward Fr DL 94 Riley McMinn Fr DL 87 Thomas Nardo Sr DL 90 Louis Trinca-Pasat  Fr DL 75 Dean Tsopanides Fr LB 52 Quinton Alston Fr LB 55 Marcus Collins Fr LB 17 A.J. DiBona Fr LB 13 Tom Donatell Jr LB 50 Palmer Foster  Fr LB 47 Dakota Getz So LB 31 Anthony Hitchens So LB 20 Christian Kirksey So LB 44 James Morris So LB 45 Tyler Nielsen Sr LB 36 Macon Plewa Fr LB 43 Jim Poggi  Fr LB 51 Terrance Pryor Jr LB 49 Melvin Spears Fr DB 4 Jordan Bernstine Sr DB 7 Brendon Boerm Fr DB 22 Torrey Campbell Fr DB 2 Greg Castillo Jr DB 36 Cole Fisher Fr DB 18 Micah Hyde Jr 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 DB 5 Tanner Miller So DB 16 Jamal Overton Fr DB 39 Travis Perry Fr DB 28 Shaun Prater Sr DB 16 Collin Sleeper Jr DB 30 Gavin Smith Fr DB 12 Kyle Steinbrecher Sr DB 40 Jack Swanson Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Marshall Koehn Fr K 96 Mike Meyer So K 8 Trent Mossbrucker Jr P 6 Eric Guthrie Sr P 15 Jonny Mullings  Fr LS 65 Ryan Kolka Fr LS 61 Casey Kreiter So	Head coach Kirk Ferentz Coordinators/assistant coaches Ken O'Keefe – Offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks Norm Parker – Defensive coordinator Erik Campbell – Wide receivers 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 Chris Doyle – Strength and conditioning 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

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 (24 °C), Rain, Wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h) SSW (Game delayed 1 hour and 24 minutes) Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 5:10 Iowa Mike Meyer 39-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 2 10:38 Iowa J. Vandenberg 1-yard run (Meyer kick) Iowa 10–0 2 7:20 Iowa M. McNutt 88-yard pass from J. Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Iowa 17–0 2 3:18 Iowa Mike Meyer 20-yard field goal Iowa 20–0 2 0:10 Iowa Shaun Prater 89-yard interception return (Meyer kick) Iowa 27–0 3 6:19 Iowa M. McNutt 19-yard pass from J. Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Iowa 34–0 4 5:02 TTU Dontey Gay 1-yard run (Sharp kick) Iowa 34–7

See also: 2011 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Honorary Captain: Brad Banks

At 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 (24 °C), mostly clear, wind 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h) N Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt, Jim Knox

At 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 (14 °C), Cloudy, wind 9 mph (14 km/h) 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 (13 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph (8.0 km/h) NE Referee: Mike Cannon TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 11:39 Iowa J. Vandenberg 1-yard run (Meyer kick) Iowa 7–0 1 5:40 ULM J. Manton 43-yard field goal Iowa 7–3 1 1:39 Iowa M. McNutt 13-yard pass from J. Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Iowa 14–3 2 9:32 Iowa M. Coker 4-yard run (Meyer kick) Iowa 21–3 2 2:07 Iowa M. McNutt 17-yard pass from J. Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Iowa 28–3 3 9:35 ULM Browning 4-yard run (Manton kick) Iowa 28–10 3 6:47 Iowa M. Coker 2-yard run (Meyer kick) Iowa 35–10 3 1:56 ULM Maye 1-yard run (Manton kick) Iowa 35–17 3 0:39 Iowa K. Davis 23-yard pass from J. Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Iowa 42–17 4 8:57 Iowa Mike Meyer 23-yard field goal Iowa 45–17

At 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: 3:30 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 2:58 Game attendance: 103,497 Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 3 mph (4.8 km/h) N Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Dave Pasch, Urban Meyer, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 1:36 PSU A. Fera 20-yard field goal PSU 3–0 2 10:51 Iowa Mike Meyer 23-yard field goal Tied 3–3 2 4:59 PSU A. Fera 20-yard field goal PSU 6–3 4 8:08 PSU Haplea 2-yard pass from Matt McGloin (Fera kick) PSU 13–3

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. CDT Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), Mostly Sunny, wind 11 mph (18 km/h) WNW Referee: Dennis Lipski TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller Source: Box Score

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: 11:01 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), Sunny, wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h) NNW Referee: Scott McElwee TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 7:50 Iowa Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 7-0 1 1:34 Indiana Cody Latimer 3-yard pass from Tre Roberson (Mitch Ewald kick) Tied 7-7 1 0:38 Iowa Marvin McNutt 80-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 14-7 2 9:33 Indiana S. Houston 1-yard run (Mitch Ewald kick) Tied 14-14 2 8:10 Iowa Marvin McNutt 24-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 21-14 2 1:38 Iowa Marcus Coker 2-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 28-14 2 0:16 Iowa Marvin McNutt 29-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 35-14 3 8:56 Indiana Mitch Ewald 22-yard field goal Iowa 35-17 3 4:50 Iowa Mike Meyer 47-yard field goal Iowa 38-17 4 3:10 Iowa Brad Herman 1-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) Iowa 45-17 4 0:50 Indiana S. Houston 1-yard run (Mitch Ewald kick) Iowa 45-24

At 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 (11 °C), Clear, wind 7 mph (11 km/h) 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 (7 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 13 mph (21 km/h) SSE Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich Source: Box Score

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 (11 °C), Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph (19 km/h) S Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti

At 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 (9 °C), Overcast, wind 17 mph (27 km/h) SSW TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Tom Hart, Derek Rackley and Lisa Byington

At 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 (12 °C), Overcast, wind 13 mph (21 km/h) S Referee: Todd Geerlings TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Jeanine Edwards

Vs. Oklahoma (Insight Bowl)

Main article: 2011 Insight Bowl

See also: 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 (17 °C), clear, wind calm Referee: Jack Wood TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox Source: Box Score

Scoring summary 1 10:19 Oklahoma Blake Bell 4-yard run (Hunnicutt kick) Oklahoma 7–0 2 6:56 Oklahoma Blake Bell 4-yard run (Hunnicutt kick) Oklahoma 14–0 3 7:42 Oklahoma T. Ratterree 3-yard pass from Landry Jones (Hunnicutt kick) Oklahoma 21–0 4 14:46 Iowa C.J. Fiedorowicz 5-yard pass from James Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Oklahoma 21–7 4 6:56 Iowa Jordan Canzeri 9-yard pass from James Vandenberg (Meyer kick) Oklahoma 21–14 3 2:28 Oklahoma Mike Hunnicutt 35-yard field goal Oklahoma 24–14 4 0:45 Oklahoma Blake Bell 21-yard run (Hunnicutt kick) Oklahoma 31–14

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