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Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
2011 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 19 Georgia x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 9 South Carolina   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Florida   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Vanderbilt   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Kentucky   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Tennessee   1 – 7     5 – 7  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU x$   8 – 0     13 – 1  
No. 1 Alabama  %#   7 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 5 Arkansas   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Auburn   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Mississippi State   2 – 6     7 – 6  
Ole Miss*   0 – 8     2 – 10  
Championship: LSU 42, Georgia 10
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represents the University of Alabama in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marks the Crimson Tide's 119th overall season, 79th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 20th within the SEC Western Division. The team is led by head coach Nick Saban, in his fifth year, and play their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Before the season

After winning the BCS National Championship in 2009, Alabama fell short of preseason expectations and finished with a record of nine wins and three losses at the conclusion of the regular season. However, they finished with a 49–7 victory in the 2011 Capital One Bowl against Michigan State, and secured Alabama's third straight ten-win season and their third bowl win in four seasons.[1]

In February 2011, Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to Rivals and the No. 7 recruiting class according to Scout.[2][3] Spring practice began on March 21 and concluded with the annual A-Day spring game on April 16.[4] Televised live by ESPNU, the Crimson team defeated the White team by a final score of 14–10 before 92,310 fans in Bryant–Denny Stadium.[5] For their performances, Barrett Jones earned the Dwight Stephenson Lineman of the A-Day Game Award and Trent Richardson earned the Dixie Howell Memorial Most Valuable Player of the A-Day Game Award.[5]

In the weeks following the conclusion of spring practice, a pair of tragedies occurred that directly impacted the team. On April 27, 2011, an EF4 rated tornado devastated Tuscaloosa.[6] As a result of the storm, long snapper Carson Tinker suffered a broken wrist with his girlfriend being one of the 43 fatalities attributed to the storm in Tuscaloosa.[6] On May 12, 2011, offensive lineman Aaron Douglas was found dead in Fernandina Beach, Florida.[7] The cause of death was subsequently ruled accidental as a result of multiple drug toxicity.[7] After transferring to Alabama from Arizona Western College, Douglas struggled with off-field issues including a DUI charge following a December 2010 arrest.[8] He started his career as a freshman All-America at Tennessee, before the Volunteers' new head coach Derek Dooley granted him a release from the program in Spring 2010.[9]

By August, Alabama had a combined 31 players on 12 different preseason award watch lists.[10] These included Mark Barron, Dont’a Hightower, Dre Kirkpatrick, Robert Lester and Courtney Upshaw for the Chuck Bednarik Award; Duron Carter, Darius Hanks and Marquis Maze for the Fred Biletnikoff Award; Hightower, Nico Johnson and Upshaw for the Butkus Award; Lester and Trent Richardson for the Walter Camp Award; Hightower, Barrett Jones, Upshaw and William Vlachos for the Lombardi Award; Michael Williams for the John Mackey Award; Richardson for the Maxwell Award; Barron, Hightower, Kirkpatrick, Lester and Upshaw for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy; Jones and Vlachos for the Outland Trophy; Vlachos for the Rimington Trophy; Barron, Kirkpatrick and Lester for the Jim Thorpe Award; and Richardson for the Doak Walker Award.[10]

Between the conclusion of the 2010 season and the beginning of summer practice in August 2011, seven players transferred from the Crimson Tide.[11] Those who transferred included Robby Green (California University of Pennsylvania), B.J. Scott (South Alabama), Demetrius Goode (North Alabama), Petey Smith (Holmes Community College), Brandon Moore (East Mississippi Community College), Corey Grant (Auburn) and Keiwone Malone (Memphis).[11]

Personnel

Coaching staff

In the week following the Capitol One Bowl victory, changes were made to the Alabama coaching staff. Defensive line coach Bo Davis resigned his position to serve as the defensive tackles coach for Texas.[12] The following day, Chris Rumph was hired by Coach Saban from Clemson, to replace Davis as the defensive line coach.[13] On January 12, assistant head coach and offensive line coach Joe Pendry announced his retirement.[14] The following day, former Miami interim head coach Jeff Stoutland was hired to replace Pendry as offensive line coach.[15] On January 21, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Curt Cignetti resigned his position to accept the head coaching job at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.[16] On February 7, Mike Groh was hired a Cignetti's replacement as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.[17]

Coach Saban smiles at practice in a gray vest and hat.
Head coach Nick Saban enters his fifth year as Bama's head coach for the 2011 season.
Name Position Seasons at
Alabama		 Alma Mater
Nick Saban Head coach 5 Kent State (1973)
Burton Burns Associate Head Coach, Running Backs 5 Nebraska (1976)
Mike Groh Receivers, Recruiting Coordinator 1 Virginia (1995)
Jim McElwain Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks 4 Eastern Washington (1984)
Jeremy Pruitt Secondary 2 West Alabama (1999)
Chris Rumph Defensive Line 1 South Carolina (1994)
Kirby Smart Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers 5 Georgia (1999)
Jeff Stoutland Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line 1 Southern Connecticut (1984)
Sal Sunseri Assistant Head Coach, Linebackers 3 Pittsburgh (1982)
Bobby Williams Tight Ends, Special Teams 4 Purdue (1982)
Scott Cochran Strength and Conditioning 5 LSU (2001)
Reference:[18]

Returning starters

Alabama had 17 returning starters from the previous season, including ten on defense and seven on offense.[19] The most notable departures from the previous year were defensive end Marcell Dareus; left tackle James Carpenter; tight end Preston Dial; quarterback Greg McElroy; wide receiver Julio Jones; and running back Mark Ingram, Jr.[20]

Recruiting class

See also: American football positions, Glossary of American football, and Recruiting (college athletics)

Alabama's recruiting class was highlighted by eleven players from the "ESPN 150": No. 3 Cyrus Kouandjio (OT); No. 19 Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix (S); No. 22 Xzavier Dickson (DE); No. 38 Trey DePriest (OLB); No. 41 Bradley Sylve (WR); No. 53 Jeoffrey Pagan (DE); No. 75 Marvin Shinn (WR); No. 79 Demetrius Hart (RB); No. 82 Malcolm Faciane (TE); No. 137 Danny Woodson, Jr. (WR); and No. 140 Brent Calloway (ATH).[24] Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to Rivals and the No. 7 recruiting class according to Scout.[2][3] The football program received 14 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 2, 2011.[25]

US college sports recruiting information for 2011 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Brent Calloway
LB 		Russellville, AL Russellville High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 4.63 Feb 2, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix
S 		Orlando, FL Dr. Phillips High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 4.50 Apr 17, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 84
Trey DePriest
LB 		Springfield, OH Springfield High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 230 lb (100 kg) 4.69 Jul 30, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 82
Quinton Dial
DT 		Scooba, MS East Mississippi CC 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 310 lb (140 kg)   Feb 4, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Xzavier Dickson
DE 		Griffin, GA Griffin High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 4.90 Jan 5, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 83
Aaron Douglas
OT 		Yuma, AZ Arizona Western CC 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 290 lb (130 kg)   Dec 16, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Phillip Ely
QB 		Tampa, FL Plant High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 4.57 Aug 11, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 77
Malcolm Faciane
TE 		Picayune, MS Picayune Memorial High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 4.61 Apr 15, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
LaMichael Fanning
DE 		Hamilton, GA Harris County High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 270 lb (120 kg) 5.00 Apr 17, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Demetrius Hart
RB 		Orlando, FL Dr. Phillips High School 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 4.5 Jan 8, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
Christion Jones
CB 		Adamsville, AL Minor High School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 4.50 Sep 30, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Ryan Kelly
C 		West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio Lakota West High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 280 lb (130 kg) 5.00 Jul 19, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Cyrus Kouandjio
OT 		Hyattsville, MD DeMatha Catholic High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 325 lb (147 kg) 5.00 Feb 5, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 87
Isaac Luatua
OG 		La Mirada, CA La Mirada High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 298 lb (135 kg) 4.98 Jun 8, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Jeoffrey Pagan
DE 		Asheville, NC Asheville High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 272 lb (123 kg) 4.60 Feb 2, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
D.J. Pettway
DT 		Pensacola, FL Pensacola Catholic High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 255 lb (116 kg)   Apr 19, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Marvin Shinn
WR 		Prichard, AL Vigor High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 4.50 Apr 18, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
Vinnie Sunseri
LB 		Tuscaloosa, AL Northridge High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 4.60 Jun 12, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Bradley Sylve
WR 		Port Sulphur, LA South Plaquemines High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 4.40 May 12, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 82
Jabriel Washington
CB 		Jackson, TN Trinity Christian Academy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg)   Apr 18, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Jesse Williams
DT 		Yuma, AZ Arizona Western CC 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 340 lb (150 kg)   Sep 4, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Danny Woodson
WR 		Mobile, AL Le Flore High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 4.5 Mar 13, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 6   Rivals: 1  ESPN: 2
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Scout.com Football Recruiting: Alabama". Scout.com. Retrieved 2/6/2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  • "2011 Player Signees- Alabama". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2/6/2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2/6/2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  • "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2/6/2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Schedule

The 2011 schedule was officially released on October 19, 2010.[26] In accordance with conference rules, Alabama will face all five Western Division opponents: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss. They will also face three Eastern Division opponents: official SEC rival Tennessee, Florida, and Vanderbilt.[27] Alabama is not scheduled to play SEC opponents Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina.[27] Alabama is also scheduled to play four non-conference games. The game against Penn State was originally scheduled to be played as part of the 2004 season, however the series was moved back to this season at the request of Alabama due to fallout from NCAA sanctions being levied on the program.[28] The non-conference schedule also includes games against Kent State of the Mid-American Conference, North Texas of the Sun Belt Conference and Georgia Southern of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).[26] Alabama is scheduled to have one bye week following the Tennessee game and prior to playing LSU.[26]

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September 311:21 amKent State*No. 2

SEC NetworkW 48–7101,821 September 102:30 pmat No. 23 Penn State*No. 3

ABCW 27–11107,846 September 176:30 pmNorth Texas*No. 2

  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL

FSN   September 24Arkansas

  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL

  October 17:00 pmat Florida

  October 8Vanderbiltdagger

  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL

  October 15at Ole Miss

  October 22Tennessee

  November 5LSU

  November 12at Mississippi State

  November 191:00 p.m.Georgia Southern*

  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL

PPV   November 26at Auburn

 

Template:CFB Schedule End

  • Source: Rolltide.com: 2011 Alabama football schedule[29]

Game notes

Kent State

See also: 2011 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
1 234Total
Kent State 0 070 7
• #2 Alabama 21 31410 48
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Game start: 11:23 a.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:28
  • Game attendance: 101,821
  • Game weather: 96º, partly cloudy, winds ESE 9 mph
  • Referee: Matt Moore
  • TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)
Sources:[30][31]

The Crimson Tide opened the 2011 season at home against Nick Saban's alma mater, the Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mid-American Conference.[32] In the meeting that was the first all-time against the Golden Flashes, the Crimson Tide won 48–7.[31][33] After holding the Golden Flashes to a three-and-out on the opening possession, Trent Richardson scored the Crimson Tide's first touchdown on a one-yard run to give Alabama a 7–0 lead.[34] After holding Kent State again to a three-and-out, Alabama responded with a four play, 74 yard touchdown drive that featured a 48-yard Eddie Lacy reception and a 24-yard Marquis Maze touchdown reception from A. J. McCarron to take a 14–0 lead.[33][34] The Tide scored their final points of the first quarter on a one-yard Richardson run to take a 21–0 lead into the second quarter.[34] After only scoring on a 36-yard Jeremy Shelley field goal in the second quarter, Alabama led 24–0 at the half.[31]

On the second Crimson Tide possession of the third quarter, Phillip Sims threw an interception to Norman Wolfe that was returned to the Alabama three yard line. Two plays later, Kent State scored their only points of the game when Spencer Keith connected with Justin Thompson for a three-yard touchdown reception to cut the lead to 24–7.[34] The Crimson Tide responded with touchdowns on the next two consecutive drives. Richardson and Lacy both scored on one-yard runs to extend Alabama's lead to 38–7 entering the fourth quarter.[31] In the fourth, the Tide scored their final touchdown of the afternoon on a 49-yard Jalston Fowler run and their final points on a 32-yard Shelley field goal to make the final score 48–7.[31] For the game, Alabama's defense was dominant in allowing −9 yards rushing and 90 yards of total offense against Kent State in the contest.[35] On offense, the Crimson Tide had 482 total yards with three different running backs scoring touchdowns and Maze totaling 118 yards receiving on eight catches with one touchdown.[35]

Penn State

See also: 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
1 234Total
• #3 Alabama 7 1037 27
#23 Penn State 3 008 11
  • Location: University Park, Pennsylvania
  • Game start: 3:37 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 107,846
  • Game weather: 77º, Partly Sunny
  • Referee: Matt Austin
  • TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (color), Holly Rowe (sideline)

This was the second consecutive meeting between the Crimson Tide and the Nittany Lions and first at Happy Valley since 1989. Trent Richardson ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns while Eddie Lacy ran for 85. A.J. McCarron threw for 163 yards and a touchdown.

North Texas

See also: 2011 North Texas Mean Green football team
1 2Total
North Texas 0
Alabama 0
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Game start: 6:30 p.m.
  • Television network: FSN

Arkansas

See also: 2011 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
1 2Total
Arkansas 0
Alabama 0
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Florida

See also: 2011 Florida Gators football team
1 2Total
Alabama 0
Florida 0
  • Location: Gainesville, Florida
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m.

Vanderbilt

See also: 2011 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
1 2Total
Vanderbilt 0
Alabama 0
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Ole Miss

See also: 2011 Ole Miss Rebels football team
1 2Total
Alabama 0
Ole Miss 0
  • Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Tennessee

See also: 2011 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Third Saturday in October
1 2Total
Tennessee 0
Alabama 0
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

LSU

See also: 2011 LSU Tigers football team
1 2Total
LSU 0
Alabama 0
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Mississippi State

See also: 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
1 2Total
Alabama 0
Miss State 0
  • Location: Starkville, Mississippi

Georgia Southern

See also: Georgia Southern Eagles football
1 2Total
Georgia Southern 0
Alabama 0
  • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Television network: PPV

Auburn

See also: 2011 Auburn Tigers football team
Iron Bowl
1 2Total
Alabama 0
Auburn 0
  • Location: Auburn, Alabama

Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP23
Coaches22
HarrisNot releasedNot released
BCSNot releasedNot released

References

General

Specific

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  9. ^ Staff Reporters (May 16, 2011). "Hundreds mourn former UT football player Aaron Douglas". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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