2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
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| Arkansas State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 7 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Lafayette * | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Raiders were led by sixth-year head coach Rick Stockstill and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish the season in eighth place.
During the Off Season
On January 13, 2011, it was announced that both coordinators, Mike Schultz (Offensive) and Randall McCray (Defensive), would not return for the 2011 football season. After a very successful 2009 season, when the team went 10–3 and won the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, during the 2010 season the team fell in several statistical categories. The team's turnover margin went from being ranked 8th in the nation to being 120th in the nation. Middle Tennessee's total offense fell from 27th in the nation to 69th in the nation, while their total defense fell from 50th in the nation to 72nd in the nation. Both coordinators only served for one season at Middle Tennessee.[1]
On January 24, 2011, Rick Stockstill announced that he promoted cornerbacks coach Steve Ellis to defensive coordinator and running backs coach Willie Simmons to offensive coordinator.[2] Two days later, Coach Stockstill completed his staff by hiring Joe Cauthen to coach the linebackers and serve as the special team's coordinator, and Buster Faulkner to coach the quarterbacks and be the passing game coordinator.[3]
During the season, on October 14, 2011, Willie Simmons abruptly resigned from his job as offensive coordinator following his arrest on aggravated assault charges. On October 17, Buster Faulkner was named MTSU's offensive coordinator.[4]
Schedule
April 91:00 PMBlue-White Spring Game
Blue 67–60 3,409
|- !colspan=8| Regular Season
September 311:00 AMat Purdue*
BTNL 24–27 42,110 September 106:00 PMGeorgia Tech*
ESPN3L 21–49 30,502 September 243:30 PMat Troy
ESPN3L 35–38 20,185
October 16:00 PMMemphis*
- Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 38–31 20,098 October 66:30 PMWestern Kentucky
- Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)
ESPNUL 33–36 2OT23,307 October 227:00 PMat Florida Atlantic
Sun Belt NetworkW 38–14 16,344 October 296:30 PMLouisiana-Lafayette
- Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
Sun Belt NetworkL 20–45 13,500 November 56:00 PMat Tennessee*
FS SouthL 0–24 88,211 November 122:30 PMat Louisiana-Monroe
ESPN3L 14–42 11,987 November 192:00 PMArkansas State
- Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3L 19–45 12,806 November 262:30 PMFlorida International
- Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
- Murfreesboro, TN
L 18–31 10,227 December 33:00 PMat North Texas
L 7–59 15,962
Roster
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
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Offensive Linemen
Defensive Linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive Backs
Special Teams
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Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
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References
- ^ Football loses two coordinators Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine MTSUSidelines.com, Jan. 13, 2011.
- ^ Stockstill elevates Ellis, Simmons Archived 2011-09-01 at the Wayback Machine GoBlueRaiders.com, Jan. 24, 2011.
- ^ Stockstill completes staff with Cauthen, Faulkner Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today GoBlueRaiders.com, Jan. 26, 2011.
- ^ Faulkner named new MTSU play caller DNJ.com, Oct. 17, 2011
- ^ 2011 Schedule Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine GoBlueRaiders.com, June 12, 2011.