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2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	Legends Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jerry Kill (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Limegrover (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (1st season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	TCF Bank Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

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2011 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota for the 2011 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were led by head coach Jerry Kill for his first season as head coach at Minnesota. They finished with 3–9 overall record, 2–6 in Big Ten Legends play.

Roster

2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`30`	Mike Henry	So
OL	`52`	Zac Epping	Fr
OL	`53`	Tommy Olson	Fr
OL	`58`	Ed Olson	So
OL	`60`	Ryan Wynn	Sr
OL	`62`	Zach Mottla	So
OL	`63`	Jon Christenson	Fr
OL	`64`	Caleb Bak	Fr
OL	`65`	Josh Campion	Fr
OL	`66`	Luke McAvoy	Fr
OL	`68`	Chris Bunders	Sr
OL	`69`	Jacob Glickstein	Jr
OL	`70`	Sean Ferguson	Fr
OL	`71`	Kyle McAvoy	Fr
OL	`73`	Joe Bjorklund	Fr
OL	`74`	Marek Lenkiewicz	Fr
OL	`75`	Brooks Michel	So
OL	`76`	Jimmy Gjere	Fr
OL	`77`	Foster Bush	Fr
OL	`78`	Ryan Orton	Sr
QB	`3`	Dexter Foreman	Fr
QB	`5`	MarQueis Gray	Jr
QB	`11`	Max Shortell	Fr
QB	`12`	Moses Alipate	So
QB	`16`	Tom Parish	Fr
QB	`19`	Adam Lueck	Jr
RB	`20`	Donnell Kirkwood	Fr
RB	`22`	Duane Bennett	Sr
RB	`25`	Devon Wright	Fr
RB	`27`	David Cobb	Fr
RB	`31`	Cole Banham	Fr
RB	`32`	Lamonte Edwards	Fr
RB	`33`	Cameron Gatling	Jr
TE	`42`	Ernie Heifort	Fr
TE	`45`	Gavin Bronson	Fr
TE	`47`	Alex Bisch	Fr
TE	`81`	John Rabe	Jr
TE	`83`	Drew Goodger	Fr
TE	`85`	Eric Lair	Sr
TE	`87`	Sahr Ngekia	So
TE	`88`	Collin McGarry	Sr
WR	`1`	Brandon Green	Jr
WR	`2`	Ge'Shun Harris	Jr
WR	`6`	Da'Jon McKnight	Sr
WR	`8`	Cameron Wilson	Fr
WR	`13`	J.D. Pride	Fr
WR	`14`	Connor Cosgrove	Fr
TE	`85`	Bryce Witham	Jr
WR	`14`	Matt Kloss	Jr
WR	`15`	Marcus Jones	Fr
WR	`17`	C.J. Cesario	Fr
WR	`18`	Derrick Engel	Jr
WR	`23`	Luke Trucilla	Fr
WR	`80`	Devin Crawford-Tufts	So
WR	`82`	A.J. Barker	So
WR	`84`	Victor Keise	So
WR	`86`	Malcolm Moulton	So
WR	`89`	Logan Hutton	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`11`	Troy Stoudermire	Sr
CB	`27`	Cedric Thompson	Fr
DB	`3`	Kim Royston	Sr
DB	`5`	Johnny Johnson	Sr
DB	`6`	Michael Carter	Jr
DB	`7`	Tyrone Bouie	Fr
DB	`9`	Christyn Lewis	Sr
DB	`13`	Derrick Wells	Fr
DB	`14`	Kyle Henderson	Sr
DB	`16`	Steven Montgomery	Fr
DB	`21`	Brock Vereen	So
DB	`23`	Grayson Levine	Fr
DB	`24`	James Manuel	So
DB	`28`	Kenny Watkins	So
DB	`29`	Shady Salamon	Sr
DL	`36`	Chase Haviland	So
DB	`40`	Nathan Tow-Arnett	Jr
DB	`45`	Bryan Klitzke	Sr
DE	`49`	Matt Garin	So
DE	`55`	Thieren Cockran	Fr
DE	`91`	Kendall Gregory-McGhee	So
DB	`92`	Leston Simpson	Jr
DE	`93`	Ben Perry	Fr
DE	`95`	D.L. Wilhite	Jr
DE	`98`	Michael Amaefula	Fr
DE	`99`	Ra'Shede Hageman	So
DL	`46`	Cameron Botticelli	Fr
DL	`62`	Eric Jacques	So
DL	`67`	David Stommes	So
DL	`89`	Curran Delaney	Jr
DL	`90`	Austin Hahn	Jr
DL	`94`	Harold Legania	Fr
DL	`97`	Anthony Jacobs	Sr
DT	`96`	Brandon Kirksey	Sr
LB	`1`	Drendan Beal	So
LB	`4`	Keanon Cooper	Jr
LB	`8`	Spencer Reeves	Jr
LB	`17`	Peter Westerhaus	Fr
LB	`26`	Mike Rallis	Jr
LB	`34`	Jephte Matilus	Fr
LB	`35`	Dominic Schultz	Fr
LB	`39`	Gabe Mezzenga	Fr
LB	`43`	Ryan Grant	Jr
LB	`44`	Brent Singleton	So
LB	`47`	Quinn Baudcco	Fr
LB	`48`	Judd Paffrath	Jr
LB	`50`	Patrick Sveum	Sr
LB	`51`	Gary Tinsley	Sr
LB	`57`	Aaron Hill	So
LB	`59`	Joey Balthazor	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`7`	Chris Hawthorne	So
K	`31`	David Platner	Fr
K	`38`	David Schwerman	Sr
K	`39`	Jordan Wettstein	Jr
LS	`40`	Jared Hartman	Fr
LS	`48`	Jake Filkins	So
LS	`96`	Dave Ramlet	Fr
P	`37`	Peter Mortell	Fr
P	`41`	Dan Orseske	So

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	2:30 pm	at No. 25 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC/ESPN2	L 17–19	68,273	^[1]
September 10	2:30 pm	New Mexico State*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	L 21–28	48,807
September 17	2:30 pm	Miami (OH)*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	W 29–23	49,950
September 24	6:00 pm	No. 12 (FCS) North Dakota State*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	L 24–37	48,802	^[2]
October 1	11:00 am	at No. 19 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug)	BTN	L 0–58	111,106
October 8	11:00 am	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN	L 17–45	38,207	^[3]
October 22	2:30 pm	No. 13 Nebraska	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	ABC/ESPN2	L 14–41	49,187	^[4]
October 29	2:30 pm	Iowa	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis (Battle for Floyd of Rosedale)	BTN	W 22–21	46,543	^[5]
November 5	11:00 am	at No. 15 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	BTN	L 24–31	72,219	^[6]
November 12	2:30 pm	No. 16 Wisconsin	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis (Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe)	BTN	L 13–42	49,158
November 19	11:00 am	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois	BTN	L 13–28	27,050
November 26	2:30 pm	Illinois	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	W 27–7	41,549
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

@ USC

Matt Barkley threw three touchdowns to Robert Woods as the Trojans won their 14th straight season opener. Barkley went 34-of-45 with 304 yards while Woods caught 17 passes, a USC single-game record, for 177 yards in the win. D.J. Morgan added 18 carries for 70 yards in the win for USC.

Duane Bennett ran for a touchdown while Max Shortell threw for a touchdown but was intercepted on the final drive for the Golden Gophers, who failed to win in the debut of new head coach Jerry Kill.

Bennett finished with 53 yards on 15 carries while MarQueis Gray went 7-of-12 with 94 yards and added 48 yards on 16 carries for Minnesota, which went just 3–9 last season.

The Gophers never led in the game, but made it a one-score possession with 8:03 to play when Shortell hit Brandon Green on a short pass to the left and the receiver curled around his defender and into the end zone from 12 yards out to make it 19–17.

Minnesota got the ball back at its own nine-yard line with just over two minutes to play. However, the drive only made it to the Minnesota 28 and on 3rd-and-1 Shortell was picked off by Torin Harris and the Trojans killed off the rest of the clock.^[8]

Vs. New Mexico State

Aside from losing the game 28–21, this game represented a scare for Minnesota outside of the game itself as head coach Jerry Kill had a seizure with 20 seconds left in the game and was taken away by ambulance.

Kill was stabilized, and Minnesota's team physician said the coach's condition was not life-threatening. Kill has had similar episodes three times before in his career, but never missed a game, and his assistants said they weren't worried.

Regarding the game, the Aggies set the tone from the start with a six-play, 60-yard drive. Manley hit Rogers for a 26-yard score, with cornerback Brock Vereen and safety Shady Salamon failing to reach Rogers in time. Manley had help from Robert Clay, who rushed 20 times for 97 yards and a touchdown. Taveon Rogers had 88 yards receiving and two scores.

MarQueis Gray had another uneven performance at quarterback for the Gophers, who hadn't lost their first two games to start a season since 1992. Da'Jon McKnight made a handful of acrobatic catches, finishing with 146 yards and one touchdown, and tight end Colin McGarry dived to haul in a 10-yard score in the corner of the end zone and pull the Gophers within 21–14 right before the half.

Gray, who was relieved in the third quarter by freshman Max Shortell because he had cramps on a hot day, finished with 110 yards rushing on 17 attempts. He went 16 for 32 through the air for 211 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Gray threaded a perfect pass to McKnight on a quick post route for a 4-yard touchdown with 11:47 left, pulling the Gophers within 28–21.

He nearly tied the game later on a rollout with a head-first dive at the pylon with 7:51 left, and the initial ruling on the field was a touchdown. But a replay review determined his foot was out of bounds.

On fourth and 1, Edwards was stopped and NMSU took over.

Clay and Victor Johnson ground down the clock for the Aggies, and the Gophers didn't get the ball back until 2:09 remained, starting at their own 11-yard line with no timeouts. This proved to be too much for the Gophers to overcome.^[9]

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	7	7	7	21
• Minnesota	0	7	3	12	22

Date: October 29
Location: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT
Television network: BTN

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References

^ "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. USC Trojans Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
^ "Dakota territory". Star Tribune. September 25, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Purdue Boilermakers Box Score". ESPN. October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
^ "Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Box Score". ESPN. October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
^ "Floyd Stays Home After Gophers' 22-21 Comeback". University of Minnesota Department of Athletics. October 29, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Michigan State Spartans Box Score". ESPN. November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ Schedule
^ [1]
^ "New Mexico State's Win Clouded by Minnesota Coach's Collapse". ESPN. September 10, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "Minnesota Rallies to Stun Iowa, Claim Bronze Pig". ESPN. October 29, 2011. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

External links

Media related to 2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. USC Trojans Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.

[2] "Dakota territory". Star Tribune. September 25, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Purdue Boilermakers Box Score". ESPN. October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

[4] "Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers Box Score". ESPN. October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.

[5] "Floyd Stays Home After Gophers' 22-21 Comeback". University of Minnesota Department of Athletics. October 29, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[6] "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Michigan State Spartans Box Score". ESPN. November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.

[7] Schedule

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[9] "New Mexico State's Win Clouded by Minnesota Coach's Collapse". ESPN. September 10, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[10] "Minnesota Rallies to Stun Iowa, Claim Bronze Pig". ESPN. October 29, 2011. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

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