2011 UTSA Roadrunners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTravis Bush (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorNeal Neathery (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumAlamodome
Seasons
2012 →
2011 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
South Alabama   –     6 – 4  
Texas State   –     6 – 6  
UTSA   –     4 – 6  
Georgia State   –     3 – 8  

The 2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the first year of play for UTSA. The team was coached by veteran head football coach Larry Coker. The team played its home games at the Alamodome and competed as an independent in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.[1] It was UTSA's only season as a Division I FCS team, as the Roadrunners moved to the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Because UTSA was transitioning to the FBS, the NCAA declared the team ineligible for the FCS playoffs.

UTSA played its first game against Northeastern State on September 3, 2011, at the Alamodome, a 31–3 victory for UTSA. With an attendance of 56,743, UTSA set a record for the highest-attended game for an NCAA Division I FCS start-up program.[2]

UTSA finished their first season with a record of 4–6, and set a record for the largest average home attendance for a new football program with 35,521.[3] This topped the previous record from South Florida of 33,038 in 1997.

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for 2011 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Kenny Bias
WR 		San Antonio, Texas John Paul Stevens 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 4.4 Oct 21, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: -
Kristian Bryant
TE 		Houston, Texas Klein Forest 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 216 lb (98 kg) - Mar 2, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: -
Desmon Mathis
DB 		Brenham, TX Brenham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 4.4 Jan 2, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:2/5 stars   ESPN grade: 73
Josiah Monroe
ATH 		Bastrop, Texas Bastrop 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) - Feb 12, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 45
Ryan Polite
QB 		Desoto, Texas Desoto 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 4.85 Feb 12, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 77
Jake Smith
LB 		Gruver, Texas Gruver 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) - Jan 16, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:2/5 stars   ESPN grade: 68
Blake Terry
LB 		Denton, Texas John H. Guyer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 4.7 Jan 16, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:2/5 stars   ESPN grade: 71
Alondre Thorn
CB 		Hutto, Texas Hutto 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) - Jul 29, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 45
Terrance Wilburn
RB 		San Marcos, Texas San Marcos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 202.5 lb (91.9 kg) - Sep 6, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 45
Tevin Williams
RB 		Euless, Texas Euless Trinity 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 4.4 Jan 26, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 75
Troy Williams
RB 		San Antonio, Texas James Madison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 4.5 Sep 9, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:2/5 stars   ESPN grade: 74
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • ‡ 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:

  • "2011 UTSA Football Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  • "2011 Player Signees- UTSA". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  • "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011.

Schedule

UTSA's inaugural football game versus Northeastern State

The night before the program's first game, it was reported that the Longhorn Network (LHN), the Texas Longhorns-based network, would air the final five Roadrunner home games.[4][5] At the time of the initial news reports, the five scheduled UTSA games were more than the two Texas football games (against Rice[4] and Kansas[6]) scheduled for the network. The kickoff times for the scheduled games were moved to fit with the LHN schedule.[5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 31:00 p.m.Northeastern State
W 31–356,743[2]
September 101:00 p.m.McMurry
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
LHNL 21–2431,634
September 177:00 p.m.at Southern Utah
KMYUL 22–458,683
September 241:00 p.m.Baconedagger
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
LHNW 54–733,517
October 16:00 p.m.at No. 16 Sam Houston State
L 7–226,889
October 84:30 p.m.South Alabama
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
LHNL 27–30 2OT32,886
October 154:00 p.m.at UC Davis
L 17–388,876[7]
October 2912:30 p.m.Georgia State
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
LHNW 17–14 OT25,977
November 127:00 p.m.at McNeese State
L 21–2411,463
November 191:00 p.m.Minot State
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
LHNW 49–732,369
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Depth chart

Roster

2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Kam Jones (C) Fr
WR 3 Noe Garcia Fr
WR 5 Brandon Armstrong Fr
RB 6 Tevin Williams Fr
QB 7 Ryan Polite Fr
QB 8 Eric Soza (C) So
WR 9 Marcellus Mack Fr
WR 10 Jake Wanamaker Fr
RB 11 David Glasco II Fr
QB 12 John Free Fr
WR 12 Earon Holmes [9] Injured Fr
QB 14 Travis Menn Fr
TE 14 Cole Hubble Injured Fr
WR 15 Josiah Monroe Fr
QB 16 John Simmons Fr
WR 17 Sean Hesler Fr
WR 18 Kenny Harrison Fr
RB 21 Chris Johnson Fr
WR 26 Cole Hicks So
RB 27 Nate Shaw Fr
RB 28 Terrance Wilburn Fr
RB 36 Evans Okotcha So
RB 39 Richard Mendoza Jr
RB 41 CheRod Simpson So
RB 46 Sean Atkin Injured Jr
G 51 Payton Rion Fr
G 54 Darius Anderson Fr
C 55 Nate Leonard (C) Fr
OL 56 Mike Sanchez Sr
C 60 Andy Flores Fr
C 62 Jamie Bernal Fr
G 65 Michael Roberson Fr
OT 68 Cody Harris Injured Fr
OT 71 Chance Vernon Fr
OT 74 Drew Phillips Fr
G 75 Brady Brown Jr
OT 76 Josh Walker Fr
OT 77 James Bakke Fr
OL 78 Patrick Hoog Injured Jr
G 79 Scott Inskeep Fr
TE 80 TJ Nielsen Jr
WR 81 Kenny Bias Fr
TE 82 David Morgan Fr
WR 83 Mike Wilburn Fr
WR 84 Brandon Freeman Fr
TE 85 Jeremiah Moeller So
WR 86 Seth Grubb Fr
TE 87 Jay Kazen Jr
WR 88 Cody Seaber Fr
WR 89 Sean Luchnick Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 2 Jeremy Hall Injured Fr
CB 3 Alondre Thorn Fr
CB 4 Crosby Adams Fr
CB 11 Malcolm Scott Fr
S 13 Jake Smith Fr
S 14 Triston Wade Fr
CB 17 Erik Brown So
LB 19 De’Metrius Jacobs Fr
S 20 Mauricio Sanchez Fr
S 22 Nic Johnston (C) Fr
LB 23 John Walker III Fr
CB 24 Darrien Starling Fr
S 25 Mark Waters (C) Fr
S 29 Adefemi Adekeye Fr
S 31 Joseph Lizcano Fr
LB 32 Drew Douglas Injured Fr
S 33 Miguellino Byrd Fr
CB 35 Xaviar Archangel So
S 37 Lekenwic Haynes Injured Jr
S 38 Shane Jones Fr
DE 40 William Ritter Injured So
CB 42 Godwin Wyche II Fr
S 43 Cody Rogers Fr
LB 44 Steven Kurfehs (C) So
DE 45 Marlon Smith (C) Jr
DE 49 Dominique Henderson Fr
LB 52 Blake Terry Fr
LB 53 Brandon Reeves Jr
DT 58 Ferrington Macon Fr
DT 61 Richard Burge Fr
DT 64 Franky Anaya Jr
DE 89 Kristian Bryant Fr
DE 90 John Roper Fr
DE 93 Cory Williams Jr
DE 96 Jason Neill Fr
DT 97 Ashaad Mabry Fr
DT 98 Leighton Gilbert Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK, P 47 Josh Ward Fr
PK 48 Clay Williaford Fr
DS 59 Jesse Medrano Fr
PK, P 92 Sean Ianno Fr
PK 95 Kristian Stern Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Kevin Brown
    Tight ends
  • Travis Bush
    Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Shane Elder
    Director of operations
  • Perry Eliano
    Safeties
  • Polo Gutierrez
    Runningbacks
  • Tony Jeffery
    Special teams coordinator/Receivers
  • Nathaniel Jones
    Cornerbacks
  • Jim Marshall
    Offensive linemen
  • Neal Neathery
    Defensive coordinator/linebackers
  • Eric Roark
    Defensive linemen
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ McCarney, Dan (January 31, 2010). "UTSA now plans to go it alone in football". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "UTSA rolls in program's first game". Los Angeles Times. September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.[dead link]
  3. ^ Flores, David (November 20, 2011). "UTSA ends first football season with lopsided victory against Minot State". KENS. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  4. ^ a b McCarney, Dan (September 3, 2011). "Sources: UTSA football on Longhorn Network". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Longhorn Network to televise UTSA games". Sports Network. September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.[dead link]
  6. ^ Barron, David (September 2, 2011). "Longhorn Network adds cable distributor, Kansas game". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  7. ^ "UTSA vs UC Davis (Oct 15, 2011)".
  8. ^ a b c "2011 UTSA FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART" (PDF). GoUTSA.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  9. ^ "Preseason injury report – 10 days to kickoff". RowdyReport.com. August 24, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  10. ^ "Football - 2011 Coaching Staff". GoUTSA.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
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