2011 Louisville Cardinals football team

2011 Louisville Cardinals football
Big East co-champion
Belk Bowl, L 24–31 vs. NC State
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	7–6 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Charlie Strong (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford (2nd season; first 5 games) Shawn Watson (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Vance Bedford (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium

2011 Big East Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 West Virginia $+		5	–	2					10	–	3
No. 25 Cincinnati +		5	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville +		5	–	2					7	–	6
Rutgers		4	–	3					9	–	4
Pittsburgh		4	–	3					6	–	7
Connecticut		3	–	4					5	–	7
South Florida		1	–	6					5	–	7
Syracuse		1	–	6					5	–	7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions As of January 11, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong and played their home games at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–2 in Big East play to share the conference championship with Cincinnati and West Virginia. Due to tie-break rules, the Cardinals did not receive the Big East's automatic bid into a BCS bowl; West Virginia received the bid. The Cardinals were instead invited to the Belk Bowl, where they were defeated by North Carolina State, 31–24.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Murray State*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPNU	W 21–9	46,157
September 9	8:00 p.m.	Florida International*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 17–24	47,228
September 17	7:00 p.m.	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPNU	W 24–17	68,170
October 1	3:30 p.m.	Marshall*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	BIG EAST Network	L 13–17	53,267
October 8	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	L 7–14	51,500
October 15	12:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Keg of Nails)	BIG EAST Network	L 16–25	40,971
October 21	8:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 16–14	48,435
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	BIG EAST Network	W 27–10	44,817
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at No. 24 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	BIG EAST Network	W 38–35	57,287
November 12	12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	BIG EAST Network	L 14–21	51,321
November 19	12:00 p.m.	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	BIG EAST Network	W 34–20	34,483
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at South Florida	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN2	W 34–24	46,666
December 27	8:00 p.m.	vs. North Carolina State*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Belk Bowl)	ESPN	L 24–31	58,427
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

Quarterbacks  4 Will Stein – JR  5 Teddy Bridgewater – FR 10 Dominique Brown – SO 12 Luke Brohm – FR 19 Jerry Arlinghaus – FR Running backs 20 Victor Anderson – SR 22 Corvin Lamb – FR 28 Jeremy Wright – SO 30 Kamal Hogan – FR 32 Senorise Perry – SO 48 Nick Heuser – SO (FB) 49 Jarel McGriff-Culver – FR Wide receivers  1 Joshua Bellamy – SR  2 Michaelee Harris – FR  7 Damian Copeland – SO  9 DeVante Parker – FR 14 Andrell Smith – JR 29 Stephen Goodwin – SO 31 DeMarcus Topp – JR 37 Lincoln Carr – JR 82 Eli Rogers – FR 84 Aaron Nanace – SO 88 Jarrett Davis – SO 89 Scott Radcliff – JR Tight ends 11 Josh Chichester – SR 80 Stephon Ball – JR 81 Chris White – SO 87 Scot MacMillan – FR 86 Lorenzo Mauldin – FR

Offensive linemen 53 Jake Smith – FR (OL) 54 Mike Romano – FR (C) 55 Mario Benavides – JR (C) 59 Zach Perkins – SO (OL) 62 John Clark – SO (OL) 65 Dylan Kupper – FR (OL) 66 Alex Kupper – JR (OL) 68 Kamran Joyer – SO (OL) 69 Chris Walker – SO (OL) 70 John Miller – FR (OL) 71 Chris Acosta – FR (OL) 72 Hunter Stout – SO (OL) 73 Hector Hernandez – SR (OL) 74 Ryan Mack – FR (OL) 75 Ryan Kessling – SR (OT) 76 Chase Petersen – FR (OL) 78 Aaron Epps – FR (OL) 79 Jamon Brown – FR (OG) Defensive linemen  6 Greg Scruggs – SR (DE) 17 Marcus Smith – SO (DE) 44 B.J. Butler – SO (DE) 47 Malcolm Mitchell – SO (DE) 57 Jordan Tennyson – JR (DE) 90 B.J. Dubose – Freshman (DE) 91 William Savoy – Senior (DE) 92 Brandon Dunn – SO (DT) 93 Roy Philon – SO (DT) 95 Randy Salmon – JR (DT) 99 Jamaine Brooks – Freshman (DL)

Linebackers  2 Preston Brown – SO 24 Daniel Brown – JR 27 Mike Addesa – FR 34 George Durant – SO 37 Tyon Dixon – SO 39 Chris Zelli – FR 42 Champ Lee – SO 42 Jalen Harrington – FR 43 Deon Rogers – SO 46 Dexter Heyman – SR 48 Deiontrez Mount – FR 51 Mike Privott – SO 56 Tarik Rollins – SO Defensive backs  3 Charles Gaines – Freshman (CB)  8 Darius Ashley – JR (CB) 13 Preston Pace – SR (CB) 15 Andrew Johnson – FR (CB) 18 Titus Teague – SO (CB) 19 Terrell Floyd – FR (CB) 19 Joe Castaneda – FR (DB) 21 Adrian Bushell – JR (CB) 22 Jordon Paschal – FR (CB) 23 Terrence Simien – SR (S) 25 Calvin Pryor – FR (S) 26 Zed Evans – SO (CB) 27 Jermaine Reve – FR (S) 29 Hakeem Smith – SO (S) 33 Mike Evans – SR (DB) 35 Anthony Conner – SR (CB) 36 Shenard Holton – JR (S) 38 Rashad Stewart – SO (DB) 39 Kenneth Jaboin – SR (DB) 41 Stephan Robinson – FR (CB) Special teams 12 Chris Philpott – SR (K) 18 Matthew Nakatani – FR (K) 33 Grant Donovan – FR (LS) 35 Andrew Fletcher – FR (K) 38 Ryan Johnson – FR (P) 40 Jordan Bleser – SR (P) 45 John Wallace – FR (P/K)

Head coach Charlie Strong Assistant coaches Shawn Watson – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Vance Bedford – Defensive coordinator Kenny Carter – Special teams coordinator/running backs coach Dave borbely – Offensive line coach Ron Dugans – Wide receivers coach Clint hurtt – Recruiting doordinator/defensive line coach Brian jean-mary – Linebackers coach Larry slade – Secondary coach Pat moorer – Strength and conditioning Coach