2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Rick Stockstill (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Willie Simmons (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Steve Ellis (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Sun Belt Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
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

$ – Conference champion * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 8 wins including 5 in conference due to NCAA violations.

The 2011 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders compiled an overall record 2–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing eighth in the Sun Belt. The team played home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Coaching changes

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 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
April 9	1:00 pm	Blue-White Spring Game	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		Blue 67–60	3,409
September 3	11:00 am	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	L 24–27	42,110
September 10	6:00 pm	Georgia Tech*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 21–49	30,502
September 24	3:30 pm	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL (Battle for the Palladium)	ESPN3	L 35–38	20,185
October 1	6:00 pm	Memphis*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	W 38–31	20,098
October 6	6:30 pm	Western Kentucky	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 33–36 ^2OT	23,307
October 22	7:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	Sun Belt Network	W 38–14	16,344
October 29	6:30 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	Sun Belt Network	L 20–45	13,500
November 5	6:00 pm	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	FS South	L 0–24	88,211
November 12	2:30 pm	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	ESPN3	L 14–42	11,987
November 19	2:00 pm	Arkansas State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 19–45	12,806
November 26	2:30 pm	FIU	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 18–31	10,227
December 3	3:00 pm	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX		L 7–59	15,962
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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Roster

Quarterbacks

6 Timmy Byerly (Fr.)
10 Logan Kilgore (r-So.)
11 Shaun White (Fr.)
12 Jeff Murphy (r-Jr.)
19 Andrew Banks (r-Sr.)
Luke Hayes
Spencer Wise (r-So.)

Running backs

2 Benny Cunningham (Jr.)
21 Drayton Allen-Calhoun (r-So.)
23 D. D. Kyles (r-Sr.)
25 Reggie Whatley (r-Fr.)
29 William Pratcher (r-So.)
34 Marquise Branton (r-Sr.)
Jeremiah Bryson (Fr.)
Kennedy McGruder (r-Jr.)
Kevin Mix (Jr.)
Chase Pennycuff (Fr.)
Tony Rowland
Evan Ward (Fr.)

Wide receivers

3 Tavarres Jefferson (Jr.)
4 Malcolm Beyah (Sr.)
9 Kyle Griswould (r-So.)
13 Tyler Mason (Sr.)
15 Sancho McDonald (Sr.)
16 Shane Blissard (r-Sr.)
17 Jamar Brown (Sr.)
37 Harold Turner Jr. (r-Jr.)
80 Jamal Gray (Jr.)
81 Christian Collis (Fr.)
82 Arthur Williams (r-So.)
84 Richard Drake (r-So.)
86 Anthony Amos (r-Jr.)
87 Vincent Van Horne (Sr.)
88 Marcus Thurmond (r-Jr.)
Chris Lampkins (Fr.)

Tight ends

83 Jared Bamber (Sr.)

Offensive linemen

50 Colin Boss (r-Sr.)
57 Judd Hunt (r-Fr.)
58 Jesse Grisham (r-So.)
60 Brandon McLeroy (Sr.)
61 Jadareius Hamlin (r-So.)
63 Quinton Groves (r-Sr.)
65 Alex Stuart (r-Jr.)
66 Micah James (Jr.)
70 Roberto Loya (Fr.)
73 Isaiah Anderson (r-Fr.)
74 Jason Rexroad (Fr.)
75 Darius Johnson (Fr.)
76 Jordon Johnson (r-So.)
77 Josh Walker (r-So.)
78 Mike Williams (r-Sr.)
79 Preston Bailey (r-Jr.)
Lance Campbell (r-Fr.)
Matt Sprouse (r-Jr.)

Defensive linemen

43 Gorby Loreus, DE (Sr.)
45 Alexandro Antoine, DE (Fr.)
46 Max Ugboaja, DE (r-Fr.)
51 SaCoby Carter, DT (r-Sr.)
55 Shubert Bastien, DE (Fr.)
72 Jesse Kirkland, DL (r-Jr.)
85 Omar McLendon, DE (Jr.)
89 Dearco Nolan, DE (r-So.)
90 Jimmy Staten, DE (r-So.)
91 J.D. Jones, DT (Fr.)
92 Patrick McNeil, DT (r-Fr.)
93 Marcus Robinson, DT (Fr.)
94 O'Shae Bridges, DE (Fr.)
95 Kevin Pope, DE (Jr.)
96 Kendall Dangerfield, DT (r-Jr.)
97 Jiajuan Fennell, DE (r-Fr.)
98 Morris Moore, DE (r-Fr.)
99 Jerrold Frazier, DT (Fr.)

Linebackers

22 David Jones (r-So.)
28 Christian Henry (r-Fr.)
30 Stephen Roberts (r-So.)
32 Justin Jones (Jr.)
33 Roderic Blunt (r-So.)
35 Craig Allen (r-So.)
40 Leighton Gasque (r-Fr.)
48 Jonathan Brooks (r-Fr.)
56 Norman Washington (r-Sr.)
59 Darin Davis (Sr.)

Defensive backs

1 Eric Russell, S (Sr.)
5 Arness Ikner, CB (Sr.)
6 T.L. Edwards, CB (Sr.)
7 Khari Burke, CB (r-Fr.)
8 Sammy Seamster, S (r-So.)
18 Kenneth Gilstrap, CB (r-So.)
20 Kevin Byard, S (Fr.)
24 Derrick Crumpton, S (Sr.)
26 Marquise Dixon, CB (r-So.)
27 Chris Sharpe, CB (r-Fr.)
31 Denzell Guerra, S (r-Jr.)
36 Jajuan Harley, CB (Jr.)
39 James Roberson, S (Fr.)
42 Juno Prudhomm, S (Jr.)
47 Rodney O'Neal, CB (Fr.)
54 Zeke Anderson, DS (r.Sr)
67 Blaine Sidders, DS (Fr.)
Bryan Armstrong, CB (r-Jr.)
Brandon Grady, CB (r-So.)
Robert Hogg, CB (r-Jr.)
Greg Rein, DS (r-Fr.)
Lee Woods, S (r-Jr.)

Special teams

36 Josh Davis, P (r-So.)
38 Alan Gendreau, PK (Sr.)
39 Zachary Lopez, P (r-Fr.)
49 Nathaniel Toulson, P (r-Sr.)
Michael Kee, P (Fr.)
Zack Martin, LS (r-Fr.)
Tyler Presley, LS (r-Fr.)

Head coach

Rick Stockstill

Assistant coaches

Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/passing game coordinator: Buster Faulkner
Defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks: Steve Ellis
Offensive line: Jimmy Ray Stephens
Safeties: David Bibee
Defensive Line: John Palermo
Wide receivers/recruiting coordinator: Justin Watts
Inside Receivers: Brent Brock
Linebackers/special teams coordinator: Joe Cauthen
LAST UPDATED 9/1/2011

References

^ Football loses two coordinators Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine MTSUSidelines.com, January 13, 2011.
^ Stockstill elevates Ellis, Simmons Archived September 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine GoBlueRaiders.com, January 24, 2011.
^ Stockstill completes staff with Cauthen, Faulkner Archived July 31, 2012, at archive.today GoBlueRaiders.com, January 26, 2011.
^ Faulkner named new MTSU play caller DNJ.com, October 17, 2011
^ 2011 Schedule Archived March 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine GoBlueRaiders.com, June 12, 2011.

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[1] Football loses two coordinators Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine MTSUSidelines.com, January 13, 2011.

[2] Stockstill elevates Ellis, Simmons Archived September 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine GoBlueRaiders.com, January 24, 2011.

[3] Stockstill completes staff with Cauthen, Faulkner Archived July 31, 2012, at archive.today GoBlueRaiders.com, January 26, 2011.

[4] Faulkner named new MTSU play caller DNJ.com, October 17, 2011

[5] 2011 Schedule Archived March 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine GoBlueRaiders.com, June 12, 2011.

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