2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2011 Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games in Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They are a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas where they were defeated by Boise State.

2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
2011 record6–7 (4–5 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNoel Mazzone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray (5th season)
CaptainOmar Bolden
Garth Gerhart
Brock Osweiler
Colin Parker
T.J. Simpson
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 71,706)
2011 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 4 Oregon xy$  8 –1     12 –2  
No. 7 Stanford x%  8 –1     11 –2  
Washington  5 –4     7 –6  
California  4 –5     7 –6  
Oregon State  3 –6     3 –9  
Washington State  2 –7     4 –8  
South Division
No. 6 USC †  7 –2     10 –2  
UCLA xy  5 –4     6 –8  
Utah  4 –5     8 –5  
Arizona State  4 –5     6 –7  
Arizona  2 –7     4 –8  
Colorado  2 –7     3 –10  
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

At the end of the regular season, head coach Dennis Erickson was fired. He stayed on to coach in the Sun Devils bowl game and finished with a five-year record of 31–31.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmUC Davis*
FSAZW 48–1445,671[1]
September 97:30 pmNo. 21 Missouri*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPNW 37–30 OT70,236[2]
September 174:00 pmat Illinois*No. 22
BTNL 14–1750,669[3]
September 247:15 pmNo. 23 USC
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPNW 43–2261,495[4]
October 17:30 pmOregon StateNo. 25
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSAZW 35–2057,437[5]
October 812:30 pmat UtahNo. 22
FSNW 35–1445,089[6]
October 157:15 pmat No. 9 OregonNo. 18
ESPNL 27–4160,055[7]
October 293:30 pmColoradoNo. 23
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
FSAZW 48–1453,168[8]
November 54:30 pmat UCLANo. 20
VersusL 28–2965,438[9]
November 128:30 pmat Washington State
VersusL 27–3727,213[10]
November 197:30 pmArizona
FSAZL 27–3172,694[11]
November 258:15 pmCalifornia
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
ESPNL 38–4752,350[12]
December 226:00 pmvs. No. 8 Boise State*
ESPNL 24–5635,720
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[13]

Game summaries

UC Davis
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 0 0 14 14
Sun Devils 14 10 17 7 48
See also: 2011 UC Davis Aggies football team

The Sun Devils played the UC Davis Aggies on September 1 and won 48–14. Quarterback Brock Osweiler threw two touchdown passes – both of them to receiver Aaron Pflugrad – and finished with 19 completions on 26 attempts before leaving with leg cramps in the third quarter. Running back Cameron Marshall added two rushing touchdowns as the Sun Devils amassed 217 yards on the ground. ASU's defense managed to keep the Aggies scoreless until the fourth quarter; the Aggies scored both touchdowns against ASU's reserves.[14]

Missouri

Jamal Miles caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brock Osweiler in overtime, then the defense held Missouri out of the end zone on their possession to seal Arizona State's wild win over No. 21 Missouri, 37 - 30. The win was Dennis Erickson's 28th career victory over a ranked opponent.

1 2 3 4OT Total
#21 Tigers 3 7 6 140 30
Sun Devils 7 9 7 77 37
See also: 2011 Missouri Tigers football team

Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Sun Devils 7 0 0 7 14
Fighting Illini 10 0 0 7 17
See also: 2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

USC
See also: 2011 USC Trojans football team
#23 USC at Arizona State
1 234Total
USC 3 6130 22
• Arizona State 7 14715 43

[15]

USC had won the last 11 meetings, with Arizona State last defeating USC in 1999. In this game, USC led 22–21 in the third quarter, but Arizona State then scored 22 unanswered points to win 43–22.

Oregon State
1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 6 7 7 0 20
#25 Sun Devils 0 21 7 7 35
See also: 2011 Oregon State Beavers football team

Utah
See also: 2011 Utah Utes football team
#22 Arizona State at Utah
1 234Total
• Arizona State 7 3187 35
Utah 7 070 14

[16]

Oregon
1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Sun Devils 14 3 7 3 27
#9 Ducks 7 14 14 6 41
See also: 2011 Oregon Ducks football team

Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 0 7 0 7 14
#23 Sun Devils 21 10 10 7 48
See also: 2011 Colorado Buffaloes football team

UCLA
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Sun Devils 7 7 7 7 28
Bruins 6 10 7 6 29
See also: 2011 UCLA Bruins football team

First Quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11-yard run (Tyler Gonzalez kick failed); ASU – A.J. Pickens 35-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Alex Garoutte kick)

Second Quarter scoring: ASU – C. Marshall 14-yard run (Garoutte kick); UCLA – Gonzalez 43-yard field goal; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1-yard run (Gonzalez kick)

Third Quarter scoring: UCLA – Nelson Rosario 76-yard pass from Kevin Prince (Gonzalez kick); ASU – Jamal Miles, 9-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Garoutte kick)

Fourth Quarter scoring: ASU – Osweiler 1-yard run (Garoutte kick); UCLA – Coleman 1-yard run (Prince pass failed)

Washington State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 7 13 7 0 27
Cougars 6 10 7 14 37
See also: 2011 Washington State Cougars football team

Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 3 0 14 31
Sun Devils 7 14 3 3 27
See also: 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team

California
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 17 10 14 6 47
Sun Devils 7 21 10 0 38
See also: 2011 California Golden Bears football team

Boise State–Maaco Bowl Las Vegas
1 2 3 4 Total
Sun Devils 0 3 7 14 24
#8 Broncos 14 14 7 21 56
See also: 2011 Boise State Broncos football team and 2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

Rankings
See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV RV 22 RV 25 22 18 24 23 20 RV RV NR NR NR NR 
Coaches RV 23 18 RV RV 24 20 25 20 18 RV RV NR NR NR NR 
Harris Not released 19 23 20 19 RV RV NR NR NR Not released 
BCS Not released NR 21 20 NR NR NR NR NR Not released

References
  1. "UC Davis Aggies vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. September 1, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  2. "Missouri Tigers vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  3. "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score". ESPN. September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  4. "USC Trojans vs. Arizona State Box Score". ESPN. September 24, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
  5. "Oregon State Beavers vs. Arizona State Box Score". ESPN. October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  6. "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Utah Utes Box Score". ESPN. October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  7. "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Oregon Ducks Box Score". ESPN. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  8. "Colorado Buffaloes vs. Arizona State Sun Devils". ESPN. October 29, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  9. "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score". ESPN. November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  10. "Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Washington State Cougars Box Score". ESPN. November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  11. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. November 19, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  12. "California Golden Bears vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. November 25, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  13. "2011 Arizona State Football Schedule". Arizona State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  14. "Brock Osweiler throws for two TDs before leaving as Sun Devils roll". Associated Press. ESPN.com. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  15. USC Trojans vs. Arizona State Sun Devils - Recap. ESPN.com. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  16. Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Utah Utes - Recap. ESPN.com
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