2011 Louisville Cardinals football team

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.

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)[1][2]
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Vance Bedford (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

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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[4]
October 15	12:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati, OH (Keg of Nails)	BIG EAST Network	L 16–25	40,971[5]
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[6]
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