2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team

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.

2011 UTSA Roadrunners football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Larry Coker (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Travis Bush (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Neal Neathery (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Alamodome
Seasons 2012 →

2011 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Alabama			–						6	–	4
Texas State			–						6	–	6
UTSA			–						4	–	6
Georgia State			–						3	–	8

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

College recruiting information (2011)
Name	Hometown	School	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
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (-)
Kristian Bryant TE	Houston, Texas	Klein Forest	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	-	Mar 2, 2011
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (-)
Desmon Mathis DB	Brenham, TX	Brenham	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.4	Jan 2, 2011
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (73)
Josiah Monroe ATH	Bastrop, Texas	Bastrop	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	-	Feb 12, 2010
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (45)
Ryan Polite QB	Desoto, Texas	Desoto	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	4.85	Feb 12, 2010
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (77)
Jake Smith LB	Gruver, Texas	Gruver	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	-	Jan 16, 2011
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (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
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (71)
Alondre Thorn CB	Hutto, Texas	Hutto	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	-	Jul 29, 2010
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (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
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (45)
Tevin Williams RB	Euless, Texas	Euless Trinity	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.4	Jan 26, 2011
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (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
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    ESPN:    (74)
Overall recruit ranking:
‡ Refers to 40-yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Retrieved September 12, 2011. "2011 Player Signees- UTSA". ESPN. Retrieved September 12, 2011. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals. 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]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 p.m.	Northeastern State	Alamodome San Antonio, TX		W 31–3	56,743[2]
September 10	1:00 p.m.	McMurry	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	LHN	L 21–24	31,634
September 17	7:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	KMYU	L 22–45	8,683
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Bacone	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	LHN	W 54–7	33,517
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX		L 7–22	6,889
October 8	4:30 p.m.	South Alabama	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	LHN	L 27–30 2OT	32,886
October 15	4:00 p.m.	at UC Davis	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA		L 17–38	8,876[7]
October 29	12:30 p.m.	Georgia State	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	LHN	W 17–14 OT	25,977
November 12	7:00 p.m.	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA		L 21–24	11,463
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Minot State	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	LHN	W 49–7	32,369
Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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 [8]  Fr QB 14 Travis Menn Fr TE 14 Cole Hubble  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  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  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  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  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  Fr S 33 Miguellino Byrd Fr CB 35 Xaviar Archangel So S 37 Lekenwic Haynes  Jr S 38 Shane Jones Fr DE 40 William Ritter  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 Larry Coker[9] Coordinators/assistant coaches Travis Bush Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Neal Neathery Defensive coordinator/linebackers Kevin Brown Tight ends Perry Eliano Safeties Polo Gutierrez Runningbacks Tony Jeffery Special teams coordinator/Receivers Nathaniel Jones Cornerbacks Jim Marshall Offensive linemen Eric Roark Defensive linemen Shane Elder Director of operations Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart

Defense S Mauricio Sanchez[10] Adefemi Adekey FS Mark Waters Triston Wade WLB SLB ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ SS Nic Johnston Cody Rogers CB Darrien Starling Jeremy Hall DE DT DT DE Jason Neill Franky Anaya Ferrington Macon Marlon Smith Dominique Henderson Richard Burge Ashaad Mabry William Ritter CB Alondre Thorn Crosby Adams Offense WR Brandon Freeman Mike Wilburn SLOT Brandon Armstrong Kenny Harrison LT LG C RG RT Drew Phillips Payton Rion Nate Leonard Scott Inskeep Cody Harris James Bakke Darius Anderson Mike Sanchez Brady Brown Josh Walker TE Jay Kazen David Morgan WR Kam Jones Jake Wannamaker QB Eric Soza[10] John Simmons RB Chris Johnson David Glasco II Special teams PK Sean Ianno[10] PK Kristian Stern P Josh Ward KR Brandon Armstrong PR Kam Jones LS Jesse Medrano H Seth Grubb

Game summaries

McMurry

See also: 2011 McMurry War Hawks football team

McMurry War Hawks at UTSA Roadrunners – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
War Hawks	3	7	0	14	24
Roadrunners	0	0	14	7	21

at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

• Date: September 10
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
• Game attendance: 31,634
• Referee: Robert Cameron
• TV: LHN

Game information

First quarter MCM – Jessie Garcia 31-yard field goal, 13:08. War Hawks 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 1:52. Second quarter MCM – Jake Mullin 1-yard run (Jessie Garcia kick), 13:14. War Hawks 10–0. Drive: 13 plays, 86 yards, 4:36. Third quarter UTSA – CheRod Simpson 22-yard pass from Eric Soza (Sean Ianno kick), 11:29. War Hawks 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards, 3:31. UTSA – Brandon Freeman 13-yard pass from Eric Soza (Sean Ianno kick), 3:07. Roadrunners 14–10. Drive: 2 plays, 58 yards, 0:29. Fourth quarter MCM – Markell Rice 8-yard blocked punt return (Jessie Garcia kick), 7:07. War Hawks 17–14. UTSA – David Glasco II 7-yard run (Sean Ianno kick), 3:02. Roadrunners 21–17. Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 2:25. MCM – Delfonte Diamond 32-yard pass from Jake Mullin (Jesse Garcia kick), 0:19. War Hawks 24–21. Drive: 7 plays, 82 yards, 2:43.

Statistics	MCM	UTSA
First downs	16	26
Total yards	375	487
Rushing yards	3	232
Passing yards	372	255
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	26:08	33:52

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
McMurry	Passing	Jake Mullin	29/45, 372 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Justin Johnson	10 rushes, 26 yards
	Receiving	Delfonte Diamond	7 receptions, 142 yards, TD
UTSA	Passing	Eric Soza	15/28, 255 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Eric Soza	12 rushes, 51 yards
	Receiving	Kam Jones	1 reception, 51 yards

At Southern Utah

See also: 2011 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

UTSA Roadrunners at Southern Utah Thunderbirds – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	7	0	7	8	22
Thunderbirds	14	14	10	7	45

at Eccles Coliseum, Cedar City, Utah

• Date: September 17
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT/6:00 p.m. MDT
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 68 °F (20 °C)
• Game attendance: 8,683
• Referee: Jim Farmer
• TV: KMYU

Game information

First quarter UTSA – David Morgan 10-yard pass from Eric Soza (Sean Ianno kick), 8:43. Roadrunners 7–0. Drive: 12 plays, 76 yards, 6:17. SUU – Deckar Alexander 26-yard pass from Brad Sorensen (Colton Cook kick), 3:20. Tied 7–7. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:23. SUU – Austin Minefee 14-yard run (Colton Cook kick), 1:08. Thunderbirds 14–7. Drive: 2 plays, 18 yards, 0:51. Second quarter SUU – Austin Minefee 1-yard run (Colton Cook kick), 6:38. Thunderbirds 21–7. Drive: 12 plays, 84 yards, 4:29. SUU – Jared Ursua 3-yard pass from Brad Sorensen (Colton Cook kick), 0:16. Thunderbirds 28–7. Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:59. Third quarter SUU – Dion Turner 33-yard interception return (Colton Cook kick), 12:48. Thunderbirds 35–7. SUU – Colton Cook 36-yard field goal, 10:32. Thunderbirds 38–7. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 0:47. UTSA – David Glasco II 8-yard run (Sean Ianno kick), 6:41. Thunderbirds 38–14. Drive: 10 plays, 73 yards, 3:43. Fourth quarter UTSA – Tevin Williams 9-yard run (Eric Soza pass to Brandon Freeman), 9:46. Thunderbirds 38–22. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 3:19. SUU – Jared Ursua 24-yard pass from Brad Sorensen (Sean Ianno kick), 4:55. Thunderbirds 45–22. Drive: 9 plays, 82 yards, 4:45.

Statistics	UTSA	SUU
First downs	22	19
Total yards	294	423
Rushing yards	147	118
Passing yards	147	305
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	28:20	31:40

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTSA	Passing	Eric Soza	14/28, 141 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Tevin Williams	8 rushes, 49 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kam Jones	4 receptions, 43 yards
Southern Utah	Passing	Brad Sorensen	20/28, 287 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Deckar Alexander	12 rushes, 68 yards
	Receiving	East Pedersen	4 receptions, 76 yards