2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by 25th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 11–3 overall record, 7–1 in ACC play, as champions of the Coastal Division. They were defeated by Clemson in the 2011 ACC Championship Game, 10–38. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Michigan, 20–23 in overtime.

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football
ACC Coastal Division champion
ACC Championship Game, L 10–38 vs. Clemson
Sugar Bowl, L 20–23 OT vs. Michigan
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 21
Record	11–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (25th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bryan Stinespring (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (17th season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Lane Stadium

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 22 Clemson x$		6	–	2					10	–	4
Wake Forest		5	–	3					6	–	7
No. 23 Florida State		5	–	3					9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Boston College		3	–	5					4	–	8
Maryland		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal Division
No. 21 Virginia Tech x%		7	–	1					11	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					8	–	5
Miami (FL)		3	–	5					6	–	6
North Carolina		3	–	5					7	–	6
Duke		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 (FCS) Appalachian State*	No. 13	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	W 66–13	66,233
September 10	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*	No. 11	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	W 17–10	49,404
September 17	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	No. 13	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	FSN	W 26–7	66,233
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Marshall*	No. 13	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN	W 30–10	34,424
October 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 13 Clemson	No. 11	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	L 3–23	66,233
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 21	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN	W 38–35	66,233
October 15	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 19	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W 38–17	35,026
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Boston College	No. 16	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	FSN	W 30–14	66,233
October 29	12:30 p.m.	at Duke	No. 15	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 14–10	27,392
November 10	8:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech	No. 10	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Battle of the Techs)	ESPN	W 37–26	50,140
November 17	8:00 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 9	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	W 24–21	66,233
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Virginia	No. 6	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ABC/ESPN2	W 38–0	61,124
December 3	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 21 Clemson	No. 5	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game)	ESPN	L 10–38	73,675
January 3, 2012	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Michigan*	No. 17	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 20–23 OT	64,512
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	13	11	13	13	11	21	19	16	15	12	10	9	6	5	17	21
Coaches	13	11	12	11	10	17	17	14	15	11	9	7	4	3	11	17
Harris	Not released						18	16	15	12	10	9	5	4	11	Not released
BCS	Not released							12	12	12	10	8	5	5	11	Not released

Coaching staff

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies coaching staff

Head coach Frank Beamer Assistant coaches Shane Beamer – associate head coach and running backs coach Bryan Stinespring – offensive coordinator and tight ends/offensive tackles coach Bud Foster – defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach Curt Newsome – offensive guards and center coach Kevin Sherman – wide receivers coach Mike O'Cain – quarterbacks coach Torrian Gray – defensive secondary coach Charley Wiles – defensive line coach Cornell Brown – outside linebackers and assistant defensive line coach John Ballein – associate athletics director for football operations Billy Hite – assistant to the head coach and senior advisor Jim Cavanaugh – director of recruiting and high school relations

Roster

2011 Virginia Tech Hokies roster
wide receiver      David Mellstrom – Freshman   7 Marcus Davis – Junior 11 Dyrell Roberts – Senior 19 Danny Coale – Senior 31 Demitri Knowles – Freshman 82 Willie Byrn – Freshman      Kevin Asante – Freshman      Christian Reeves – Freshman 18 D.J. Coles – Junior 81 Jarrett Boykin – Senior 83 Corey Fuller – Junior 85 E.L. Smiling – Freshman Center 63 Bo Gentry – Senior 74 Andrew Miller – Sophomore 79 Caleb Farris – Freshman Offensive guard      Tyler Barfield – Sophomore      Jake Goins – Freshman      Andrew Harrs – Freshman 59 Courtney Prince – Junior 60 Laurence Gibson – Freshman 64 Matt Arkema – Freshman 68 Jaymes Brooks – Senior 70 Kory Gough – Freshman 75 Greg Nosal – Senior 76 David Wang – Sophomore 77 Dale Davis – Freshman Offensive tackle      Brent Benedict – Freshman      Darian Fisher – Sophomore      Marcus Mapp – Freshman 54 Nick Becton – Junior 61 Nick Acree – Freshman 62 Blake DeChristopher – Senior 67 Michael Via – Junior 69 Mark Shuman – Freshman 71 Vinston Painter – Junior 72 Andrew Lanier – Senior Tight end      Fuller Hoepner – Freshman      Darius Redman – Freshman 13 Randall Dunn – Junior 33 Chris Drager – Senior 80 George George – Junior 86 Eric Martin – Sophomore 88 Ryan Malleck – Freshman		Quarterback      Brian Rody – Freshman      T.J. Shaw – Freshman   3 Logan Thomas – Sophomore   6 Mark Leal – Freshman 12 Joseph Clayton – Junior 16 Trey Gresh – Freshman Tailback      Michael Holmes – Freshman      Maurice Taylor – Freshman   2 Josh Oglesby – Senior   4 David Wilson – Junior 14 Dominique Patterson – '' Freshman 22 Tony Gregory – Sophomore 39 Daniel Dyer – '' Freshman Fullback      Greg Gadell – Freshman      Justus Hoffmann – Freshman 25 Martin Scales – Junior 32 Riley Beiro – Freshman 45 Joey Phillips – Junior Defensive tackle      Kwamaine Battle – Senior      Ross Ward – Freshman 53 Dwight Tucker – Junior 56 Antoine Hopkins – Junior 92 Luther Maddy – Freshman 93 Isaiah Hamlette – Junior 96 Corey Marshall – Freshman 97 Kris Harley – Freshman 98 Derrick Hopkins – Sophomore Defensive end      Matt Roth – Freshman 42 J.R. Collins – Sophomore 66 Tyrel Wilson – Sophomore 87 Justin Taylor – Freshman 90 Duan Perez-Means – Freshman 94 Dadi Nicolas – Freshman 95 Zach McCray – Freshman 99 James Gayle – Sophomore		Cornerback      Chris Caver – Freshman      James Farrow – Freshman      Michael Dennis II - Senior      Carl Jackson – Freshman   8 Detrick Bonner – Freshman   9 Cris Hill – Sophomore 17 Kyle Fuller – Sophomore 20 Jayron Hosley – Junior 34 Kyshoen Jarrett – Freshman Linebacker      Griffin Hite – Freshman      Brandon Spitzer – Freshman      D.J. Ward – Freshman 24 Tariq Edwards – Sophomore 36 Chase Williams – '' Freshman 44 Brian Laiti – Freshman 47 Jonathan Halfhide – Freshman 51 Bruce Taylor – Junior 52 Barquell Rivers – Senior 57 Telvion Clark – Sophomore 58 Jack Tyler – Sophomore Outside linebacker 27 Nick Dew – Freshman 28 Alonzo Tweedy – Junior 40 Wiley Brown – Junior 43 Jeron Gouveia-Winslow – Junior Free safety      Michael Cole – Freshman      Scott Rolin – Freshman   1 Antone Exum – Sophomore 21 Theron Norman – Freshman 26 James Hopper – Sophomore 37 Ronny Vandyke – Freshman 41 Derek DiNardo – Freshman Strong Safety      Nick Bush – Freshman      Ryan Cassidy – Freshman      Josh Trimble – Freshman 15 Eddie Whitley – Senior 23 Boye Aromire – Freshman Long snapper      Lukas Stump – Freshman 50 Collin Carroll – Senior 65 Joe St. Germain – Freshman Punter      Ethan Keyserling – Freshman 29 Scott Demler – Junior 38 Michael Branthover – Freshman Place kicker      Conor Goulding – Freshman   5 Tyler Weiss – Senior 48 Justin Myer – Senior 89 Cody Journell – Freshman

Game summaries

Virginia

See also: 2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Virginia Tech 7 7 7 17 38 Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 26 Location: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Television network: ABC/ESPN2

Scoring summary 1 8:46 VT Logan Thomas 14 yard run (Cody Journell kick) VT 7-0 2 11:36 VT Jarrett Boykin 16 yard pass from Logan Thomas (Cody Journell kick) VT 14-0 3 10:45 VT David Wilson 27 yard run (Cody Journell kick) VT 21-0 4 13:54 VT David Wilson 38 yard run (Cody Journell kick) VT 28-0 4 11:28 VT Marcus Davis 7 yard pass from Logan Thomas (Cody Journell kick) VT 35-0 4 6:45 VT Cody Journell 40 yard field goal VT 38-0