2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2011 UTSA Roadrunners football
Conference	Independent
2011 record	4–6
Head coach	Larry Coker (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Travis Bush (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Neal Neathery (1st year)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Alamodome (65,000)

2011 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Alabama			–						6	–	4
Texas State			–						6	–	6
UTSA			–						4	–	6
Georgia State			–						3	–	8
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

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 are scheduled to become members of the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2012. Because UTSA was transitioning to the FBS, the NCAA declared the team ineligible for the FCS playoffs.

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

2011 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	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
	Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: -
Kristian Bryant TE	Houston, Texas	Klein Forest	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	-	Feb 3, 2011
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: -
Desmon Mathis DB	Brenham, TX	Brenham	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.4	Feb 1, 2011
	Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
Josiah Monroe ATH	Bastrop, Texas	Bastrop	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	-	Dec 2, 2010
	Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 45
Ryan Polite QB	Desoto, Texas	Desoto	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	4.85	Dec 2, 2010
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 77
Jake Smith LB	Gruver, Texas	Gruver	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	-	Jan 16, 2011
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 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
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 71
Alondre Thorn CB	Hutto, Texas	Hutto	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	-	Jul 29, 2010
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 45
Terrance Wilburn RB	San Marcos, Texas	San Marcos	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	202.5 lb (91.9 kg)	-	Jun 9, 2010
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 45
Tevin Williams RB	Euless, Texas	Euless Trinity	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.4	Jan 26, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 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
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Overall recruiting rankings:
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12. "2011 Player Signees- UTSA". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.

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 (D-II)	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX		W 31–3	56,743[2]
September 10	1:00 p.m.	McMurry (D-III)	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 (NAIA)	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 (NAIA)	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX	LHN	W 49–7	32,369
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Depth chart

Defense S Mauricio Sanchez[8] 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[8] John Simmons RB Chris Johnson David Glasco II Special Teams PK Sean Ianno[8] PK Kristian Stern P Josh Ward KR Brandon Armstrong PR Kam Jones LS Jesse Medrano H Seth Grubb

Roster

2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Jones, KamKam Jones (C) Fr WR 3 Garcia, NoeNoe Garcia Fr WR 5 Armstrong, BrandonBrandon Armstrong Fr RB 6 Williams, TevinTevin Williams Fr QB 7 Polite, RyanRyan Polite Fr QB 8 Soza, EricEric Soza (C) So WR 9 Mack, MarcellusMarcellus Mack Fr WR 10 Wanamaker, JakeJake Wanamaker Fr RB 11 Glasco II, DavidDavid Glasco II Fr QB 12 Free, JohnJohn Free Fr WR 12 Holmes [9], EaronEaron Holmes [10]  Fr QB 14 Menn, TravisTravis Menn Fr TE 14 Hubble, ColeCole Hubble  Fr WR 15 Monroe, JosiahJosiah Monroe Fr QB 16 Simmons, JohnJohn Simmons Fr WR 17 Hesler, SeanSean Hesler Fr WR 18 Harrison, KennyKenny Harrison Fr RB 21 Johnson, ChrisChris Johnson Fr WR 26 Hicks, ColeCole Hicks So RB 27 Shaw, NateNate Shaw Fr RB 28 Wilburn, TerranceTerrance Wilburn Fr RB 36 Okotcha, EvansEvans Okotcha So RB 39 Mendoza, RichardRichard Mendoza Jr RB 41 Simpson, CheRodCheRod Simpson So RB 46 Atkin, SeanSean Atkin  Jr OG 51 Rion, PaytonPayton Rion Fr OG 54 Anderson, DariusDarius Anderson Fr C 55 Leonard, NateNate Leonard (C) Fr OL 56 Sanchez, MikeMike Sanchez Sr C 60 Flores, AndyAndy Flores Fr C 62 Bernal, JamieJamie Bernal Fr OG 65 Roberson, MichaelMichael Roberson Fr OT 68 Harris, CodyCody Harris  Fr OT 71 Vernon, ChanceChance Vernon Fr OT 74 Phillips, DrewDrew Phillips Fr OG 75 Brown, BradyBrady Brown Jr OT 76 Walker, JoshJosh Walker Fr OT 77 Bakke, JamesJames Bakke Fr OL 78 Hoog, PatrickPatrick Hoog  Jr OG 79 Inskeep, ScottScott Inskeep Fr TE 80 Nielsen, TJTJ Nielsen Jr WR 81 Bias, KennyKenny Bias Fr TE 82 Morgan, DavidDavid Morgan Fr WR 83 Wilburn, MikeMike Wilburn Fr WR 84 Freeman, BrandonBrandon Freeman Fr TE 85 Moeller, JeremiahJeremiah Moeller So WR 86 Grubb, SethSeth Grubb Fr TE 87 Kazen, JayJay Kazen Jr WR 88 Seaber, CodyCody Seaber Fr WR 89 Luchnick, SeanSean Luchnick Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 2 Hall, JeremyJeremy Hall  Fr CB 3 Thorn, AlondreAlondre Thorn Fr CB 4 Adams, CrosbyCrosby Adams Fr CB 11 Scott, MalcolmMalcolm Scott Fr S 13 Smith, JakeJake Smith Fr S 14 Wade, TristonTriston Wade Fr CB 17 Brown, ErikErik Brown So LB 19 Jacobs, De’MetriusDe’Metrius Jacobs Fr S 20 Sanchez, MauricioMauricio Sanchez Fr S 22 Johnston, NicNic Johnston (C) Fr LB 23 Walker III, JohnJohn Walker III Fr CB 24 Starling, DarrienDarrien Starling Fr S 25 Waters, MarkMark Waters (C) Fr S 29 Adekeye, AdefemiAdefemi Adekeye Fr S 31 Lizcano, JosephJoseph Lizcano Fr LB 32 Douglas, DrewDrew Douglas  Fr S 33 Byrd, MiguellinoMiguellino Byrd Fr CB 35 Archangel, XaviarXaviar Archangel So S 37 Haynes, LekenwicLekenwic Haynes  Jr S 38 Jones, ShaneShane Jones Fr DE 40 Ritter, WilliamWilliam Ritter  So CB 42 Wyche II, GodwinGodwin Wyche II Fr S 43 Rogers, CodyCody Rogers Fr LB 44 Kurfehs, StevenSteven Kurfehs (C) So DE 45 Smith, MarlonMarlon Smith (C) Jr DE 49 Henderson, DominiqueDominique Henderson Fr LB 52 Terry, BlakeBlake Terry Fr LB 53 Reeves, BrandonBrandon Reeves Jr DT 58 Macon, FerringtonFerrington Macon Fr DT 61 Burge, RichardRichard Burge Fr DT 64 Anaya, FrankyFranky Anaya Jr DE 89 Bryant, KristianKristian Bryant Fr DE 90 Roper, JohnJohn Roper Fr DE 93 Williams, CoryCory Williams Jr DE 96 Neill, JasonJason Neill Fr DT 97 Mabry, AshaadAshaad Mabry Fr DT 98 Gilbert, LeightonLeighton Gilbert Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK, P 47 Ward, JoshJosh Ward Fr PK 48 Williaford, ClayClay Williaford Fr DS 59 Medrano, JesseJesse Medrano Fr PK, P 92 Ianno, SeanSean Ianno Fr PK 95 Stern, KristianKristian Stern Fr	Head coach Larry Coker[11] Coordinators/assistant coaches Kevin Brown Tight Ends Travis Bush Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Shane Elder Director of Operations Perry Eliano Safeties Polo Gutierrez Runningbacks Tony Jeffery Special Teams Coordinator/Receivers Nathaniel Jones Cornerbacks Jim Marshall Offensive Linemen Neal Neathery Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Eric Roark Defensive Linemen Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. McCarney, Dan (2010-01-31). "UTSA now plans to go it alone in football". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
2. "UTSA rolls in program's first game". Los Angeles Times. 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
3. Flores, David (2011-11-20). "UTSA ends first football season with lopsided victory against Minot State". KENS. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
4. McCarney, Dan (2011-09-03). "Sources: UTSA football on Longhorn Network". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
5. "Longhorn Network to televise UTSA games". Sports Network. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
6. Barron, David (2011-09-02). "Longhorn Network adds cable distributor, Kansas game". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
7. http://www.goutsa.com/fls/13100/stats/football/2011/game07.htm
8. "2011 UTSA FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART" (PDF). GoUTSA.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
9. "Preseason injury report – 10 days to kickoff". RowdyReport.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
10. "Preseason injury report – 10 days to kickoff". RowdyReport.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
11. "Football - 2011 Coaching Staff". GoUTSA.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.