2011 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This was the first year for Arizona in the newly reconfigured Pac-12 Conference; they played in the Pac-12 South Division. They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Pac-12 play.

2011 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
2011 record	4–8 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Stoops (8th year; fired after 6 games) Tim Kish (interim; 1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Seth Littrell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Kish (1st season)
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium (Capacity: 56,100)

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

The team was coached by interim head coach Tim Kish for the last six games of the season after eighth-year head coach Mike Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10 after starting the season 1–5 (their sole victory was against FCS Northern Arizona). Including the previous season, the Wildcats under Stoops had lost 10 consecutive games against FBS opponents, with their last victory over a FBS team taking place nearly a year earlier on October 30, 2010, against UCLA. Kish, the team's defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[1] Kish finished the season 3–3, including a Duel in the Desert victory over Arizona State to reclaim the Territorial Cup. Rich Rodriguez was named the Wildcats' new full-time head coach starting in 2012.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSAZ	W 41–10	51,761[2]
September 8	5:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	L 14–37	54,654[3]
September 17	7:45 p.m.	No. 6 Stanford	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN	L 10–37	49,636[4]
September 24	7:15 p.m.	No. 10 Oregon	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	L 31–56	56,096[5]
October 1	12:30 p.m.	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 41–48	63,707[6]
October 8	12:30 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FCS Pacific	L 27–37	40,403[7]
October 20	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN	W 48–12	46,565[8]
October 29	7:30 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 31–42	59,825[9]
November 5	5:00 p.m.	Utah	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FCS	L 21–34	50,389[10]
November 12	11:30 a.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FCS	L 29–48	48,111[11]
November 19	7:30 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FSAZ	W 31–27	72,694[12]
November 26	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Arizona, Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 45–37	38,819
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	10	0	0	10
Wildcats	14	0	20	7	41

See also: 2011 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

On September 3, Arizona pulled away from Northern Arizona as they outscored the Lumberjacks 27–0 in the second half. Quarterback Nick Foles threw for 412 yards on 34 for 42 passing and had three of his five touchdown passes in third quarter to help the Wildcats defeat the Lumberjacks 42–10. Arizona struggled a bit during the second quarter – a quarter in which the Lumberjacks outscored them 10–0 – after take a 14–0 lead during the first quarter. Northern Arizona's Cary Grossart threw for 179 yards on 20 of 26 passing, and Zach Bauman ran for 99 yards on 27 carries during the game. For Arizona, Juron Criner had six receptions for 151 yards and a touchdown, and David Roberts had 7 catches for 58 yards.[14]

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	7	7	14
#9 Cowboys	14	7	6	10	37

See also: 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

This game was a rematch of the 2010 Alamo Bowl, just nine months earlier, which Oklahoma State won 36–10.

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Cardinal	10	6	7	14	37
Wildcats	0	10	0	0	10

See also: 2011 Stanford Cardinal football team

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Ducks	14	21	7	14	56
Wildcats	3	6	15	7	31

See also: 2011 Oregon Ducks football team

Oregon's 56 points is the most points Arizona has allowed at home since LSU scored 59 points in 2003 at Arizona Stadium.

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	12	15	14	41
Trojans	17	10	7	14	48

See also: 2011 USC Trojans football team

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	14	7	27
Beavers	0	27	3	7	37

See also: 2011 Oregon State Beavers football team

UCLA

See also: 2011 UCLA Bruins football team

UCLA Bruins (3–3) at Arizona Wildcats (1–5)

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	0	5	12
Arizona	14	28	3	3	48

at Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona

• Date: October 20
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. MST
• Game weather: Clear • 88°F • Wind 8 W
• Game attendance: 46,565
• Referee: Jack Folliard
• TV: ESPN
• Automated ScoreBook

Game information
UCLA Kevin Prince 17/35, 286 Yds, TD 13 Rush, 13 Yds Nelson Rosario 4 Rec, 78 Yds Arizona Nick Foles 26/39, 291 Yds, 3 TD, INT Keola Antolin 8 Rush, 77 Yds Juron Criner 10 Rec, 101 Yds, 3 TD

Since 1927, UCLA is ahead of Arizona 19–14–2 in this series. The Wildcats have a 10–8 advantage in games played in Tucson, including the last three wins in the Desert. This was Tim Kish's first game as head coach for Arizona.[15] Before halftime, a streaker dressed as a referee and ran off the field, and a fight ensued, leading to two players being ejected and four Arizona players being suspended.[16]

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP UCLA ARIZ 1 12:43 8 80 2:17 Arizona Criner 4-yard touchdown reception from Foles, Bonano kick good 0 7 1 7:38 10 76 3:32 Arizona Carey 18-yard touchdown run, Bonano kick good 0 14 1 2:53 10 73 4:40 UCLA Franklin 16-yard touchdown reception from Prince, Gonzalez kick good 7 14 2 14:31 10 80 3:22 Arizona Criner 7-yard touchdown reception from Foles, Bonano kick good 7 21 2 9:24 8 63 3:33 Arizona Tutogi 1-yard touchdown run, Bonano kick good 7 28 2 3:29 10 79 3:14 Arizona Criner 25-yard touchdown reception from Foles, Bonano kick good 7 35 2 1:09 5 59 2:03 Arizona Tutogi 8-yard touchdown run, Bonano kick good 7 42 3 3:15 10 48 3:22 Arizona 41-yard field goal by Bonano 7 45 4 10:28 11 51 4:15 Arizona 22-yard field goal by Bonano 7 48 4 6:34 UCLA Jenkins tackled in end zone for a safety by Love 9 48 4 4:17 8 32 2:15 UCLA 42-yard field goal by Gonzalez 12 48 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 12 48

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	3	15	3	31
Huskies	0	14	14	14	42

See also: 2011 Washington Huskies football team

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	3	17	7	7	34
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2011 Utah Utes football team

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	7	7	12	29
Buffaloes	7	13	14	14	48

See also: 2011 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Arizona State

See also: 2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football team and Territorial Cup

Arizona at Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona 14 3 0 14 31 Arizona State 7 14 3 3 27 Date: November 19 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ Game start: 9:30 p.m. EST Game attendance: 72,694

Scoring summary 1 9:41 ARIZ Keola Antolin 1-yard run (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 7-0 1 5:34 ARIZ Ka'Deem Carey 11-yard pass from Nick Foles (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 14-0 1 2:00 ASU Cameron Marshall 2-yard run (Alex Garoutte kick) ARIZ 14-7 2 10:14 ASU Gerell Robinson 11-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Alex Garroutte kick) Tied 14-14 2 4:29 ASU Cameron Marshall 22-yard run (Alex Garroutte kick) ASU 21-14 2 0:02 ARIZ John Bonano 43-yard field goal ASU 21-17 3 9:24 ASU Alex Garroutte 22-yard field goal ASU 24-17 4 12:33 ASU Alex Garroutte 27-yard field goal ASU 27-17 4 10:25 ARIZ Gino Crump 33-yard pass from Nick Foles (John Bonano kick) ASU 27-24 4 5:18 ARIZ Juron Criner 23-yard pass from Bryson Beirne (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 31-27

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Louisiana–Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana-Lafayette 7 6 3 21 37 • Arizona 0 21 10 14 45 Date: November 26 Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary 1 9:18 ULL Harry Peoples 11-yard run (Brett Baer kick) ULL 7-0 2 14:57 ARIZ Tami Tutogi 1-yard run (John Bonano kick) Tied 7-7 2 9:14 ULL Alonzo Harris 4-yard pass from Blaine Gautier (kick failed) ULL 13-7 2 3:13 ARIZ Juron Criner 9-yard pass from Nick Foles (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 14-13 2 0:34 ARIZ David Douglas 12-yard pass from Nick Foles (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 21-13 3 7:46 ARIZ Daniel Jenkins 7-yard run (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 28-13 3 5:21 ULL Brett Baer 20-yard field goal ARIZ 28-16 3 3:22 ARIZ John Bonano 29-yard field goal ARIZ 31-16 4 13:47 ULL Jemarlous Moten 41-yard interception return (Brett Baer kick) ARIZ 31-23 4 13:28 ARIZ Keolin Antolin 7-yard run (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 38-23 4 10:26 ULL Alonzo Harris 5-yard run (Brett Baer kick) ARIZ 38-30 4 6:08 ARIZ Juron Criner 35-yard pass from Nick Foles (John Bonano kick) ARIZ 45-30 4 5:05 ULL Blaine Gautier 10-yard run (Brett Baer kick) ARIZ 45-37

See also: 2011 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Harris	Not released						NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released
BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References

1. "Stoops Relieved of Duties" (Press release). University of Arizona Athletics Department. October 10, 2011. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011.
2. "Northern Arizona Lumberjacks vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
3. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys Box Score". ESPN. September 8, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
4. "Stanford Cardinal vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
5. "Oregon Ducks vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
6. "Arizona Wildcats vs. USC Trojans Box Score". ESPN. October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
7. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Oregon State Beavers Box Score". ESPN. October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
8. "UCLA Bruins vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
9. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Washington Huskies Box Score". ESPN. October 29, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
10. "Utah Utes vs. Arizona Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
11. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Colorado Buffaloes Box Score". ESPN. November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
12. "Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score". ESPN. November 19, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
13. "Arizona 2011 Football Schedule". University of Arizona Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
14. "Nick Foles Throws for 412 yards, 5 TDs as Arizona Routs N. Arizona". ESPN. September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
15. "Arizona Ends 5-Game Skid, Rocks UCLA in Tim Kish's Coaching Debut". ESPN. October 20, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
16. Yoon, Peter (October 22, 2011). "10 Suspended After UCLA-Arizona Brawl". ESPN. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
17. Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State Sun Devils - Recap. ESPN.com.