# 2011 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2011 Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games in Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They are a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place in the South Division. They were invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas where they were defeated by Boise State.
At the end of the regular season, head coach Dennis Erickson was fired. He stayed on to coach in the Sun Devils bowl game and finished with a five-year record of 31–31.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:00 pm | UC Davis* | | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | FSAZ | W 48–14 | 45,671 |
| September 9 | 7:30 pm | No. 21 Missouri* | | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | ESPN | W 37–30 $^{OT}$ | 70,236 |
| September 17 | 4:00 pm | at Illinois* | No. 22 | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL | BTN | L 14–17 | 50,669 |
| September 24 | 7:15 pm | No. 23 USC | | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | ESPN | W 43–22 | 61,495 |
| October 1 | 7:30 pm | Oregon State | No. 25 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | FSAZ | W 35–20 | 57,437 |
| October 8 | 12:30 pm | at Utah | No. 22 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | FSN | W 35–14 | 45,089 |
| October 15 | 7:15 pm | at No. 9 Oregon | No. 18 | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR (College GameDay) | ESPN | L 27–41 | 60,055 |
| October 29 | 3:30 pm | Colorado | No. 23 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | FSAZ | W 48–14 | 53,168 |
| November 5 | 4:30 pm | at UCLA | No. 20 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | Versus | L 28–29 | 65,438 |
| November 12 | 8:30 pm | at Washington State | | Martin StadiumPullman, WA | Versus | L 27–37 | 27,213 |
| November 19 | 7:30 pm | Arizona | | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ (Territorial Cup) | FSAZ | L 27–31 | 72,694 |
| November 25 | 8:15 pm | California | | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | ESPN | L 38–47 | 52,350 |
| December 22 | 6:00 pm | vs. No. 8 Boise State* | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Maaco Bowl Las Vegas) | ESPN | L 24–56 | 35,720 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Sun Devils | 14 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 48 |
The Sun Devils played the UC Davis Aggies on September 1 and won 48–14. Quarterback Brock Osweiler threw two touchdown passes – both of them to receiver Aaron Pflugrad – and finished with 19 completions on 26 attempts before leaving with leg cramps in the third quarter. Running back Cameron Marshall added two rushing touchdowns as the Sun Devils amassed 217 yards on the ground. ASU's defense managed to keep the Aggies scoreless until the fourth quarter; the Aggies scored both touchdowns against ASU's reserves.
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | UC Davis | Arizona State |
| 1 | 10:43 | 3 | 55 | 1:02 | Arizona State | Cameron Marshall 2-yard touchdown run, Alex Garoutte kick good | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 3:40 | 4 | 15 | 1:09 | Arizona State | Cameron Marshall 2-yard touchdown run, Alex Garoutte kick good | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 14:53 | 4 | 49 | 1:17 | Arizona State | Aaron Pflugrad 31-yard touchdown reception from Brock Osweiler, Alex Garoutte kick good | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | 0:02 | 6 | 19 | 1:33 | Arizona State | 49-yard field goal by Alex Garoutte | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | 14:46 | | | | Arizona State | Kickoff returned 98 yards for touchdown by Jamal Miles, Alex Garoutte kick good | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | 6:03 | 9 | 81 | 4:05 | Arizona State | Aaron Pflugrad 13-yard touchdown reception from Brock Osweiler, Alex Garoutte kick good | 0 | 38 |
| 3 | 0:48 | 8 | 34 | 2:50 | Arizona State | 25-yard field goal by Alex Garoutte | 0 | 41 |
| 4 | 12:21 | 7 | 69 | 3:20 | UC Davis | Nick Aprile 48-yard touchdown run, Sean Kelley kick good | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | 9:43 | 6 | 31 | 2:27 | Arizona State | Marcus Washington 1-yard touchdown run, Alex Garoutte kick good | 7 | 48 |
| 4 | 6:26 | 9 | 71 | 3:07 | UC Davis | Josh Reese 1-yard touchdown run, Sean Kelley kick good | 14 | 48 |
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### Missouri

Jamal Miles caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brock Osweiler in overtime, then the defense held Missouri out of the end zone on their possession to seal Arizona State's wild win over No. 21 Missouri, 37 - 30. The win was Dennis Erickson's 28th career victory over a ranked opponent.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| #21 Tigers | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| Sun Devils | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 |

### Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #22 Sun Devils | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Fighting Illini | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| USC | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| • Arizona State | 7 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 43 |
USC had won the last 11 meetings, with Arizona State last defeating USC in 1999. In this game, USC led 22–21 in the third quarter, but Arizona State then scored 22 unanswered points to win 43–22.

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Beavers | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| #25 Sun Devils | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Arizona State | 7 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 35 |
| Utah | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #18 Sun Devils | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| #9 Ducks | 7 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 41 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buffaloes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| #23 Sun Devils | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 48 |

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #20 Sun Devils | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Bruins | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
First Quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11-yard run (Tyler Gonzalez kick failed); ASU – A.J. Pickens 35-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Alex Garoutte kick)
Second Quarter scoring: ASU – C. Marshall 14-yard run (Garoutte kick); UCLA – Gonzalez 43-yard field goal; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1-yard run (Gonzalez kick)
Third Quarter scoring: UCLA – Nelson Rosario 76-yard pass from Kevin Prince (Gonzalez kick); ASU – Jamal Miles, 9-yard pass from Brock Osweiler (Garoutte kick)
Fourth Quarter scoring: ASU – Osweiler 1-yard run (Garoutte kick); UCLA – Coleman 1-yard run (Prince pass failed)

### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sun Devils | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Cougars | 6 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 37 |

### Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 14 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Sun Devils | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 27 |

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Bears | 17 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 47 |
| Sun Devils | 7 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 38 |

### Boise State–Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sun Devils | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| #8 Broncos | 14 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 56 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | 22 | RV | 25 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | RV | 23 | 18 | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 18 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 19 | 23 | 20 | 19 | RV | RV | — | — | — | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | 21 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |