# 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 86th season of football and 8th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Al Golden and played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. They finished the season 6–6 overall and 3–5 in the ACC to finish in a two-way tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. The Hurricanes served a self-imposed bowl ban due to an ongoing NCAA investigation.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 8:00 pm | at Maryland | Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD | ESPN | L 24–32 | 52,875 |
| September 17 | 7:30 pm | No. 16 Ohio State* | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPN | W 24–6 | 66,279 |
| September 24 | 3:30 pm | Kansas State* | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPNU | L 24–28 | 43,786 |
| October 1 | 3:30 pm | Bethune-Cookman* | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPNU | W 45–14 | 40,387 |
| October 8 | 3:30 pm | at No. 17 Virginia Tech | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | ABC/ESPN | L 35–38 | 66,233 |
| October 15 | 12:30 pm | at North Carolina | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ACCN | W 30–24 | 60,000 |
| October 22 | 3:30 pm | No. 22 Georgia Tech | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPN | W 24–7 | 43,716 |
| October 27 | 8:00 pm | Virginia | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPN | L 21–28 | 40,403 |
| November 5 | 3:30 pm | Duke | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | SUN | W 49–14 | 62,053 |
| November 12 | 3:30 pm | at Florida State | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry) | ABC/ESPN | L 19–23 | 82,322 |
| November 19 | 3:30 pm | at South Florida* | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | ESPNU | W 6–3 | 47,745 |
| November 25 | 3:30 pm | Boston College | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ABC | L 17–24 | 44,954 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
| Al Golden | Head coach | 1st | Penn State (1991) |
| Mark D'Onofrio | Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator | 1st | Penn State (1991) |
| Jedd Fisch | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 1st | Florida (1998) |
| Jethro Franklin | Defensive line | 1st | Fresno State (1989) |
| George McDonald | Wide receivers | 1st | Illinois (1999) |
| Brennan Carroll | Tight ends/national recruiting coordinator | 1st | Pittsburgh (2001) |
| Art Kehoe | Offensive line | 22nd | Miami (1982) |
| Paul Williams | Defensive backs | 1st | Delaware (1996) |
| Micheal Barrow | Special teams coordinator/linebackers | 5th | Miami (1993) |
| Terry Richardson | Running back/Florida recruiting coordinator | 1st | Syracuse (1994) |

### Support staff

| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
| Andreu Swasey | Strength & conditioning | 11th | Baylor (1995) |
| Benny Fernandez | Graduate assistant | 1st | Miami (2008) |
| Phillip Eisenstein | Graduate assistant | 1st | |
| Matt Applebaum | Graduate assistant | 1st | UConn (2007) |

### Depth chart

Defensehttp://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041811aab.html :
* FS
* JoJo Nicolas
* A.J. Highsmith
| WLB | MLB | SLB |
| ⋅ | Sean Spence | ⋅ |
| Marcus Robinson OR Jordan Futch | James Gaines | ⋅ |
* SS
* Vaughn Telemaque
* Ray-Ray Armstrong
* CB
* Mike Williams
* Kacy Rodgers
| DE | DT | DT | DE |
| Olivier Vernon | Darius Smith | Adewale Ojomo | Anthony Chickillo |
| Andrew Smith | Micanor Regis | Curtis Porter | Shayon Green |
* CB
* Brandon McGee
* Thomas Finnie
Offensehttp://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041811aab.html :
* WR
* Tommy Streeter
* LaRon Byrd
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| Brandon Washington | Harland Gunn | Tyler Horn | Brandon Linder | Jon Feliciano OR Malcolm Bunche |
| Joel Figueroa | Jeremy Lewis | Shane McDermott | Jared Wheeler | ⋅ |
* TE
* Dyron Dye
* Clive Walford
* WR
* Travis Benjamin
* Phillip Dorsett
* QB
* Jacory Harris
* Stephen Morris
* RB
* Lamar Miller
* Mike James OR Eduardo Clements
* FB
* Maurice Hagens
* John Calhoun
* Special teams
* PK Jake Wieclaw
* P Dalton Botts
* KR Lamar Miller AND Travis Benjamin
* PR Travis Benjamin
* LS Chris Ivory
* H Spencer Whipple

## Preseason
### Scandal

The Hurricanes faced adversity even before the first down of football as twelve players were forced to pay restitution and eight players were suspended for accepting money and gifts from former booster Nevin Shapiro, a convicted Ponzi schemer serving a 20-year prison sentence. The players suspended were Jacory Harris (one game), Sean Spence (one game), Travis Benjamin (one game), Marcus Forston (one game), Adewale Ojomo (one game), Ray-Ray Armstrong (four games), Dyron Dye (four games), and Olivier Vernon (six games).
On November 20, Miami announced it was withdrawing from bowl consideration due to an ongoing NCAA investigation into the Shapiro affair.

## Regular season
### Maryland

Al Golden's first game as head coach.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Maryland | 7 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | Miami (FL) | Maryland |
| 1 | 11:21 | 11 | 79 | 3:39 | Maryland | Ronnie Tyler 10-yard touchdown reception from Danny O'Brien, Nick Ferrara kick good | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 12:52 | 11 | 62 | 3:35 | Maryland | 24-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 9:12 | 7 | 60 | 3:33 | Miami (FL) | Mike James (American football) 1-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | 5:50 | 11 | 72 | 3:15 | Maryland | 29-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 4:04 | 5 | 68 | 1:40 | Miami (FL) | Lamar Miller 41-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | 0:47 | | | | Maryland | Fumble recovery returned 30 yards for touchdown by Joe Vellano, Nick Ferrara kick good | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 10:08 | 9 | 62 | 4:46 | Miami (FL) | Stephen Morris 5-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | 5:02 | 14 | 68 | 4:59 | Maryland | 28-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | 4:01 | 15 | 67 | 8:25 | Miami (FL) | 30-yard field goal by Jake Wieclaw | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | 1:39 | 6 | 60 | 2:17 | Maryland | 32-yard field goal by Nick Ferrara | 24 | 26 |
| 4 | 0:39 | | | | Maryland | Interception returned 54 yards for touchdown by Cameron Chism, 2-point pass failed | 24 | 32 |
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### Ohio State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ohio State | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| • Miami (FL) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Kansas State | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Miami (FL) | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |

### Bethune-Cookman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bethune-Cookman | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 45 |

### Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 38 |

### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |

### Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Virginia | 7 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Duke

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Duke | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Miami (FL) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |

### Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
| Florida State | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 23 |

### South Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Miami (FL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| South Florida | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Boston College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Boston College | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Miami (FL) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |