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 moved to the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . 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.
US college sports recruiting information for 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
Recruiting star ratings : 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)
-
Mar 2, 2011
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Jan 2, 2011
Recruiting star ratings : 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)
-
Feb 12, 2010
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Feb 12, 2010
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Recruiting star ratings : 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)
-
Sep 6, 2010
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Recruiting star ratings : 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
Recruiting star ratings : 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:
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 W 31–356,743[ 2]
September 10 1:00 p.m. McMurry LHN L 21–2431,634
September 17 7:00 p.m. at Southern Utah KMYU L 22–458,683
September 24 1:00 p.m. Bacone LHN W 54–733,517
October 1 6:00 p.m. at No. 16 Sam Houston State L 7–226,889
October 8 4:30 p.m. South Alabama LHN L 27–30 2OT 32,886
October 15 4:00 p.m. at UC Davis L 17–388,876[ 7]
October 29 12:30 p.m. Georgia State LHN W 17–14 OT 25,977
November 12 7:00 p.m. at McNeese State L 21–2411,463
November 19 1:00 p.m. Minot State LHN W 49–732,369
HomecomingRankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Defense
S
Mauricio Sanchez[ 8]
Adefemi Adekey
FS
Mark Waters
Triston Wade
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
2011 UTSA Roadrunners football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
WR
1
Kam Jones (C)
Fr
WR
3
Noe Garcia
Fr
WR
5
Brandon Armstrong
Fr
RB
6
Tevin Williams
Fr
QB
7
Ryan Polite
Fr
QB
8
Eric Soza (C)
So
WR
9
Marcellus Mack
Fr
WR
10
Jake Wanamaker
Fr
RB
11
David Glasco II
Fr
QB
12
John Free
Fr
WR
12
Earon Holmes [ 9]
Fr
QB
14
Travis Menn
Fr
TE
14
Cole Hubble
Fr
WR
15
Josiah Monroe
Fr
QB
16
John Simmons
Fr
WR
17
Sean Hesler
Fr
WR
18
Kenny Harrison
Fr
RB
21
Chris Johnson
Fr
WR
26
Cole Hicks
So
RB
27
Nate Shaw
Fr
RB
28
Terrance Wilburn
Fr
RB
36
Evans Okotcha
So
RB
39
Richard Mendoza
Jr
RB
41
CheRod Simpson
So
RB
46
Sean Atkin
Jr
G
51
Payton Rion
Fr
G
54
Darius Anderson
Fr
C
55
Nate Leonard (C)
Fr
OL
56
Mike Sanchez
Sr
C
60
Andy Flores
Fr
C
62
Jamie Bernal
Fr
G
65
Michael Roberson
Fr
OT
68
Cody Harris
Fr
OT
71
Chance Vernon
Fr
OT
74
Drew Phillips
Fr
G
75
Brady Brown
Jr
OT
76
Josh Walker
Fr
OT
77
James Bakke
Fr
OL
78
Patrick Hoog
Jr
G
79
Scott Inskeep
Fr
TE
80
TJ Nielsen
Jr
WR
81
Kenny Bias
Fr
TE
82
David Morgan
Fr
WR
83
Mike Wilburn
Fr
WR
84
Brandon Freeman
Fr
TE
85
Jeremiah Moeller
So
WR
86
Seth Grubb
Fr
TE
87
Jay Kazen
Jr
WR
88
Cody Seaber
Fr
WR
89
Sean Luchnick
Jr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
CB
2
Jeremy Hall
Fr
CB
3
Alondre Thorn
Fr
CB
4
Crosby Adams
Fr
CB
11
Malcolm Scott
Fr
S
13
Jake Smith
Fr
S
14
Triston Wade
Fr
CB
17
Erik Brown
So
LB
19
De’Metrius Jacobs
Fr
S
20
Mauricio Sanchez
Fr
S
22
Nic Johnston (C)
Fr
LB
23
John Walker III
Fr
CB
24
Darrien Starling
Fr
S
25
Mark Waters (C)
Fr
S
29
Adefemi Adekeye
Fr
S
31
Joseph Lizcano
Fr
LB
32
Drew Douglas
Fr
S
33
Miguellino Byrd
Fr
CB
35
Xaviar Archangel
So
S
37
Lekenwic Haynes
Jr
S
38
Shane Jones
Fr
DE
40
William Ritter
So
CB
42
Godwin Wyche II
Fr
S
43
Cody Rogers
Fr
LB
44
Steven Kurfehs (C)
So
DE
45
Marlon Smith (C)
Jr
DE
49
Dominique Henderson
Fr
LB
52
Blake Terry
Fr
LB
53
Brandon Reeves
Jr
DT
58
Ferrington Macon
Fr
DT
61
Richard Burge
Fr
DT
64
Franky Anaya
Jr
DE
89
Kristian Bryant
Fr
DE
90
John Roper
Fr
DE
93
Cory Williams
Jr
DE
96
Jason Neill
Fr
DT
97
Ashaad Mabry
Fr
DT
98
Leighton Gilbert
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK , P
47
Josh Ward
Fr
PK
48
Clay Williaford
Fr
DS
59
Jesse Medrano
Fr
PK , P
92
Sean Ianno
Fr
PK
95
Kristian Stern
Fr
Head coach
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
Roster
^ McCarney, Dan (January 31, 2010). "UTSA now plans to go it alone in football" . San Antonio Express-News . Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010 .
^ a b "UTSA rolls in program's first game" . Los Angeles Times . September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011 .[dead link ]
^ Flores, David (November 20, 2011). "UTSA ends first football season with lopsided victory against Minot State" . KENS . Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2011 .
^ a b McCarney, Dan (September 3, 2011). "Sources: UTSA football on Longhorn Network" . San Antonio Express-News . Retrieved September 6, 2011 .
^ a b "Longhorn Network to televise UTSA games" . Sports Network . September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011 .[dead link ]
^ Barron, David (September 2, 2011). "Longhorn Network adds cable distributor, Kansas game" . Houston Chronicle . Retrieved September 6, 2011 .
^ "UTSA vs UC Davis (Oct 15, 2011)" .
^ a b c "2011 UTSA FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART" (PDF) . GoUTSA.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011 .
^ "Preseason injury report – 10 days to kickoff" . RowdyReport.com. August 24, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011 .
^ "Football - 2011 Coaching Staff" . GoUTSA.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2011 .