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] 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] South Florida of 33,038 in 1997.
Recruiting 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 :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: 45Ryan 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 :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 :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 :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: 45Terrance 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: 45Tevin 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 :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 :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:
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] Rice [4] Kansas [6] [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 Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Depth chart 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
WR Kam Jones Jake Wannamaker
QB Eric Soza[8] John Simmons
RB Chris Johnson David Glasco II
Roster
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