2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2011 Texas A&M Aggies football
2011 Texas A&M Aggies football
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas champion
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, W 33–22 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	7–6 (4–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Sherman (4th season; regular season); Tim DeRuyter (inteirm; bowl game);
Offensive scheme	Multiple pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Tim DeRuyter (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Captains	Trent Hunter; Ryan Tannehill;
Home stadium	Kyle Field
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth year head coach Mike Sherman during the regular season and Tim DeRuyter during their bowl game. They played their home games at Kyle Field. This was their final football season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they defeated Northwestern 33–22.

2011 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Oklahoma State $	8	–	1	12	–	1
No. 15 Kansas State	7	–	2	10	–	3
No. 13 Baylor	6	–	3	10	–	3
No. 16 Oklahoma	6	–	3	10	–	3
Missouri	5	–	4	8	–	5
Texas	4	–	5	8	–	5
Texas A&M	4	–	5	7	–	6
Iowa State	3	–	6	6	–	7
Texas Tech	2	–	7	5	–	7
Kansas	0	–	9	2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Texas A&M sold out every home game during the season for the first time, setting new attendance records for total fans (610,283) and average fans per game (87,183) in the process.^[1] The sellouts were due in large part to speculation (later confirmed) that Texas A&M would become a member of the Southeastern Conference beginning in 2012.

A week after losing the rivalry game with Texas, on December 1, 2011, head coach Mike Sherman was fired by phone while on a recruiting trip in Houston, Texas.^[2] Defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter was the interim head coach for their bowl game. Sherman finished at A&M with a four-year record of 25–25. Sherman was replaced by Kevin Sumlin while DeRuyter left A&M to become the head coach at Fresno State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:30 pm	SMU*	No. 8	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 46–14	86,951
September 17	6:00 pm	Idaho*	No. 9	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSSW–PPV	W 37–7	86,623
September 24	2:30 pm	No. 7 Oklahoma State	No. 8	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC/ESPN2	L 29–30	87,358
October 1	11:00 am	vs. No. 18 Arkansas*	No. 14	Cowboys Stadium Arlington, TX (Southwest Classic)	ESPN	L 38–42	69,838
October 8	6:00 pm	at Texas Tech	No. 24	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FX	W 45–40	58,416
October 15	11:00 am	No. 20 Baylor	No. 21	Kyle Field College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	FX	W 55–28	87,361
October 22	2:30 pm	at Iowa State	No. 17	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	W 33–17	51,131
October 29	11:00 am	Missouri	No. 16	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FX	L 31–38 ^OT	86,934
November 5	2:30 pm	at No. 7 Oklahoma		Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC/ESPN2	L 25–41	85,709
November 12	2:30 pm	at No. 17 Kansas State		Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	L 50–53 ^4OT	46,204
November 19	11:00 am	Kansas		Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 61–7	86,411
November 24	7:00 pm	No. 25 Texas		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 25–27	88,645
December 31	11:00 am	vs. Northwestern*		Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas)	ESPN	W 33–22	68,395
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

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Personnel

Roster

2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`3`	Jameill Showers	Fr
WR	`4`	Brandal Jackson	Jr
WR	`5`	Kenric McNeal	Jr
WR	`7`	Uzoma Nwachukwu	Jr
WR	`8`	Jeff Fuller	Sr
WR	`9`	Nate Askew	So
TE	`13`	Tommy Dorman	So
QB	`13`	Aaron Eike	Fr
WR	`14`	Keon Furtch	Jr
QB	`15`	Johnny Manziel	Fr
WR	`16`	David Adame	Jr
QB	`16`	Matt Joeckel	Fr
QB	`17`	Ryan Tannehill	Sr
QB	`18`	Patrick O'Quinn	So
TE	`19`	Michael Lamothe	Jr
RB	`23`	Ben Malena	So
WR	`24`	Taylor Randle	Sr
WR	`25`	Ryan Swope (C)	Jr
RB	`27`	Mister Jones	Fr
RB	`32`	Cyrus Gray	Sr
RB	`33`	Christine Michael	Jr
RB	`34`	Will Randolph	Fr
RB	`35`	Jay Tolliver	Jr
RB	`37`	Garrett Graham	Fr
RB	`42`	Byron Jones-Campbell	Jr
WR	`44`	Sam Moeller	Fr
TE	`45`	Matt Sherman	Jr
OL	`51`	Jarvis Harrison	Fr
OL	`55`	Chase Dube	So
OL	`56`	Ryan Liscum	Jr
OL	`57`	Dylan Guthrie	Fr
OL	`59`	Allen Woodum	Jr
OL	`61`	Patrick Lewis	Jr
OL	`62`	Jeffrey Hyde	So
OL	`65`	Evan Eike	Sr
OL	`67`	Joseph Villavisencio	Sr
OL	`68`	Ben Compton	Fr
OL	`70`	Cedric Ogbuehi	Fr
OL	`71`	Brian Thomas	Jr
OL	`74`	Danny Baker	Sr
OL	`75`	Jake Matthews	So
OL	`76`	Luke Joeckel	So
OL	`77`	Shep Klinke	So
OL	`78`	Garrett Gramling	Fr
OL	`79`	Joseph Cheek	Fr
TE	`8o`	Hutson Prioleau	So
TE	`81`	Nehemiah Hicks	So
WR	`82`	Mike Evans	Fr
WR	`83`	Michael Walker	Fr
WR	`84`	Malcome Kennedy	Fr
WR	`85`	LeKendrick Williams	Fr
WR	`86`	Seth Gardner	Jr
WR	`87`	Chance Nelson	Fr
WR	`88`	Gaston Lamascus	So
TE	`89`	Taylor Karrh	Fr
TE	`90`	Justin Breshears	Fr
TE	`96`	Caden Smith	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Trent Hunter	Sr
DB	`2`	Steven Campbell	Jr
DB	`3`	Lionel Smith	Sr
DB	`4`	Toney Hurd Jr.	So
DB	`5`	Coryell Judie	Sr
DB	`6`	Desmond Gardiner	So
DB	`7`	Terrence Frederick	Sr
LB	`8`	Garrick Williams	Sr
LB	`9`	Charlie Thomas	So
LB	`10`	Sean Porter	Jr
LB	`11`	Jonathan Stewart	Jr
DB	`14`	Floyd Raven Sr.	Fr
DB	`15`	Travis Labhart	Jr
LB	`18`	Kyle Mangan	Jr
DB	`19`	Matt Fritsche	Fr
DB	`20`	C.J. Jones	Jr
DB	`21`	Steven Terrell (C)	Jr
DB	`22`	Dustin Harris	Jr
LB	`23`	Domonique Patterson	So
DB	`24`	Travis Arthur	Fr
DB	`25`	Clay Honeycutt	Fr
DB	`26`	Devonta Burns	Fr
DB	`27`	Michael Osadebey	So
DB	`28`	Louie Swope	Fr
DB	`29`	Deshazor Everett	Fr
DB	`30`	Johntel Franklin	Jr
DB	`31`	Howard Matthews	Fr
DB	`32`	Blaine Cheatham	Jr
DB	`33`	Deandre Thompson	Jr
LB	`35`	Tyrell Taylor	Fr
LB	`36`	Donnie Baggs	Fr
LB	`37`	Darzil Washington	Fr
LB	`38`	Kolten Thigpen	Sr
DL	`39`	Eddie Brown, Jr.	Sr
LB	`40`	Shaun Ward	Fr
LB	`41`	Brandon Alexander	Fr
DL	`42`	Kirby Ennis	So
LB	`43`	Justin Bass	Fr
LB	`45`	Steven Jenkins	So
LB	`46`	Jake Russell	Fr
JKR	`47`	Caleb Russell	Jr
LB	`58`	Cody Johnson	Fr
DL	`72`	Gavin Stansbury	Fr
DL	`73`	Rhontae Scales	So
DL	`83`	Tony Jerod-Eddie	Sr
DB	`89`	Rylan Riney	Fr
DL	`89`	Ivan Robinson	So
DL	`90`	Ben Bass	Sr
DL	`92`	Jonathan Mathis	Sr
JKR	`94`	Damontre Moore	So
DL	`97`	Stephen Barrera	So
DL	`98`	Shayvion Hatten	Fr
DL	`99`	Spencer Nealy	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`26`	Ken Wood	Sr
PK	`28`	Randy Bullock	Sr
P	`36`	Jared Jaroszewski	Sr
P	`38`	Drew Kaser	Fr
P	`48`	Ryan Epperson	Jr
DS	`50`	Justin Ortega	Fr
DS	`52`	Shelby Trahan	Fr
PK	`91`	Taylor Bertolet	Fr
DS	`95`	Ben Bredthauer	Jr

Head coach

Mike Sherman (4th season)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Tom Rossley – Quarterbacks
Randy Jordan – Running backs
Troy Walters – Wide receivers
Jim Turner – Offensive line coach
Tim Deruyter – Defensive coordinator/assistant head coach
Charles McMillan – Defensive backs
Dat Nguyen – Inside linebackers
Terrell Williams – Defensive line
Nick Toth – Outside linebackers
Dave Kennedy – Strength and conditioning

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	8	7	9	8	14	24	21	17	16	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	9	8	9	8	13	25	23	18	16	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	RV
Harris	Not released						23	19	17	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	Not released
BCS	Not released							17	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

References

^ "Wednesday Weekly: Volleyball Hosts NCAAs, SEC Schedule Update". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. November 30, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
^ "Mike Sherman Press Conference". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. December 2, 2011. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
^ "2011 TAMU Football Schedule". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2011.

[1] "Wednesday Weekly: Volleyball Hosts NCAAs, SEC Schedule Update". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. November 30, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

[2] "Mike Sherman Press Conference". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. December 2, 2011. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

[3] "2011 TAMU Football Schedule". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2011.

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