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2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 2011 ACC football season |
| color | #193980 |
| color text | #ffffff |
| league | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
| sport | Football |
| logo_size | 150px |
| duration | September 1, 2011 – January 4, 2012 |
| no_of_teams | 12 |
| season | Regular season |
| season_champs | Clemson |
| MVP | David Wilson |
| conf1 | Atlantic |
| conf1_link | ACC Atlantic Division |
| conf1_champ | Clemson Tigers |
| conf2 | Coastal |
| conf2_link | ACC Coastal Division |
| conf2_champ | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| finals | ACC Championship Game |
| finals_link | 2011 ACC Championship Game |
| finals_champ | Clemson Tigers |
| seasonslist | List of ACC football seasons |
| seasonslistnames | ACC |
| prevseason_link | 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football season |
| prevseason_year | 2010 |
| nextseason_link | 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football season |
| nextseason_year | 2012 |
| conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = The 2011 ACC football season is an NCAA football season that will be played from September 1, 2011, to January 4, 2012. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The division champions will meet on December 3 in the 2011 ACC Championship Game, located in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.
Preseason
Preseason Poll
The 2011 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Pinehurst, North Carolina on July 25. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Montel Harris of Boston College was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.
Atlantic Division poll
- Florida State – 420 (65 first place votes)
- Clemson – 286 (4)
- North Carolina State – 270
- Boston College – 224 (2)
- Maryland – 211
- Wake Forest – 80
Coastal Division poll
- Virginia Tech – 421 (66)
- Miami – 328 (4)
- North Carolina – 287
- Georgia Tech – 226 (1)
- Virginia – 132
- Duke – 96
Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner
- Florida State–50
- Virginia Tech–18
- Clemson–2
- Boston College–1
Preseason ACC Player of the Year
- Montel Harris, BC – 26
- E. J. Manuel, FSU – 14
- Luke Kuechly, BC – 12
- David Wilson, Virginia Tech – 8
- Danny O'Brien, Maryland – 4
- Andre Ellington, CLEM – 3
- Lamar Miller, MIA – 2
- Sean Spence, MIA – 1
- Brandon Jenkins, FSU – 1
Preseason All Conference Teams
Offense
| Position | Player | School | Wide receiver | Tight end | Tackle | Guard | Center | Quarterback | Running back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conner Vernon | Duke | ||||||||
| Dwight Jones | North Carolina | ||||||||
| George Bryan | NC State | ||||||||
| Blake DeChristopher | Virginia Tech | ||||||||
| Andrew Datko | Florida State | ||||||||
| Brandon Washington | Miami | ||||||||
| Omoregie Uzzi | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
| Tyler Horn | Miami | ||||||||
| EJ Manuel | Florida State | ||||||||
| Montel Harris | Boston College | ||||||||
| Andre Ellington | Clemson |
Defense
| Position | Player | School | Defensive end | Defensive tackle | Linebacker | Cornerback | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Jenkins | Florida State | ||||||
| Quinton Coples | North Carolina | ||||||
| Tydreke Powell | North Carolina | ||||||
| Brandon Thompson | Clemson | ||||||
| Luke Kuechly | Boston College | ||||||
| Sean Spence | Miami | ||||||
| Kenny Tate | Maryland | ||||||
| Chase Minnifield | Virginia | ||||||
| Jayron Hosley | Virginia Tech | ||||||
| Ray-Ray Armstrong | Miami | ||||||
| Eddie Whitley | Virginia Tech |
Specialist
| Position | Player | School | Placekicker | Punter | Specialist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Snyderwine | Duke | ||||
| Dawson Zimmerman | Clemson | ||||
| Greg Reid | Florida State |
Coaches
During the offseason, two ACC schools, Maryland and Miami, hired new head coaches. Maryland bought out the last year of 10 year coach, Ralph Friedgen's contract. They hired Randy Edsall who had been the head coach at UConn for 12 years. Miami fired their head coach of 4 years, Randy Shannon, at the conclusion of the Hurricanes' regular season. They in turn hired coach Al Golden, who was the 5 year head coach of Temple. In an unexpected turn of events, on July 27, 2011, UNC chancellor Holden Thorp announced that UNC's board of trustees decided to dismiss Butch Davis as the head coach of the football team. The announcement came a week before the start of fall training camp. The firing was cited as being due to the investigations by the NCAA into academic fraud, impermissible benefits, and talking to agents in the 2010 season. The next day on the 28th, Everett Withers, the defensive coordinator of the past 3 years, was named as the interim head coach.
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record | Boston College | Clemson | Duke | Florida State | Georgia Tech | Maryland | Miami | North Carolina | NC State | Virginia | Virginia Tech | Wake Forest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Spaziani | 4 | 16–11 | 16–11 | 9–7 | |||||||||||||
| Dabo Swinney | 4 | 19–15 | 19–15 | 13–8 | |||||||||||||
| David Cutcliffe | 4 | 56–53 | 12–24 | 5–19 | |||||||||||||
| Jimbo Fisher | 2 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 6–2 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Johnson | 4 | 133–52 | 25–15 | 16–8 | |||||||||||||
| Randy Edsall | 1 | 74–70 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Al Golden | 1 | 27–34 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Everett Withers | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||||||
| Tom O'Brien | 5 | 100–70 | 25–25 | 14–18 | |||||||||||||
| Mike London | 2 | 28–13 | 4–8 | 1–7 | |||||||||||||
| Frank Beamer | 25 | 240–118–4 | 198–95–2 | 46–10 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Grobe | 10 | 100–96–1 | 67–63 | 34–51 |
ACC vs. BCS opponents
The Atlantic Coast Conference had a losing season vs. BCS opponents in 2011 with a record of 8 wins and 13 losses. In rivalry games vs. BCS opponents the ACC went 1-4 with the only win coming from the Florida State Seminoles over the Florida Gators. The ACC also had three teams play Notre Dame in 2011 and recorded a 0-3 record against the Fighting Irish.
NOTE:. Games with a * next to the home team represent a neutral site game
| Date | Visitor | Home | Significance | Winning team | September 1 | September 3 | September 10 | September 17 | September 22 | September 24 | October 8 | November 5 | November 12 | November 19 | November 26 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest | Syracuse | Syracuse | |||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | Boston College | Northwestern | |||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | North Carolina | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | Duke | Stanford | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | Indiana | Virginia | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | Florida State | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | Miami | Miami | |||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | Maryland | Maryland–West Virginia football rivalry | West Virginia | ||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | Clemson | Auburn–Clemson football rivalry | Clemson | ||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||||||||
| NC State | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | Miami | Kansas State | |||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | North Carolina | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | Wake Forest | Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||||
| Miami | South Florida | Miami | |||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | Notre Dame | Holy War | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | Florida | Florida–Florida State football rivalry | Florida State | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | Georgia Tech | Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | South Carolina | Battle of the Palmetto State | South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | Wake Forest | Vanderbilt |
Rankings
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| 14 | Final | Boston College | AP | C | BCS | Clemson | AP | C | BCS | Duke | AP | C | BCS | Florida State | AP | C | BCS | Georgia Tech | AP | C | BCS | Maryland | AP | C | BCS | Miami | AP | C | BCS | North Carolina | AP | C | BCS | NC State | AP | C | BCS | Virginia | AP | C | BCS | Virginia Tech | AP | C | BCS | Wake Forest | AP | C | BCS | |||||||||||||||
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Bowl Games
| Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Matchup/Result | Attendance | Payout (US$) per team | BCS | Non-BCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allstate Sugar Bowl | January 3, 2012 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans | ESPN | Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20 | 64,512 | $17,000,000 | ||
| Discover Orange Bowl | January 4, 2012 | Sun Life Stadium | Miami Gardens, Florida | ESPN | West Virginia 70, Clemson 33 | 67,563 | $17,000,000 | ||
| Advocare V100 Independence Bowl | December 26, 2011 | Independence Stadium | Shreveport, Louisiana | ESPN2 | Missouri 41, North Carolina 24 | 41,728 | $1,100,000 | ||
| Belk Bowl | December 27, 2011 | Bank of America Stadium | Charlotte, North Carolina | ESPN | NC State 31, Louisville 24 | 58,427 | $1,000,000 | ||
| Champs Sports Bowl | December 29, 2011 | Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium | Orlando, Florida | ESPN | Florida State 18, Notre Dame 14 | 68,305 | $2,125,000 | ||
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | December 30, 2011 | LP Field | Nashville, Tennessee | ESPN | Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17 | 55,208 | $1,700,000 | ||
| Hyundai Sun Bowl | December 31, 2011 | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | CBS | Utah 30, Georgia Tech 27 | 48,123 | $1,900,000 | ||
| Chick-fil-A Bowl | December 31, 2011 | Georgia Dome | Atlanta | ESPN | Auburn 43, Virginia 24 | 72,919 | $3,350,000 |
Postseason
All-conference teams
First Team
Offense
| Position | Player | School | Wide receiver | Tight end | Tackle | Guard | Center | Quarterback | Running back | Placekicker | Specialist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Watkins | Clemson | ||||||||||
| Chris Givens | Wake Forest | ||||||||||
| Dwayne Allen | Clemson | ||||||||||
| Blake DeChristopher | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||
| Zebrie Sanders | Florida State | ||||||||||
| Austin Pasztor | Virginia | ||||||||||
| Omoregie Uzzi | Georgia Tech | ||||||||||
| Dalton Freeman | Clemson | ||||||||||
| Tajh Boyd | Clemson | ||||||||||
| David Wilson | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||
| Giovani Bernard | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Dustin Hopkins | Florida State | ||||||||||
| T. J. Graham | NC State |
Defense
| Position | Player | School | Defensive end | Defensive tackle | Linebacker | Cornerback | Safety | Punter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Branch | Clemson | |||||||
| Quinton Coples | North Carolina | |||||||
| Joe Vellano | Maryland | |||||||
| Matthew Conrath | Virginia | |||||||
| Luke Kuechly | Boston College | |||||||
| Sean Spence | Miami | |||||||
| Zach Brown | North Carolina | |||||||
| David Amerson | NC State | |||||||
| Chase Minnifield | Virginia | |||||||
| Matt Daniels | Duke | |||||||
| Josh Bush | Wake Forest | |||||||
| Shawn Powell | Florida State |
Second Team
Offense
| Position | Player | School | Wide receiver | Tight end | Tackle | Guard | Center | Quarterback | Running back | Placekicker | Specialist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Jones | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Conner Vernon | Duke | ||||||||||
| George Bryan | NC State | ||||||||||
| Oday Aboushi | Virginia | ||||||||||
| James Hurst | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Jaymes Brooks | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||
| Jonathan Cooper | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Joe Looney | Wake Forest | ||||||||||
| Tyler Horn | Miami | ||||||||||
| Logan Thomas | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||
| Lamar Miller | Miami | ||||||||||
| Andre Ellington | Clemson | ||||||||||
| Chandler Catanzaro | Clemson | ||||||||||
| Sammy Watkins | Clemson |
Defense
| Position | Player | School | Defensive end | Defensive tackle | Linebacker | Cornerback | Safety | Punter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Jenkins | Florida State | |||||||
| James Gayle | Virginia Tech | |||||||
| Brandon Thompson | Clemson | |||||||
| Nikita Whitlock | Wake Forest | |||||||
| Terrell Manning | NC State | |||||||
| Julian Burnett | Georgia Tech | |||||||
| Steve Greer | Virginia | |||||||
| Jayron Hosley | Virginia Tech | |||||||
| Kyle Fuller | Virginia Tech | |||||||
| Eddie Whitley | Virginia Tech | |||||||
| Lamarcus Joyner | Florida State | |||||||
| Alex King | Duke |
ACC Individual Awards
ACC Player of the Year :RB David Wilson- Virginia Tech Offensive Player of the Year :RB David Wilson- Virginia Tech Defensive Player of the Year :LB Luke Kuechly- Boston College
Rookie of the Year :WR Sammy Watkins- Clemson Offensive Rookie of the Year :WR Sammy Watkins- Clemson Defensive Rookie of the Year :CB Merrill Noel- Wake Forest
Coach of the Year :Mike London- Virginia Brian Piccolo Award :RB Giovani Bernard- North Carolina Jim Tatum Award :WR Danny Coale- Virginia Tech
National Awards
Butkus Award :LB Luke Kuechly- Boston College
John Mackey Award :TE Dwayne Allen- Clemson Lombardi Award :LB Luke Kuechly- Boston College
Jack Tatum Award :CB David Amerson- NC State
References
References
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- (2011). "ACC Football Kickoff #ACCfbk Media Tabs Florida State as 2011 Favorite". CBS Interactive.
- (2011). "2011 Preseason ACC Football Team Announced". CBS Interactive.
- (December 18, 2010). "Ralph Friedgen out as Maryland football coach". The Washington Post.
- (November 27, 2010). "Miami fires coach Randy Shannon". ESPN.
- UNC Athletic Comm.. (2011). "UNC Announces Coaching Change". insidecarolina.com.
- (2011). "Everett Withers Named Carolina's Interim Head Football Coach". tarheelblue.com.
- (2011). "Virginia Tech and Clemson Dominate All-ACC Football Teams". theacc.com.
- (2011). "Hokies' Wilson Voted ACC Player of the Year". theacc.com.
- (2011). "Eagles' Kuechly Named ACC's Top Defender". theacc.com.
- (2011). "Tigers' Watkins Tabbed as ACC's Top Rookie". theacc.com.
- (2011). "Deacons' Noel Voted ACC's Best Rookie on Defense". theacc.com.
- (2011). "Virginia's London Named ACC Coach of the Year". theacc.com.
- (2011). "UNC's Giovani Bernard Named 2011 ACC Brian Piccolo Award". theacc.com.
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- (2011). "Fayetteville native Dwayne Allen wins Mackey Award as nation's top tight end". fayobserver.com.
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