2011 San Jose State Spartans football team

2011 San Jose State Spartans football
2011 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	5–7 (3–4 WAC)
Head coach	Mike MacIntyre (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	John DeFilippo (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kent Baer (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by second year head coach Mike MacIntyre and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. They are members of the Western Athletic Conference. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 5–7, 3–4 in WAC play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.

2011 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Louisiana Tech $	6	–	1	8	–	5
Nevada	5	–	2	7	–	6
Utah State	5	–	2	7	–	6
Hawaii	3	–	4	6	–	7
San Jose State	3	–	4	5	–	7
Fresno State	3	–	4	4	–	9
New Mexico State	2	–	5	4	–	9
Idaho	1	–	6	2	–	10

$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 pm	at No. 6 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Bill Walsh Legacy Game)	CSNBA	L 3–57	47,816^[1]
September 10	7:00 pm	at UCLA*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNPT	L 17–27	42,685^[2]
September 17	1:00 pm	Nevada	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	WSN/ALT	L 14–17	17,238
September 24	1:00 pm	New Mexico State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN3	W 34–24	13,456^[3]
October 1	1:00 pm	at Colorado State*	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	The Mtn.	W 38–31	27,683
October 8	7:15 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPNU	L 16–29	59,782
October 14	6:00 pm	Hawaiʻi	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)	ESPN	W 28–27	24,643
October 29	1:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		L 28–38	19,642
November 5	1:00 pm	Idaho	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	WSN/ALT	L 29–32	10,621
November 12	12:00 pm	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	ESPN3	L 33–34	14,593
November 19	1:00 pm	Navy*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	ESPN3	W 27–24	25,114
November 26	5:00 pm	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)		W 27–24	25,492
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

At No. 6 Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	3	0	0	3
No. 6 Cardinal	10	17	16	14	57

At UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	10	0	17
Bruins	7	7	3	10	27

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	7	7	3	0	17
Spartans	7	0	0	7	14

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	7	14	0	24
Spartans	7	3	14	10	34

At Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	14	7	7	38
Rams	7	7	10	7	31

At BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	3	3	7	3	16
Cougars	9	14	3	3	29

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	7	0	14	6	27
Spartans	0	20	0	8	28

At Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	7	8	6	28
Bulldogs	3	21	14	0	38

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	10	0	22	32
Spartans	17	5	0	7	29

At Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	20	0	3	10	33
Aggies	7	0	14	13	34

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	0	14	10	0	24
Spartans	10	10	0	7	27

At Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	3	10	7	27
Bulldogs	10	7	0	7	24

Personnel

Coaching staff

Mike MacIntyre returned for his second season as San Jose State head coach, coming off a 1-12 season in 2010.

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
Mike MacIntyre	Head coach	2	Georgia Tech (1989)
Klayton Adams	Tight ends	1	Boise State (2005)
Kent Baer	Defensive coordinator, linebackers	4	Utah State (1973)
Gary Bernardi	Offensive line	2	Cal State Northridge (1976)
Charles Clark	Defensive backs	2	Mississippi (2007)
John DeFilippo	Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks	2	James Madison (2000)
Kirk Doll	Special teams, running backs	1	East Carolina (1974)
Jim Jeffcoat	Defensive line	1	Arizona (1982)
Andy LaRussa	Cornerbacks, special teams (assistant)	1	Southern Utah (2002)
Terry Malley	Wide receivers, recruiting coordinator	3	Santa Clara (1976)
Reference:^[5]

Depth chart

These are the starters and backups listed in the final depth chart of the season.^[6]

Defense

FS
James Orth
Alex Germany
⋅

WLB	MLB	SLB
⋅	Pompey Festejo	⋅
Derek Muaava	Vince Buhagiar	⋅
⋅	⋅	⋅

SS
Duke Ihenacho
Cullen Newsome
⋅

CB
Peyton Thompson
Forrest Hightower
⋅

DE	DT	DT	DE
Travis Johnson	Andrew Moeaki	Travis Raciti	Mohamed Marah
David Tuitupou	Ja'Rodd Watson	Anthony Larceval	Cedric Lousi
Vincent Abbott	Pablo Garcia	Marcus Howard	Sean Bacon

CB
Ronnie Yell
Bené Benwikere
⋅

Offense

WR
Jabari Carr
Chandler Jones
Kyle Nunn

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
David Quessenberry	Fred Koloto	Robbie Reed	Nicholas Kaspar	Andres Vargas
Amar Pal	Moa Ngatuvai	Reuben Hasani	James Orth	Amar Pal
⋅	Ryan Jones	⋅	⋅	⋅

TE
Ryan Otten
Peter Tuitupou
Sam Tomlitz

WR
Noel Grigsby
Josh Harrison
Michael Avila

QB
Matt Faulkner
Dasmen Stewart
Blake Jurich

RB
Brandon Rutley
Tyler Ervin
Jason Simpson or Ben Thompson

FB
Ina Liaina
Ray Rodriguez
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Special teams
PK Jens Alvernik
PK Harrison Waid
P Harrison Waid
P Jens Alvernik
KR Tyler Ervin
PR Brandon Rutley
LS Ben Zorn
H Evan Taylor

Final roster

2011 San Jose State Spartans final roster

Quarterbacks

7 Matt Faulkner – Senior
16 Joe Gray – Freshman
14 Blake Jurich – Freshman
18 Dasmen Stewart – Sophomore

Running backs

30 Josh Brown – Junior
20 David Freeman – Junior
48 Marcos Garces – Senior
42 Ina Liaina – Junior
21 Nate Morace – Freshman
13 Kyler O'Neal – Junior
46 Ray Rodriguez – Junior
9 Brandon Rutley – Senior
32 Jason Simpson – Sophomore
27 Ben Thompson – Freshman

Wide receivers

4 Michael Avila – Senior
3 Sam Boyd – Freshman
5 Daniel Bradbury – Freshman
22 Jabari Carr – Freshman
81 Byron Fobbs – Freshman
23 Noel Grigsby – Sophomore
1 Josh Harrison – Senior
89 Chandler Jones – Sophomore
44 Chris Kearney – Freshman
87 Akeem King – Freshman
84 Sean Linton – Freshman
17 Kyle Nunn – Sophomore
11 K.C. Pearce – Freshman
86 Andrew Reyes – Senior

Tight ends

88 Travis Lorius – Junior
80 Max Miller – Junior
82 Ryan Otten – Junior
37 Sam Tomlitz – Freshman
15 Peter Tuitupou – Junior

Offensive linemen

71 Keith Bendixen – OT – Freshman
54 Reuben Hasani – C – Sophomore
74 Ryan Jones – LG – Sophomore
75 Nicholas Kaspar – RG – Sophomore
65 Fred Koloto – LG – Senior
79 Jon Meyer – OT – Junior
55 Moa Ngatuvai – LG – Sophomore
73 Jacob Orth – RG – Senior
61 Amar Pal – OT – Sophomore
76 David Quessenberry – LT – Junior
70 Robbie Reed – C – Senior
77 Justin Satele – C – Freshman
78 Andres Vargas – RT– Senior

Defensive linemen

53 Vincent Abbott – RDE – Junior
95 Sean Bacon – LDE – Freshman
85 Keenan Brown – DE – Junior
69 David Catalano – DT – Freshman
57 Nate Falo – DT – Freshman
92 Pablo Garcia – RDT – Senior
86 Christian Hill – DE – Freshman
96 Marcus Howard – LDT – Freshman
43 Travis Johnson – RDE – Junior
97 Anthony Larceval – LDT – Sophomore
83 Cedric Lousi – LDE – Sophomore
26 Mohamed Marah – LDE – Senior
99 Andrew Moeaki – RDT – Senior
91 Joe Nigos – DT – Senior
98 Tony Popovich – DT – Freshman
50 Tracy Pugh – DE – Junior
90 Travis Raciti – LDT – Freshman
64 Abasi Salimu – DT – Sophomore
41 David Tuitupou – RDE – Junior
93 Foloi Vae – DE – Sophomore
94 Ja'Rodd Watson – RDT – Senior

Linebackers

36 Vince Buhagiar – Sophomore
59 Tristan Coleman – Junior
11 Josh Fasavalu – Freshman
3 Pompey Festejo – Senior
38 Christian Hutchins – Freshman
34 Derek Muaava – Freshman
15 Doug Parrish – Freshman
51 Shannon Penn – Freshman
31 Keith Smith – Sophomore
40 Tiuke Tuipulotu – Senior
41 Jeffrey Telles – Freshman

Defensive backs

21 Bené Benwikere – RCB – Sophomore
28 Simon Connette – S – Freshman
8 Brandon Driver – CB – Senior
20 Tyler Ervin – DB – Freshman
24 Rob Fiscalini III – S – Junior
5 Alex Germany – FS – Senior
35 Forrest Hightower – LCB – Freshman
29 Chris Hill – CB – Junior
2 Duke Ihenacho – SS – Senior
14 Ralph Jackson – CB – Freshman
30 Ralph Johnson – CB – Junior
39 Cullen Newsome – SS – Junior
6 Damon Ogburn, Jr. – CB – Sophomore
81 James Orth – FS – Junior
7 Dennis Rufus – DB – Freshman
16 Evan Taylor – S – Junior
19 Peyton Thompson – LCB – Senior
37 Herbert Whitehurst – CB – Freshman
25 Ronnie Yell – RCB – Junior

Special teams

98 Jens Alvernik – PK – Senior
22 Alex Anastasi – PK – Freshman
41 Jeffrey Telles – LS – Freshman
10 Harrison Waid – P – Sophomore
60 Ben Zorn – LS – Senior

Reference:^[7]

References

General

San Jose State University: 2011 Spartan Football Media Guide (PDF), San Jose, California: San Jose State University Sports Information Office, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014, retrieved August 4, 2014

Specific

^ "San Jose State Spartans vs. Stanford Cardinal Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
^ "San Jose State Spartans vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
^ "San Jose State Spartans vs. New Mexico State Aggies". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
^ "Football - Schedule/Results - SJSUSpartans.com - Official Web Site of San Jose State Athletics". Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
^ San Jose State University: 2011 Spartan Football Media Guide, p. 2.
^ San Jose State University Football Fact Sheet, Game #12, p. 14.
^ San Jose State University Football Fact Sheet, Game #12, pp. 16-17.

[1] "San Jose State Spartans vs. Stanford Cardinal Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 4, 2011.

[2] "San Jose State Spartans vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

[3] "San Jose State Spartans vs. New Mexico State Aggies". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 24, 2011.

[4] "Football - Schedule/Results - SJSUSpartans.com - Official Web Site of San Jose State Athletics". Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2011.

[5] San Jose State University: 2011 Spartan Football Media Guide, p. 2.

[6] San Jose State University Football Fact Sheet, Game #12, p. 14.

[7] San Jose State University Football Fact Sheet, Game #12, pp. 16-17.

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