2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Insight Bowl vs #19 Oklahoma, L 14-31
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	Legends Division
2011 record	7–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (13th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ken O'Keefe (13th year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-Style
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (13th year)
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium (Capacity: 70,585)
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
#11 Michigan State x		7	–	1					11	–	3
#12 Michigan %		6	–	2					11	–	2
#24 Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5					6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6					3	–	9
Leaders Division
#10 Wisconsin xy$		6	–	2					11	–	3
Penn State x		6	–	2					9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ohio State		3	–	5					6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6					7	–	6
Indiana		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

Tennessee Tech at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee Tech (0–1) 0 0 0 7 7 • Iowa (1–0) 3 24 7 0 34 Date: September 3 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 4:27 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 75°F, Rain, Wind 6 SSW (Game delayed 1 hour and 24 minutes) Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz

Iowa at Iowa State
Cy-Hawk Trophy

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total Iowa (1–1) 7 3 6 8 7 7 3 41 • Iowa State (1–0) 0 10 7 7 7 7 6 44 Date: September 10 Location: Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:50 Game attendance: 56,058 Game weather: 75°F, mostly clear, wind 5–10 N Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Joel Klatt, Jim Knox

Pittsburgh at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh (2–0) 10 0 14 3 27 • Iowa (2–1) 0 3 7 21 31 Date: September 17 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 58°F, Cloudy, wind 9 ESE Referee: Jerry McGinn TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti

Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana-Monroe (1–2) 3 0 14 0 17 • Iowa (3–1) 14 14 14 3 45 Date: September 24 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 56°F, Partly Cloudy, wind 5 NE Referee: Mike Cannon TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler, Danan Hughes & Stacy Paetz

Iowa at Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa (3–2) 0 3 0 0 3 • Penn State (4–1) 3 3 0 7 13 Date: October 8 Location: Beaver Stadium University Park, PA Game start: 2:30 CST Elapsed time: 2:58 Game attendance: 103,497 Game weather: 71°F, Partly Cloudy, wind 3 N Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Dave Pasch, Urban Meyer, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich

Northwestern at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern (2–3) 0 7 10 14 31 • Iowa (4–2) 10 7 0 24 41 Date: October 15 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 61°F, Mostly Sunny, wind 11 WNW Referee: Dennis Lipski TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

Scoring summary 1 11:17 IOWA Mike Meyer 27-yard field goal IOWA 3-0 1 4:08 IOWA Tanner Miller 98-yard interception return (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 10-0 2 9:34 IOWA Keenan Davis 47-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 17-0 2 3:54 NW Jeremy Ebert 6-yard pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 17-7 3 9:06 NW Adonis Smith 4-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 17-14 3 4:19 NW Jeff Budzien 47-yard field goal Tied 17-17 4 13:55 IOWA Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 24-17 4 8:51 IOWA Marvin McNutt 35-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meye kick) IOWA 31-17 4 6:49 IOWA Mike Meyer 40-yard field goal IOWA 34-17 4 4:50 NW Drake Dunsmore 18-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 34-24 4 3:56 IOWA Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick) IOWA 41-24 4 2:34 NW Rashad Lawrence 35-yard pass from Trevor Siemian (Jeff Budzien kick) IOWA 41-31

Scoring summary
1	11:17	IOWA	Mike Meyer 27-yard field goal	IOWA 3-0
1	4:08	IOWA	Tanner Miller 98-yard interception return (Mike Meyer kick)	IOWA 10-0
2	9:34	IOWA	Keenan Davis 47-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meyer kick)	IOWA 17-0
2	3:54	NW	Jeremy Ebert 6-yard pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)	IOWA 17-7
3	9:06	NW	Adonis Smith 4-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick)	IOWA 17-14
3	4:19	NW	Jeff Budzien 47-yard field goal	Tied 17-17
4	13:55	IOWA	Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick)	IOWA 24-17
4	8:51	IOWA	Marvin McNutt 35-yard pass from James Vandenburg (Mike Meye kick)	IOWA 31-17
4	6:49	IOWA	Mike Meyer 40-yard field goal	IOWA 34-17
4	4:50	NW	Drake Dunsmore 18-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick)	IOWA 34-24
4	3:56	IOWA	Marcus Coker 1-yard run (Mike Meyer kick)	IOWA 41-24
4	2:34	NW	Rashad Lawrence 35-yard pass from Trevor Siemian (Jeff Budzien kick)	IOWA 41-31

Indiana at Iowa
Homecoming

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana (1–6) 7 7 3 7 24 • Iowa (5–2) 14 21 3 7 45 Date: October 22 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 51°F, Sunny, wind 6 NNW Referee: Scott McElwee TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chris Martin & Dionne Miller

The 2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Kirk Ferentz, who was in his 13th season, and played their homes games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. They are member of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in Big Ten Conference play to finish in fourth place in the Leaders Division. They were invited to the Insight Bowl, for the second consecutive year, where they were defeated by Oklahoma, 31–14.

Honorary Captain: Brad Banks

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