2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team information
American college football season
2011West Virginia Mountaineers football
Big East co–champion Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 70–33 vs. Clemson
Conference
Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 18
AP
No. 17
Record
10–3 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Dana Holgorsen (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Air raid
Defensive coordinator
Jeff Casteel (10th season)
Base defense
3–3–5
Captains
Geno Smith
Don Barclay
Najee Goode
Keith Tandy
Home stadium
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Big East Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 17 West Virginia $+
5
–
2
10
–
3
No. 25 Cincinnati +
5
–
2
10
–
3
Louisville +
5
–
2
7
–
6
Rutgers
4
–
3
9
–
4
Pittsburgh
4
–
3
6
–
7
Connecticut
3
–
4
5
–
7
South Florida
1
–
6
5
–
7
Syracuse
1
–
6
5
–
7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
+ – Conference co-champions
As of January 11, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll
The 2011 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big East Conference. The Mountaineers were led by Dana Holgorsen, who was in his first season as head coach. West Virginia played their home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season 10–3, 5–2 in Big East play to earn a share of the Big East Conference championship with Cincinnati and Louisville. The Mountaineers, in their final season in the Big East before moving to the Big 12 the following season, earned the league's automatic berth in the BCS due to being the highest ranked of the Big East champions in the final BCS rankings. They were invited to the Orange Bowl for the first time ever where they defeated Clemson 70–33. This was the third victory for West Virginia in three BCS games played in the BCS era (having won BCS bowls in 2006 and 2008), while the 70 points in the Orange Bowl set a record for most points scored in a bowl game (which was matched by Army in 2018).
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