American college football season
2011 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Wins</span>”}]]}’>W Wins</span>”}]]}’>W [ 1] It was UTSA’s only season as a Division I FCS team, as the Roadrunners moved to the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Because UTSA was transitioning to the FBS, the NCAA declared the team ineligible for the FCS playoffs.
UTSA played its first game against Northeastern State on September 3, 2011, at the Alamodome, a 31–3 victory for UTSA. With an attendance of 56,743, UTSA set a record for the highest-attended game for an NCAA Division I FCS start-up program.[ 2]
UTSA finished their first season with a record of 4–6, and set a record for the largest average home attendance for a new football program with 35,521.[ 3] This topped the previous record from South Florida of 33,038 in 1997.
Recruiting
College recruiting (2011)
Name
Hometown
School
Height
Weight
40‡
Commit date
Kenny Bias WR
San Antonio, Texas
John Paul Stevens
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
4.4
Oct 21, 2010
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (-)
Kristian Bryant TE
Houston, Texas
Klein Forest
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
216 lb (98 kg)
–
Mar 2, 2011
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (-)
Desmon Mathis DB
Brenham, TX
Brenham
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
4.4
Jan 2, 2011
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (73)
Josiah Monroe ATH
Bastrop, Texas
Bastrop
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
–
Feb 12, 2010
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (45)
Ryan Polite QB
Desoto, Texas
Desoto
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
201 lb (91 kg)
4.85
Feb 12, 2010
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (77)
Jake Smith LB
Gruver, Texas
Gruver
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
–
Jan 16, 2011
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (68)
Blake Terry LB
Denton, Texas
John H. Guyer
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
4.7
Jan 16, 2011
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (71)
Alondre Thorn CB
Hutto, Texas
Hutto
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
–
Jul 29, 2010
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (45)
Terrance Wilburn RB
San Marcos, Texas
San Marcos
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
202.5 lb (91.9 kg)
–
Sep 6, 2010
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (45)
Tevin Williams RB
Euless, Texas
Euless Trinity
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
4.4
Jan 26, 2011
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (75)
Troy Williams RB
San Antonio, Texas
James Madison
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
4.5
Sep 9, 2010
Recruit ratings : Scout : Rivals : ESPN : (74)
Overall recruit ranking:
‡ Refers to 40-yard dash
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:
Schedule
UTSA’s inaugural football game versus Northeastern State
The night before the program’s first game, it was reported that the Longhorn Network (LHN), the Texas Longhorns -based network, would air the final five Roadrunner home games.[ 4] [ 5] At the time of the initial news reports, the five scheduled UTSA games were more than the two Texas football games (against Rice [ 4] and Kansas [ 6] ) scheduled for the network. The kickoff times for the scheduled games were moved to fit with the LHN schedule.[ 5]
W 31–356,743[ 2]
September 10 1:00 p.m. McMurry LHN L 21–2431,634
September 17 7:00 p.m. at Southern Utah KMYU L 22–458,683
September 24 1:00 p.m. Bacone LHN W 54–733,517
October 1 6:00 p.m. at No. 16 Sam Houston State L 7–226,889
October 8 4:30 p.m. South Alabama LHN L 27–30 2OT 32,886
October 15 4:00 p.m. at UC Davis L 17–388,876[ 7]
October 29 12:30 p.m. Georgia State LHN W 17–14 OT 25,977
November 12 7:00 p.m. at McNeese State L 21–2411,463
November 19 1:00 p.m. Minot State LHN W 49–732,369
HomecomingRankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time