2011 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	4–8 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Stoops (8th season; first 6 games) Tim Kish (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive coordinator	Seth Littrell (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tim Kish (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This was the first year for Arizona in the newly reconfigured Pac-12 Conference; they played in the Pac-12 South Division. They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Pac-12 play.

The team was coached by interim head coach Tim Kish for the last six games of the season after eighth-year head coach Mike Stoops was fired as head coach on October 10 after starting the season 1–5 (their sole victory was against FCS Northern Arizona). Including the previous season, the Wildcats under Stoops had lost 10 consecutive games against FBS opponents, with their last victory over a FBS team taking place nearly a year earlier on October 30, 2010, against UCLA. Kish, the team's defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[1] Kish finished the season 3–3, including a Duel in the Desert victory over Arizona State to reclaim the Territorial Cup. Rich Rodriguez was named the Wildcats' new full-time head coach starting in 2012.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSAZ	W 41–10	51,761[2]
September 8	5:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	L 14–37	54,654[3]
September 17	7:45 p.m.	No. 6 Stanford	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN	L 10–37	49,636[4]
September 24	7:15 p.m.	No. 10 Oregon	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN2	L 31–56	56,096[5]
October 1	12:30 p.m.	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 41–48	63,707[6]
October 8	12:30 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FCS Pacific	L 27–37	40,403[7]
October 20	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ESPN	W 48–12	46,565[8]
October 29	7:30 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 31–42	59,825[9]
November 5	5:00 p.m.	Utah	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FCS	L 21–34	50,389[10]
November 12	11:30 a.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FCS	L 29–48	48,111[11]
November 19	7:30 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FSAZ	W 31–27	72,694[12]
November 26	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Arizona, Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 45–37	38,819
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2011 Arizona Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Keola Antolin Sr WR 15 Dan Buckner Jr RB 25 Ka'Deem Carey Fr WR 82 Juron Criner Sr WR 85 David Douglas Sr QB 8 Nick Foles Sr WR 12 Patrick Onwuasor Fr QB 4 Matt Scott  Jr WR 11 Tyler Slavin  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Marquis Flowers So CB 5 Shaquille Richardson So CB 13 Trevin Wade Sr DL 91 Sione Tuihalamaka So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike Stoops Tim Kish Coordinators/assistant coaches Ryan Walters Defensive backs coach Robert Anae Run game coordinator/ offensive line coach Seth Littrell Offensive coordinator/ tight ends/ running backs coach Frank Scelfo Quarterbacks coach Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

vs Northern Arizona

at No. 9 Oklahoma State