2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football

MAC East Champions
GMAC Bowl Champions

GMAC Bowl, W 64-61 vs. East Carolina

Conference

Mid-American Conference East

Ranking

Coaches

#21

2001 record

11-2 (8-0 MAC)

Head coach

Bob Pruett

Offensive coordinator

Mark McHale

Defensive coordinator

Bill Wilt

Home stadium

Marshall University Stadium

Seasons

« 2000

2002 »


2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
East
Marshall ^x	8	–	0	11	–	2
Miami	6	–	2	7	–	5
Bowling Green	5	–	3	8	–	3
Kent State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Akron	4	–	4	4	–	7
Buffalo	1	–	7	3	–	8
Ohio	1	–	7	1	–	10
West
#23 Toledo ^x†	5	–	2	10	–	2
Northern Illinois	4	–	3	6	–	5
Ball State	4	–	3	5	–	6
Western Michigan	4	–	4	5	–	6
Central Michigan	2	–	6	3	–	8
Eastern Michigan	1	–	6	2	–	9
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in 2001 season in NCAA Division I-A. When Marshall played ECU in the GMAC Bowl, it was the highest scoring bowl game in college football history.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	at #1 Florida*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	L 14-49	85,445
September 8	Massachusetts*		Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 49-20	27,533
September 29	Bowling Green		Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 37-31	32,034
October 6	at Northern Illinois		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 37-15	17,367
October 13	at Buffalo		UB Stadium • Amherst, NY		W 34-14	12,438
October 20	Central Michigan		Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 42-21	30,063
October 27	Akron		Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 50-33	22,129
November 3	at Kent State		Dix Stadium • Kent, OH		W 42-21	12,607
November 10	at Miami (OH)		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH		W 27-21	24,286
November 17	Ohio	#24	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV (Battle for the Bell)		W 42-18	24,932
November 24	Youngstown State*	#20	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 38-24	16,041
November 30	at Toledo	#18	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	L 36-41	20,025
December 19	vs. East Carolina*	#25	Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl)	ESPN2	W 64-61 ^2OT	40,139
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time^[1].

Team Players drafted in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Chris Massey	Fullback	7	243	St. Louis Rams

^[2]

References

Marshall Football Web Site (Archived 2009-05-17)

^ "2001 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Team." 2001 Marshall University Football Media Guide Retrieved on April 16, 2009. Archived 2009-05-29.
^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2002.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

Marshall Thundering Herd football

Venues	Fairfield Stadium (1927–1990) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Friends of Coal Bowl (West Virginia) Battle for the Bell (Ohio)

Culture & lore	Marco the Buffalo "Sons of Marshall" Marching Thunder Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University: Ashes to Glory We Are Marshall

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

National championship seasons in bold