2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
| 2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Big Ten Champions | |
Sugar Bowl, L 34–47 vs. LSU | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | #12[1] |
| AP | #12[2] |
| 2001 record | 10–2 (7–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Ron Turner |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904) |
| 2001 Big Ten football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Illinois † | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 Michigan | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Led by senior quarterback Kurt Kittner, the team won the Big Ten Conference title and earned a Sugar Bowl berth, but lost to LSU, 47–34.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| September 1 | 2:30 PM | at California* | Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA | FSN | W 44–17 | 38,160[3] | ||
| September 8 | 11:00 AM | Northern Illinois* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | W 17–12 | 45,674[4] | ||
| September 22 | 11:00 AM | #25 Louisville* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN | W 34–10 | 43,232[5] | ||
| September 29 | 2:30 PM | at #17 Michigan | #22 | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | ABC | L 20–45 | 107,085[6] | |
| October 6 | 11:00 AM | Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN+ | W 32–14 | 53,225[7] | ||
| October 13 | 11:00 AM | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | ESPN2 | W 35–14 | 31,116[8] | ||
| October 20 | 11:00 AM | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN | W 42–35 | 70,904[9] | ||
| November 3 | 11:00 AM | at #20 Purdue | #21 | Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) | ESPN | W 38–13 | 61,568[10] | |
| November 10 | 2:30 PM | Penn State | #15 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ABC | W 33–28 | 70,904[11] | |
| November 17 | 11:00 AM | at #25 Ohio State | #12 | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) | ESPN | W 34–22 | 104,407[12] | |
| November 24 | 11:00 AM | Northwestern | #10 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | ESPN2 | W 34–28 | 45,755[13] | |
| January 1 | 7:30 PM | vs. #12 LSU* | #7 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 34–47 | 77,688[14] | |
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Year-by-Year Final Coaches' Polls – AFCA.com—Official Site of the American Football Coaches Association
- ↑ CNNSI.com – College Football – Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll – Tuesday January 8, 2002
- ↑ "Illinois at California". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 1, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Northern Illinois at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 8, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Louisville at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 22, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan 45, Illinois 20". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 29, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Minnesota at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 6, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Illinois 35, Indiana 14". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 13, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Wisconsin at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 20, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Illinois 38, Purdue 13". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 3, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Penn State at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 10, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Illinois 34, Ohio State 22". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 17, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "No. 10 Illinois 34, Northwestern 28". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 24, 2001. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Louisiana State 47, Illinois 34". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. January 1, 2002. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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