2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2001 Purdue Boilermakers football
Sun Bowl, L 27–33 vs. Washington State
Conference Big Ten Conference
2001 record 6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Tiller (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney (5th year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Brock Spack (4th year)
Base defense 4-3
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 67,332)
2001 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
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 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 1:30 PM at Cincinnati* Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 W 19–14   35,097[1]
September 22 11:00 AM Akron* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 33–14   63,459[1]
September 29 11:00 AM at Minnesota #24 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 35–28 OT  40,160[1]
October 6 11:00 AM Iowa #21 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN W 23–14   58,888[1]
October 13 11:00 AM at #12 Michigan #17 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ESPN L 10–24   110,450[1]
October 27 12:00 PM Northwesterndagger #24 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 32–27   67,181[1]
November 3 12:00 PM #21 Illinois #20 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) ESPN L 13–38   61,568[1]
November 10 12:00 PM at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN L 9–35   104,189[1]
November 17 12:00 PM Michigan State Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 W 24–14   55,660[1]
November 24 12:00 PM at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) ESPN+ L 7–13   36,685[1]
December 1 12:00 PM Notre Dame* Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) ABC L 18–24   68,750[1]
December 31 2:15 PM #13 Washington State* Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) CBS L 27–33   47,812[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Roster

2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Heaggans, GaryGary Heaggans  Sr
RB 3 Lowe, MontrellMontrell Lowe  Jr
QB 4 Hance, BrandonBrandon Hance  Fr
WR 5 James, ChrisChris James Jr
QB 10 Buergler, CarlCarl Buergler Sr
QB 18 Orton, KyleKyle Orton Fr
WR 21 Stubblefield, TaylorTaylor Stubblefield  Fr
WR 23 Noel, KevinKevin Noel Fr
RB 25 Harris, JoeyJoey Harris So
RB 27 Jones, BrandonBrandon Jones Fr
RB 32 Void, JerodJerod Void Fr
RB 36 Brown, SedrickSedrick Brown Sr
FB 42 Schaub, PatrickPatrick Schaub So
RB 45 Rowe, JacobJacob Rowe Jr
OG 54 Turner, RobRob Turner  Jr
OG 68 Kitchel, KellyKelly Kitchel  Jr
OG 70 Rufolo, SeanSean Rufolo  Sr
OG 71 Butler, KellyKelly Butler So
OG 76 Bach, WillieWillie Bach So
OT 77 Lougheed, PetePete Lougheed  Jr
C 79 Mruczkowski, GeneGene Mruczkowski  Jr
WR 80 Simpson, A. T.A. T. Simpson Sr
TE 81 Randolph, ChrisChris Randolph  Sr
WR 82 Standeford, JohnJohn Standeford So
TE 83 Rhinehart, MikeMike Rhinehart Fr
WR 84 Morales, SethSeth Morales  Jr
WR 85 Evans, JamesonJameson Evans Fr
TE 89 Stratton, TimTim Stratton  Sr
 Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 6 Ferrell, DeaunteDeaunte Ferrell So
S 7 Woodyard, AshanteAshante Woodyard  Sr
S 8 Turner, RalphRalph Turner  Jr
S 9 Schweigert, StuartStuart Schweigert So
CB 12 Rogers, AntwaunAntwaun Rogers  Fr
DE 13 Ayodele, AkinAkin Ayodele (C) Sr
CB 14 Dickerson, ChadChad Dickerson So
LB 16 Gardner, GilbertGilbert Gardner
S 17 Smith, BenBen Smith  Sr
S 19 Starling, R'KesR'Kes Starling  Sr
S 20 McQuaid, ChuckChuck McQuaid  Sr
DE 22 Phillips, ShaunShaun Phillips  So
S 24 Getz, JonJon Getz Sr
CB 28 Reeves, JacquesJacques Reeves So
LB 34 Koutouvides, NikoNiko Koutouvides So
S 38 Doe, BradyBrady Doe  Sr
LB 39 Iwuchukwu, BobbyBobby Iwuchukwu Fr
DE 40 Nesfield, KevinKevin Nesfield  So
LB 41 Tone, AlexAlex Tone Sr
LB 44 Goldsberry, JonJon Goldsberry  Fr
LB 47 Johnson, LandonLandon Johnson  So
S 48 Upshur, TimTim Upshur Sr
LB 51 Odom, JoeJoe Odom  Jr
DT 55 Villarreal, BrandonBrandon Villarreal Fr
DE 57 Hawkins, BrentBrent Hawkins Fr
DT 58 Grover, BrentBrent Grover Fr
DE 59 Swann, DougDoug Swann Jr
DE 62 Dzolovic, VedranVedran Dzolovic  So
LB 88 Loerzel, JasonJason Loerzel  Sr
DT 92 Terrill, CraigCraig Terrill  So
DT 98 Mitrione, MattMatt Mitrione  Sr
DT 99 Grier, DaemeonDaemeon Grier Jr
 Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 11 Kurz, ScottScott Kurz  Sr
P 29 Lavin, AaronAaron Lavin  Fr
K 30 Dorsch, TravisTravis Dorsch Sr
LS 69 Shelbourne, JohnJohn Shelbourne  Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Jim Chaney (Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends)
  • Brock Spack (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)
  • Blaine Bennett (Quarterbacks)
  • Scott Downing (Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams)
  • Gary Emanuel (Defensive Ends)
  • Ken Greene (Defensive Backs)
  • Mark Hagen (Defensive Tackles)
  • Danny Hope (Offensive Line)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 22, 2013

Season summary

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 7 070 14
• Purdue 7 6010 23

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Seniors drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Akin AyodeleLinebacker 3 89 Jacksonville Jaguars
Travis DorschPunter4 109 Cincinnati Bengals

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 "The 2001 Boilermakers" (PDF). Purdue University.
  2. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=101&season=2001
  3. ↑ USA Today
  4. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2002.htm
  5. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=3764155