2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten champion
Sugar Bowl, L 34–47 vs. LSU
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12[1]
AP No. 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
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 12 Illinois $  7 –1     10 –2  
No. 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
September 1 2:30 PM at California* Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California FSN W 44–17   38,160[3]
September 8 11:00 AM Northern Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ W 17–12   45,674[4]
September 22 11:00 AM No. 25 Louisville* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN W 34–10   43,232[5]
September 29 2:30 PM at No. 17 Michigan No. 22 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ABC L 20–45   107,085[6]
October 6 11:00 AM Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ W 32–14   53,225[7]
October 13 11:00 AM at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana ESPN2 W 35–14   31,116[8]
October 20 11:00 AM Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN W 42–35   70,904[9]
November 3 11:00 AM at No. 20 Purdue No. 21 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon) ESPN W 38–13   61,568[10]
November 10 2:30 PM Penn State No. 15 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ABC W 33–28   70,904[11]
November 17 11:00 AM at No. 25 Ohio State No. 12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio (Illibuck Trophy) ESPN W 34–22   104,407[12]
November 24 11:00 AM Northwestern No. 10 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN2 W 34–28   45,755[13]
January 1 7:30 PM vs. No. 12 LSU* No. 7 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 34–47   77,688[14]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 71 Luke Butkus Sr
FB 24 Carey Davis So
G 64 David Diehl Jr
QB 15 Kurt Kittner Sr
WR 17 Greg Lewis Jr
WR 6 Brandon Lloyd Sr
WR 86 Aaron Moorehead Jr
G 79 Tony Pashos Sr
C 75 Duke Preston Fr
QB/RB 18 Walter Young Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 96 Brandon Moore Sr
LB 44 Matt Sinclair Fr
DB 28 Eugene Wilson Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 37 Steve Weatherford Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ Year-by-Year Final Coaches' Polls – AFCA.com—Official Site of the American Football Coaches Association Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ CNNSI.com – College Football – Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll – Tuesday January 8, 2002
  3. ↑ "Illinois at California". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 1, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Northern Illinois at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 8, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Louisville at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 22, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Michigan 45, Illinois 20". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 29, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Minnesota at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 6, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Illinois 35, Indiana 14". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 13, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Wisconsin at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 20, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Illinois 38, Purdue 13". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 3, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Penn State at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 10, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Illinois 34, Ohio State 22". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 17, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ "No. 10 Illinois 34, Northwestern 28". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 24, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Louisiana State 47, Illinois 34". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. January 1, 2002. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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