2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football
MAC East Division champion
GMAC Bowl champion
GMAC Bowl, W 64–61 2OT vs. East Carolina
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division East
Ranking
Coaches No. 21
2001 record 11–2 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach Bob Pruett (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Mark McHale
Defensive coordinator Bill Wilt
Home stadium Marshall University Stadium
(Capacity: 38,019)
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L    W L 
East Division
Marshall x  6 0     8 0     11 2  
Miami  4 2     6 2     7 5  
Bowling Green  4 2     5 3     8 3  
Kent State  3 3     5 3     6 5  
Akron  3 3     4 4     4 7  
Buffalo  1 5     1 7     3 8  
Ohio  0 6     1 7     1 10  
West Division
#23 Toledo xy$  4 1     5 2     10 2  
Northern Illinois x  4 1     4 3     6 5  
Ball State x  4 1     4 3     5 6  
Western Michigan  2 3     4 4     5 6  
Central Michigan  1 4     2 6     3 8  
Eastern Michigan  0 5     1 6     2 9  
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Marshall finished the season with a 64–61 win over East Carolina in the GMAC Bowl. It was the highest scoring bowl game in college football history.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:15 PM at No. 1 Florida* Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL ESPN2 L 14–49   85,445
September 8 7:00 PM UMass* Marshall University StadiumHuntington, WV W 49–20   27,533
September 15 at TCU* Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX Canceled[a]
September 29 7:00 PM Bowling Green Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 37–31   32,034
October 6 2:00 PM at Northern Illinois Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL W 37–15   17,367
October 13 1:00 PM at Buffalo UB StadiumAmherst, NY W 34–14   12,438
October 20 4:00 PM Central Michigandagger Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 42–21   30,063
October 27 7:00 PM Akron Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 50–33   22,129
November 3 3:00 PM at Kent State Dix StadiumKent, OH W 42–21   12,607
November 10 12:00 PM at Miami (OH) Yager StadiumOxford, OH W 27–21   24,286
November 17 3:00 PM Ohio No. 24 Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV (Battle for the Bell) W 42–18   24,932
November 24 7:00 PM Youngstown State* No. 20 Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV W 38–24   16,041
November 30 7:30 PM at Toledo No. 18 Glass BowlToledo, OH (MAC Championship Game) ESPN2 L 36–41   20,025
December 19 8:00 PM vs. East Carolina* No. 25 Ladd Peebles StadiumMobile, AL (GMAC Bowl) ESPN2 W 64–61 2OT  40,139
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
^[a] The game between Marshall and TCU was canceled due to the September 11 attacks.[1]


Roster

2001 Marshall Thundering Herd football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 83 Brad Bates Fr
OL 77 Josh Blakey Fr
RB 8 Bradon Carey So
QB 7 Byron Leftwich Jr
G 75 Steve Sciullo Jr
WR 40 Darius Watts So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 3 Moriah Anderson Fr
LB 43 Kevin Atkins Fr
LB 1 Gladstone Coke So
FS 19 Chris Crocker Jr
DE 50 Johnathan Goddard Fr
LB 5 Max Yates Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 54 Chris Massey Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-12-22

Team players drafted in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Chris MasseyFullback7243St. Louis Rams

[2]

References

  1. http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091301aaa.html
  2. "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
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