2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2001 Big Ten football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Northwestern Wildcats football
2001 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2001 record	4–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (3rd season)
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)

The 2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 PM	at UNLV*	No. 16	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPN2	W 37–28	26,721
September 15		Navy				Cancelled due to September 11 attacks
September 22	5:00 PM	at Duke*	No. 16	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		W 44–7	18,427
September 29	2:30 PM	No. 23 Michigan State	No. 16	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ABC	W 27–26	40,103
October 6	6:45 PM	at Ohio State	No. 14	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 20–38	104,042
October 13	11:00 AM	Minnesota		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 23–17	31,097
October 20	2:30 PM	Penn State	No. 20	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ABC	L 35–38	42,512
October 27	11:00 AM	at No. 24 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	L 27–32	67,181
November 3	12:00 PM	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		L 21–56	26,213
November 10	11:00 AM	Iowa		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 16–59	36,458
November 17	11:00 AM	Bowling Green*		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		L 42–43	23,545
November 22	12:00 PM	at No. 10 Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 28–34	45,755
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`20`	Damien Anderson	Sr
C	`62`	Austin King	Jr
T	`73`	Jeff Roehl	Jr
QB	`10`	Zak Kustok	Sr
OL	`56`	Mike Souza	Sr
WR	`32`	Sam Simmons	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`2`	Kevin Bentley	Sr
DE	`7`	Ray Bogenrief	So
DT	`94`	Luis Castillo	Fr
DT	`98`	Pete Chapman	Jr
DT	`97`	Colby Clark	Fr
CB	`27`	Raheem Covington	Jr
LB	`3`	Pat Durr	Jr
LB	`8`	Napoleon Harris	Sr
DE	`96`	Greg Lutzen	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2002-02-08

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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