2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2001 record 5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Paterno (36th season)
Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley
Home stadium Beaver Stadium (c. 107,282; grass)
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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Minnesota and Purdue this year. Also, due to the events of 9/11, the Virginia game was rescheduled from September 13, 2001, to December 1, 2001.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 8:00 p.m. No. 2 Miami* Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC L 7–33   109,313
September 22 12:00 p.m. Wisconsin Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC L 6–18   107,253
September 29 12:00 p.m. at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN L 18–24   69,422
October 6 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Michigan Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC L 0–20   107,879
October 20 3:30 p.m. at No. 22 Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ABC W 38–35   42,512
October 27 12:00 p.m. Ohio State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry) ESPN W 29–27   108,327
November 3 12:00 p.m. Southern Miss*dagger Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN2 W 38–20   106,158
November 10 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ABC L 28–33   70,904
November 17 12:00 p.m. Indiana Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN+ W 28–14   106,527
November 24 3:30 p.m. at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy) ESPN W 42–37   72,658
December 1 12:00 p.m. at Virginia* Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA ESPN L 14–20   57,005
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 20 Eddie Drummond Sr
RB 34 Omar Easy Sr
TE 85 John Gilmore Sr
WR 24 Bryant Johnson Jr
RB 5 Larry Johnson Jr
WR 11 Tony Johnson So
TE 88 Matt Kranchick So
TE 33 Mike Lukac  So
RB 8 Eric McCoo Sr
FB 82 Sean McHugh So
QB 7 Zack Mills Fr
QB 4 Matt Senneca Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 98 Anthony Adams Jr
CB 1 Bruce Branch Sr
DT 99 Tim Falls Jr
LB 21 Shamar Finney Sr
CB 25 Rich Gardner So
DE 81 Michael Haynes Jr
DE 96 Bob Jones Sr
DT 73 Jimmy Kennedy Jr
CB 23 Shawn Mayer Jr
CB 32 Bryan Scott Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 16 Robbie Gould Fr
K 95 David Kimball So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Post season

NFL draft

Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2002 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
4th9107Omar EasyFullbackKansas City Chiefs
6th24196John GilmoreTight endNew Orleans Saints

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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