2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorTom Bradley
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Big Ten Conference 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

Due to the September 11 attacks, the Virginia game was rescheduled from September 13, to December 1.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 18:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)*
ABCL 7–33109,313
September 2212:00 p.m.Wisconsin
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCL 6–18107,253
September 2912:00 p.m.at Iowa
ESPNL 18–2469,422
October 63:30 p.m.No. 15 Michigan
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCL 0–20107,879
October 203:30 p.m.at No. 22 Northwestern
ABCW 38–3542,512
October 2712:00 p.m.Ohio State
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ESPNW 29–27108,327
November 312:00 p.m.Southern Miss*dagger
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 38–20106,158[2]
November 103:30 p.m.at No. 15 Illinois
ABCL 28–3370,904
November 1712:00 p.m.Indiana
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN PlusW 28–14106,527
November 243:30 p.m.at Michigan State
ESPNW 42–3772,658
December 112:00 p.m.at Virginia*
ESPNL 14–2057,005
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 3 Chris Ganter Fr
QB 4 Matt Senneca  Jr
RB 5 Larry Johnson  Jr
TE 6 R. J. Luke  Jr
QB 7 Zack Mills  Fr
RB 8 Eric McCoo Sr
WR 11 Tony Johnson So
QB 12 Michael Robinson Fr
WR 13 Kinta Palmer Fr
WR 17 Terrance Phillips Fr
WR 19 Gerald Smith  Fr
WR 20 Eddie Drummond Sr
RB 22 Pete Gilmore  Fr
WR 24 Bryant Johnson Jr
RB 30 Anthony Butler  Jr
WR 28 Anwar Phillips Fr
WR 31 Ernie Terrell Fr
FB 31 Terrence Glover  So
FB 33 Mike Lukac  So
RB 34 Omar Easy Sr
RB 35 Aric Heffelfinger Fr
WR 36 Mike Drenning  Fr
FB 39 Paul Jefferson So
FB 42 Mick Blosser Sr
RB 44 Ricky Upton  So
RB 45 Adam Senk Fr
WR 48 Munya Maraire Jr
G 50 Tyler Lenda  Jr
OL 52 Brian Fairchild Fr
OL 53 Tommy McHugh Fr
G 54 Scott Davis  Fr
G 55 Greg Ransom Sr
C 56 Geoff Stryker Sr
OL 57 Carl Hunt Fr
C 59 Eric Rickenbach  Jr
C 61 David Costlow  So
OL 62 Nick Daise Fr
C 63 Joe Iorio Jr
OT 64 Matt Schmitt Sr
G 66 B. J. Evangelista  Fr
G 67 Jonathan Nabavi  So
OT 70 Nick Marmo  Fr
G 71 Joe Hartings  Sr
OT 72 Gus Felder Sr
OL 74 Tyler Reed Fr
OT 75 Chris McKelvy So
OT 76 Damone Jones  So
OL 77 E.Z. Smith Fr
WR 80 Scott Shirley  So
WR 81 Jason Stryker  Fr
FB 82 Sean McHugh So
WR 83 Ryan Scott  Fr
WR 84 Steve Delich  Jr
TE 85 John Gilmore  Sr
WR 88 Matt Kranchick  So
TE 89 Andrew Richardson Fr
TE 90 Isaac Smolko Fr
TE 91 Mike Pawlikowski  Fr
TE 93 Casey Williams  So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 1 Bruce Branch Sr
LB 2 Deryck Toles  So
DE 3 Ron Graham Sr
S 9 Sam Crenshaw Sr
LB 10 Jesse Neumeyer Fr
CB 13 Scott Sanden Fr
S 15 Yaacov Yisrael  So
LB 16 Andy Ryland  So
DB 18 Andrew Guman Fr
LB 21 Shamar Finney Sr
S 23 Shawn Mayer  Jr
CB 25 Rich Gardner  So
DB 26 Nolan McCready Fr
DB 27 Chris Harrell Fr
LB 28 Erik Holt  Jr
S 28 James Millon  Jr
DB 29 Paul Cronin Fr
LB 29 Ryan Pinckney  Jr
DL 70 Michael Butler  Fr
CB 32 Bryan Scott Jr
LB 35 Dave Benfatti Sr
DB 36 Alan Zemaitis Fr
LB 37 LaMar Stewart Fr
S 38 Jimi Mitchell  Fr
LB 40 T.C. Cosby  Fr
LB 41 Tom Williams  Sr
DB 43 Adam Taliaferro So
DB 44 Marcus Mills Fr
CB 45 Tom Humphrey Sr
DB 46 Geo Vendemia Fr
LB 47 Gino Capone  So
DB 48 Ben Lago So
LB 49 Dave Jens  So
LB 51 Tim Johnson  Fr
DE 53 Jason Crosby  Fr
LB 58 Dethrell Garcia Fr
DL 59 Charles Rush Fr
DT 60 Tyler Valoczki  Jr
LB 94 Israel Paniagua Jr
DT 62 Randy Buck  Jr
LB 65 Sam Ruhe So
DT 69 Jason Robinson  Fr
DT 73 Jimmy Kennedy  Jr
DT 78 Erik Noll  Fr
DE 80 Scott Paxson Fr
DE 81 Michael Haynes  Jr
DE 84 Matthew Rice Fr
DE 86 Jeremiah Davis  Fr
DE 87 John Bronson  Fr
DE 92 Lavon Chisley Fr
DE 92 T. J. Gholston  Jr
LB 94 Derek Wake So
DE 96 Bob Jones  Sr
DL 97 Greg Bauer Fr
DT 98 Anthony Adams  Jr
DT 99 Tim Falls  Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 14 David Royer  Jr
K 16 Robbie Gould Fr
K 19 Mike Savage  So
K 33 Matt Huet  Fr
P 39 Woody Schmidt Fr
K 95 David Kimball So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 11, 2001

Post season

NFL draft

Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2002 NFL Draft.

Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
4th 9 107 Omar Easy Fullback Kansas City Chiefs
6th 24 196 John Gilmore Tight end New Orleans Saints

References

  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "Penn State thumps USM". Hattiesburg American. November 4, 2001. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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