2001 Purdue Boilermakers football
Sun Bowl, L 27–33 vs. Washington State
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Chaney (5th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (5th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRoss–Ade 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 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:30 pmat Cincinnati*
ESPN2W 19–1435,097[1]
September 2211:00 amAkron*
W 33–1463,459[1]
September 2911:00 amat MinnesotaNo. 24
ESPN2W 35–28 OT40,160[1]
October 611:00 amIowaNo. 21
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNW 23–1458,888[1]
October 1311:00 amat No. 12 MichiganNo. 17
ESPNL 10–24110,450[1]
October 2712:00 pmNorthwesterndaggerNo. 24
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2W 32–2767,181[1]
November 312:00 pmNo. 21 IllinoisNo. 20
ESPNL 13–3861,568[1]
November 1012:00 pmat Ohio State
ESPNL 9–35104,189[1]
November 1712:00 pmMichigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2W 24–1455,660[1]
November 2412:00 pmat Indiana
ESPN+L 7–1336,685[1]
December 112:00 pmNotre Dame*
ABCL 18–2468,750[1]
December 312:15 pmNo. 13 Washington State*
CBSL 27–3347,812[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Gary Heaggans  Sr
RB 3 Montrell Lowe  Jr
QB 4 Brandon Hance  Fr
WR 5 Chris James Jr
QB 10 Carl Buergler Sr
QB 18 Kyle Orton Fr
WR 21 Taylor Stubblefield  Fr
WR 23 Kevin Noel Fr
RB 25 Joey Harris So
RB 27 Brandon Jones Fr
WR 31 Jimmy Guidos So
RB 32 Jerod Void Fr
RB 36 Sedrick Brown Sr
FB 42 Patrick Schaub So
RB 45 Jacob Rowe Jr
G 54 Rob Turner  Jr
G 68 Kelly Kitchel  Jr
G 70 Sean Rufolo  Sr
G 71 Kelly Butler So
G 76 Willie Bach So
OT 77 Pete Lougheed  Jr
C 79 Gene Mruczkowski  Jr
WR 80 A. T. Simpson Sr
TE 81 Chris Randolph  Sr
WR 82 John Standeford So
TE 83 Mike Rhinehart Fr
WR 84 Seth Morales  Jr
WR 85 Jameson Evans Fr
TE 89 Tim Stratton  Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 6 Deaunte Ferrell So
S 7 Ashante Woodyard  Sr
S 8 Ralph Turner  Jr
S 9 Stuart Schweigert So
CB 12 Antwaun Rogers  Fr
DE 13 Akin Ayodele (C) Sr
CB 14 Chad Dickerson So
LB 16 Gilbert Gardner
S 17 Ben Smith  Sr
S 19 R'Kes Starling  Sr
S 20 Chuck McQuaid  Sr
DE 22 Shaun Phillips  So
S 24 Jon Getz Sr
CB 28 Jacques Reeves So
LB 34 Niko Koutouvides So
S 38 Brady Doe  Sr
LB 39 Bobby Iwuchukwu Fr
DE 40 Kevin Nesfield  So
LB 41 Alex Tone Sr
LB 44 Jon Goldsberry  Fr
LB 47 Landon Johnson  So
S 48 Tim Upshur Sr
LB 51 Joe Odom  Jr
DT 55 Brandon Villarreal Fr
DE 57 Brent Hawkins Fr
DT 58 Brent Grover Fr
DE 59 Doug Swann Jr
DE 62 Vedran Dzolovic  So
DT 75 Emmitt Tyler II Fr
LB 88 Jason Loerzel  Sr
DT 92 Craig Terrill  So
DT 98 Matt Mitrione  Sr
DT 99 Daemeon Grier Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 11 Scott Kurz  Sr
P 29 Aaron Lavin  Fr
K 30 Travis Dorsch Sr
LS 69 John Shelbourne  Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 22, 2013

Season summary

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 7 070 14
• Purdue 7 6010 23
Scoring summary
19:36PURAshante Woodyard 86 yard interception return (Travis Dorsch kick)Purdue 7–0
14:41IOWAJeremy Allen 8 yard pass from Kyle McCann (Nate Kaeding kick)Tie 7–7
28:38PURTravis Dorsch 39 yard field goalPurdue 10–7
213:13PURTravis Dorsch 42 yard field goalPurdue 13–7
36:38IOWAKahlil Hill 6 yard pass from Kyle McCann (Nate Kaeding kick)Iowa 14–13
412:07PURBrandon Hance 4 yard run (Travis Dorsch kick)Purdue 20–14
41:38PURTravis Dorsch 37 yard field goalPurdue 23–14

[2]

Seniors drafted by the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Akin Ayodele Linebacker 3 89 Jacksonville Jaguars
Travis Dorsch Punter 4 109 Cincinnati Bengals

[3]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "The 2001 Boilermakers" (PDF). Purdue University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. ^ USA Today
  3. ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
  4. ^ "Ray Guy Award Winners".
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