2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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

Schedule

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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. 24ESPN2W 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. 17ESPNL 10–24110,450[1]
October 2712:00 pmNorthwestern No. 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 StateESPNL 9–35104,189[1]
November 1712:00 pmMichigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPN2W 24–1455,660[1]
November 2412:00 pmat IndianaESPN+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
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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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
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 22, 2013

Season summary

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Iowa

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1 234Total
Iowa 7 070 14
• Purdue 7 6010 23

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Seniors drafted by the NFL

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

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Awards and honors

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References

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  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".