2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State text logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter (18th season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
Seasons
←  2000
2002  →
2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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.

Contents

Schedule

Due to the September 11 attacks, the Virginia game was rescheduled from September 13, 2001 to December 1, 2001.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 18:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL) *
 ABC L 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
ESPN L 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-14-plain.png
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
 ESPN2 W 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 Plus W 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
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 3Chris GanterFr
QB 4Matt Senneca Redshirt.svg  Jr
RB 5 Larry Johnson Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 6R. J. Luke Redshirt.svg  Jr
QB 7 Zack Mills Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 8 Eric McCoo Sr
WR 11 Tony Johnson So
QB 12 Michael Robinson Fr
WR 13Kinta PalmerFr
WR 17Terrance PhillipsFr
WR 19Gerald Smith Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 20 Eddie Drummond Sr
RB 22Pete Gilmore Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 24 Bryant Johnson Jr
RB 30Anthony Butler Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 28 Anwar Phillips Fr
WR 31Ernie TerrellFr
FB 31Terrence Glover Redshirt.svg  So
FB 33Mike Lukac Redshirt.svg  So
RB 34 Omar Easy Sr
RB 35Aric HeffelfingerFr
WR 36Mike Drenning Redshirt.svg  Fr
FB 39Paul JeffersonSo
FB 42Mick BlosserSr
RB 44Ricky Upton Redshirt.svg  So
RB 45Adam SenkFr
WR 48Munya MaraireJr
G 50Tyler Lenda Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 52Brian FairchildFr
OL 53Tommy McHughFr
G 54Scott Davis Redshirt.svg  Fr
G 55Greg RansomSr
C 56Geoff StrykerSr
OL 57Carl HuntFr
C 59Eric Rickenbach Redshirt.svg  Jr
C 61David Costlow Redshirt.svg  So
OL 62Nick DaiseFr
C 63Joe IorioJr
OT 64Matt SchmittSr
G 66B. J. Evangelista Redshirt.svg  Fr
G 67Jonathan Nabavi Redshirt.svg  So
OT 70Nick Marmo Redshirt.svg  Fr
G 71Joe Hartings Redshirt.svg  Sr
OT 72Gus FelderSr
OL 74 Tyler Reed Fr
OT 75Chris McKelvySo
OT 76Damone Jones Redshirt.svg  So
OL 77E.Z. SmithFr
WR 80Scott Shirley Redshirt.svg  So
WR 81Jason Stryker Redshirt.svg  Fr
FB 82 Sean McHugh So
WR 83Ryan Scott Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 84Steve Delich Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 85 John Gilmore Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 88 Matt Kranchick Redshirt.svg  So
TE 89Andrew RichardsonFr
TE 90 Isaac Smolko Fr
TE 91Mike Pawlikowski Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 93Casey Williams Redshirt.svg  So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Bruce Branch Sr
LB 2Deryck Toles Redshirt.svg  So
DE 3Ron GrahamSr
S 9Sam CrenshawSr
LB 10Jesse NeumeyerFr
CB 13Scott SandenFr
S 15Yaacov Yisrael Redshirt.svg  So
LB 16 Andy Ryland Redshirt.svg  So
DB 18Andrew GumanFr
LB 21Shamar FinneySr
S 23 Shawn Mayer Redshirt.svg  Jr
CB 25 Rich Gardner Redshirt.svg  So
DB 26Nolan McCreadyFr
DB 27 Chris Harrell Fr
LB 28Erik Holt Redshirt.svg  Jr
S 28James Millon Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 29Paul CroninFr
LB 29Ryan Pinckney Redshirt.svg  Jr
DL 70Michael Butler Redshirt.svg  Fr
CB 32 Bryan Scott Jr
LB 35Dave BenfattiSr
DB 36 Alan Zemaitis Fr
LB 37LaMar StewartFr
S 38Jimi Mitchell Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 40T.C. Cosby Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 41Tom Williams Redshirt.svg  Sr
DB 43 Adam Taliaferro So
DB 44Marcus MillsFr
CB 45Tom HumphreySr
DB 46Geo VendemiaFr
LB 47Gino Capone Redshirt.svg  So
DB 48Ben LagoSo
LB 49Dave Jens Redshirt.svg  So
LB 51Tim Johnson Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 53Jason Crosby Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 58Dethrell GarciaFr
DL 59Charles RushFr
DT 60Tyler Valoczki Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 94Israel PaniaguaJr
DT 62Randy Buck Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 65Sam RuheSo
DT 69Jason Robinson Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 73 Jimmy Kennedy Redshirt.svg  Jr
DT 78Erik Noll Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 80Scott PaxsonFr
DE 81 Michael Haynes Redshirt.svg  Jr
DE 84Matthew RiceFr
DE 86Jeremiah Davis Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 87 John Bronson Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 92Lavon ChisleyFr
DE 92T. J. Gholston Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 94 Derek Wake So
DE 96 Bob Jones Redshirt.svg  Sr
DL 97Greg BauerFr
DT 98 Anthony Adams Redshirt.svg  Jr
DT 99Tim Falls Redshirt.svg  Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 14David Royer Redshirt.svg  Jr
K 16 Robbie Gould Fr
K 19Mike Savage Redshirt.svg  So
K 33Matt Huet Redshirt.svg  Fr
P 39Woody SchmidtFr
K 95 David Kimball So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 11, 2001

Post season

NFL draft

Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2002 NFL draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
4th9107 Omar Easy Fullback Kansas City Chiefs
6th24196 John Gilmore Tight end New Orleans Saints

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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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