2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

2001 Purdue Boilermakers football
2001 Purdue Boilermakers football
Sun Bowl, L 27–33 vs. Washington State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2001 record	6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium; (Capacity: 67,332)
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

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

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:30 pm	at Cincinnati*		Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	W 19–14	35,097^[1]
September 22	11:00 am	Akron*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 33–14	63,459^[1]
September 29	11:00 am	at Minnesota	No. 24	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 35–28 ^OT	40,160^[1]
October 6	11:00 am	Iowa	No. 21	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 23–14	58,888^[1]
October 13	11:00 am	at No. 12 Michigan	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 10–24	110,450^[1]
October 27	12:00 pm	Northwestern	No. 24	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 32–27	67,181^[1]
November 3	12:00 pm	No. 21 Illinois	No. 20	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	ESPN	L 13–38	61,568^[1]
November 10	12:00 pm	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 9–35	104,189^[1]
November 17	12:00 pm	Michigan State		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 24–14	55,660^[1]
November 24	12:00 pm	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ESPN+	L 7–13	36,685^[1]
December 1	12:00 pm	Notre Dame*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	L 18–24	68,750^[1]
December 31	2:15 pm	No. 13 Washington State*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 27–33	47,812^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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
OG	`54`	Rob Turner	Jr
OG	`68`	Kelly Kitchel	Jr
OG	`70`	Sean Rufolo	Sr
OG	`71`	Kelly Butler	So
OG	`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`		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

Roster
Last update: October 22, 2013

v t Purdue Boilermakers football
Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)
Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Holy Buckeye Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	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