2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2001 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSpread
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumRyan Field
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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 77:00 pmat UNLV*No. 16
ESPN2W 37–2826,721
September 225:00 pmat Duke*No. 16
W 44–718,427
September 292:30 pmNo. 23 Michigan StateNo. 16
ABCW 27–2640,103
October 66:45 pmat Ohio StateNo. 14
ESPNL 20–38104,042
October 1311:00 amMinnesota
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+W 23–1731,097
October 202:30 pmPenn StateNo. 22
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ABCL 35–3842,512
October 2711:00 amat No. 24 Purdue
ESPN2L 27–3267,181
November 312:00 pmat Indiana
L 21–5626,213
November 1011:00 amIowa
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+L 16–5936,458
November 1711:00 amBowling Green*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 42–4323,545
November 2212:00 pmat No. 10 Illinois
ESPN2L 28–3445,755
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster[edit]

2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 20 Damien Anderson Sr
C 62 Austin King Jr
OT 73 Jeff Roehl Jr
QB 10 Zak Kustok (C) Sr
OL 56 Mike Souza Sr
WR 32 Sam Simmons Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 2 Kevin Bentley Sr
DE 7 Ray Bogenrief So
DT 94 Luis Castillo Fr
DT 98 Pete Chapman Jr
DT 97 Colby Clark Fr
CB 27 Raheem Covington Jr
LB 3 Pat Durr Jr
LB 8 Napoleon Harris (C) Sr
DE 96 Greg Lutzen Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-02-08

Team players in the NFL[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Napoleon Harris Linebacker 1 23 Oakland Raiders
Kevin Bentley Linebacker 4 101 Cleveland Browns
Sam Simmons Wide Receiver 5 170 Miami Dolphins

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "2001 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results".


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