2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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 year)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (4th year)
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 67,332)

2001 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#12 Illinois $		7	–	1					10	–	2
#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.

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
September 22	11:00 AM	Akron*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 33–14	63,459
September 29	11:00 AM	at Minnesota	#24	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 35–28 OT	40,160
October 6	11:00 AM	Iowa	#21	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 23–14	58,888
October 13	11:00 AM	at #12 Michigan	#17	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 10–24	110,450
October 27	12:00 PM	Northwestern	#24	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 32–27	67,181
November 3	12:00 PM	#21 Illinois	#20	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	ESPN	L 13–38	61,568
November 10	12:00 PM	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 9–35	104,189
November 17	12:00 PM	Michigan State		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 24–14	55,660
November 24	12:00 PM	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ESPN+	L 7–13	36,685
December 1	12:00 PM	Notre Dame*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	L 18–24	68,750
December 31	2:15 PM	#13 Washington State*		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 27–33	47,812
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. 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 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 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 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 Joe Tiller Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Chaney (Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends) Brock Spack (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) Blaine Bennett (Quarterbacks) Scott Downing (Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams) Gary Emanuel (Defensive Ends) Ken Greene (Defensive Backs) Mark Hagen (Defensive Tackles) Danny Hope (Offensive Line) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: October 22, 2013

Season summary

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 7 0 7 0 14 • Purdue 7 6 0 10 23 Date: October 6 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Game attendance: 58,888

Scoring summary 1 9:36 PUR Ashante Woodyard 86 yard interception return (Travis Dorsch kick) Purdue 7–0 1 4:41 IOWA Jeremy Allen 8 yard pass from Kyle McCann (Nate Kaeding kick) Tie 7–7 2 8:38 PUR Travis Dorsch 39 yard field goal Purdue 10–7 2 13:13 PUR Travis Dorsch 42 yard field goal Purdue 13–7 3 6:38 IOWA Kahlil Hill 6 yard pass from Kyle McCann (Nate Kaeding kick) Iowa 14–13 4 12:07 PUR Brandon Hance 4 yard run (Travis Dorsch kick) Purdue 20–14 4 1:38 PUR Travis Dorsch 37 yard field goal Purdue 23–14

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

Awards and honors

• Travis Dorsch, Ray Guy Award