2001 Baltimore Ravens season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Baltimore Ravens 2001 10–6 2nd AFC Central Brian Billick Matt Cavanaugh Marvin Lewis Ozzie Newsome Art Modell PSINet Stadium Won Wild Card Playoffs(at Dolphins) 20–3Lost Divisional Playoffs(at Steelers) 10–27 T Jonathan OgdenTE Shannon SharpeDT Sam AdamsLB Ray LewisFS Rod WoodsonKR Jermaine Lewis 250px Ravens seasons The 2001 season was the Baltimore Ravens' sixth season in the National Football League (NFL) and the third under head coach Brian Billick. Fresh off their victory trip from Super Bowl XXXV, bad news struck the 2001 Ravens as running back Jamal Lewis suffered a knee injury in training camp and would miss the entire season. This weakened the Ravens’ running game. Trent Dilfer was allowed to leave in free agency, and the Ravens elected to have a quarterback room that had Elvis Grbac as the primary starter with Randall Cunningham as the backup. Grbac went 8-6 as a starter but threw 15 touchdowns to 18 interceptions while Cunningham won both of his two starts. Terry Allen led the Ravens in rushing with 658 yards while Jason Brookins had five rushing touchdowns. On the receiving side, Qadry Ismail had 1,059 receiving yards on 74 receptions for seven touchdowns while Shannon Sharpe had a Pro Bowl season with 73 receptions for 811 yards as a tight end. Jermaine Lewis returned 42 punts for 519 yards to go along with 42 kick returns for 1,039 yards and was a Pro Bowl player. Ray Lewis had a league-high 162 combined tackles with three interceptions while Peter Boulware had a career-high 15 sacks. The Ravens were swept by the Browns for the first time since they returned to Cleveland, and the Ravens also failed to equal their 12–4 record from 2000, instead going 10–6 but eventually reaching the postseason for the second consecutive year. They easily shut down the Miami Dolphins, 20–3 in the wild-card round, but were unable to stop the 13–3 Pittsburgh Steelers, in the next round, due to a series of turnovers and penalties. This was the final season Randall Cunningham, Dale Hellestrae, Erik Williams and Carnell Lake would play in the NFL. Offseason Throughout training camp, the team was the first to be covered by and featured on the HBO series Hard Knocks. Draft 2001 NFL draft 2001 Baltimore Ravens 1 31 Todd Heap TE Arizona State yes yes 2 62 Gary Baxter CB Baylor yes 3 92 Casey Rabach C Wisconsin yes 4 148 Edgerton Hartwell LB Western Illinois yes 5 161 Chris Barnes RB New Mexico State 6 194 Joe Maese LS New Mexico yes 7 231 Dwayne Missouri DE Northwestern Personnel Staff / Coaches 2001 Baltimore Ravens Owner and CEO – Art Modell President and coo – David Modell Minority owner – Steve Bisciotti Vice president of player personnel – Ozzie Newsome Director of football administration – Pat Moriarty Director of college scouting – Phil Savage Director of pro personnel – James Harris Assistant director of pro personnel – George Kokinis Head coach – Brian Billick Assistant head coach/secondary – Steve Shafer Offensive coordinator – Matt Cavanaugh Running backs – Matt Simon Wide receivers – Mike Nolan Tight ends/assistant offensive line – Wade Harman Offensive line – Jim Colletto Defensive coordinator – Marvin Lewis Defensive line – Rex Ryan Linebackers – Jack Del Rio Defensive backs – Donnie Henderson Defensive assistant/defensive line – Mike Smith Special teams coordinator – Russ Purnell Assistant special teams – Paul McCord Assistant special teams – Bennie Thompson Head athletic trainer – Bill Tessendorf Strength and conditioning – Jeff Friday Assistant strength and conditioning – Chip Morton Assistant strength and conditioning – Paul Ricci 2001 Fan and Media Guide Baltimore Ravens 2–3 Ravens' Associates Roster 2001 Baltimore Ravens 52 6 5  1 Randall Cunningham 18 Elvis Grbac  7 Chris Redman 29 Terry Allen running back 30 Obafemi Ayanbadejo FB 44 Jason Brookins 32 Sam Gash FB 39 Alan Ricard 23 Moe Williams 87 Qadry Ismail 83 Patrick Johnson wide receiver 84 Jermaine Lewis American football, born 1974 KR/PR 80 Brandon Stokley 89 Travis Taylor American football 86 Todd Heap y 88 John Jones tight end 82 Shannon Sharpe 66 Bennie Anderson G 74 Orlando Bobo G 62 Mike Flynn American football C 64 Edwin Mulitalo G 75 Jonathan Ogden T 65 Jason Thomas American football G/T 77 Kipp Vickers G/T 78 Sammy Williams T 95 Sam Adams American football DT 90 Rob Burnett American football DE 91 Lional Dalton DT 94 Marques Douglas DE 73 Kelly Gregg DT 98 Tony Siragusa DT 96 Adalius Thomas DE 79 Larry Webster DT 58 Peter Boulware OLB 56 Edgerton Hartwell y MLB 50 Brad Jackson OLB 52 Ray Lewis MLB 55 Jamie Sharper OLB 54 Shannon Taylor American football OLB 28 Gary Baxter y CB/S 45 Corey Harris American football, born 1969 SS/KR 37 Carnell Lake SS 21 Chris McAlister CB/PR 42 Anthony Mitchell American football FS 24 Alvin Porter y CB 22 Duane Starks CB 38 James Trapp CB 26 Rod Woodson FS 70 Dale Hellestrae LS 12 Danny Kight K  5 Kyle Richardson punter P  3 Matt Stover K 15 Albert Horsey y WR IR 31 Jamal Lewis American football RB IR 59 Joe Maese y LS IR 99 Michael McCrary DE IR 72 Leon Searcy T IR 76 Erik Williams T/Retired 85 Jonathan Burrough y TE 81 Kenyon Hambrick y WR 17 Bobby Newcombe y QB 53 Anthony Sessions y LB 33 Reggie Waddell y CB Schedule Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 August 13, 2001 at Philadelphia Eagles Canceled 2 August 18, 2001 at New York Jets L 3–16 0–1 3 August 23, 2001 Carolina Panthers L 17–20 0–2 4 August 31, 2001 New York Giants W 38–9 1–22001 Baltimore Ravens schedule and results Regular season Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 Chicago Bears W 17–6 1–0 PSINet Stadium 69,365 2MIN-BAL The Ravens were originally scheduled to host the Minnesota Vikings during Week 2 of the original NFL schedule (September 17) at PSINet Stadium. However, due to the September 11 attacks, the game was rescheduled to Week 17. September 23 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10–21 1–1 Paul Brown Stadium 51,121 3 September 30 at Denver Broncos W 20–13 2–1 Invesco Field at Mile High 75,082 4 October 7 Tennessee Titans W 26–7 3–1 PSINet Stadium 69,494 5 October 14 at Green Bay Packers L 23–31 3–2 Lambeau Field 59,866 6 October 21 at Cleveland Browns L 14–24 3–3 Cleveland Browns Stadium 72,818 7 October 28 Jacksonville Jaguars W 18–17 4–3 PSINet Stadium 69,439 8 November 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 13–10 5–3 Heinz Field 62,906 9 November 12, 2001 at Tennessee Titans W 16–10 6–3 Adelphia Coliseum 68,798 10 November 18 Cleveland Browns L 17–27 6–4 PSINet Stadium 69,353 11 November 25 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 24–21 7–4 Alltel Stadium 53,530 12 December 2 Indianapolis Colts W 39–27 8–4 PSINet Stadium 69,382 13 Bye 14 December 16 Pittsburgh Steelers L 21–26 8–5 PSINet Stadium 69,506 15 December 23 Cincinnati Bengals W 16–0 9–5 PSINet Stadium 68,987 16 December 29, 2001 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–22 9–6 Raymond James Stadium 65,619 17MIN-BAL January 7, 2002 Minnesota Vikings W 19–3 10–6 PSINet Stadium 69,465 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Postseason 2001–02 NFL playoffs Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance Wild Card January 13, 2002 at Miami Dolphins W 20–3 1–0 72,251 Divisional January 20, 2002 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–27 1–1 63,976 Division standings Game summaries AFC Wild Card game vs Miami Dolphins Baltimore Ravens vs Miami Dolphins Ravens 0 7 7 6 Dolphins 3 0 0 0 Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida 4:00 p.m. EST 73 °F °C 1 or, partly sunny CBS Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Phil Simms (color commentator), Armen Keteyian, and Bonnie Bernstein (sideline reporters) Mike Carey 72,251 Scoring MIA – field goal Mare 33 MIA 3–0 BAL – Allen 4 run (Stover kick) BAL 7–3 BAL – Taylor 4 pass from Grbac (Stover kick) BAL 14–3 BAL – field goal Stover 35 BAL 17–3 BAL – field goal Stover 40 BAL 20–3 AFC Divisional Playoff vs Pittsburgh Steelers Ravens 0 3 7 0 Steelers 10 10 0 7 at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: 12:30 pm EST Game weather: 30 °F °C 1 or (Mostly Cloudy) Game attendance: 63,976 Referee: Tony Corrente TV announcers: (CBS) Dick Enberg (play by play), Dan Dierdorf (color commentator), Bonnie Bernstein (sideline reporter) Notes References External links 2001 Baltimore Ravens at Pro-Football-Reference.com 2001 Baltimore Ravens at jt-sw.com Baltimore Ravens Category:Baltimore Ravens seasons Baltimore Ravens Category:2000s in Baltimore Category:Hard Knocks (documentary series)