2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season August 2012 February 2026 football 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State text logo.svg 250 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 5–6 4–4 Joe Paterno 36th Fran Ganter 18th Tom Bradley 2nd Pro-style 4–3 Beaver Stadium The 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.Penn State Yearly Results (2000-2004) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse July 26, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/penn_state/2000-2004_yearly_results.php August 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150805073109/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/penn_state/2000-2004_yearly_results.php dead The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Schedule Due to the September 11 attacks, the Virginia game was rescheduled from September 13, 2001, to December 1, 2001. 2001 AP Eastern September 1 8:00 p.m. l y Miami (FL) 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC 7–33 109,313 September 22 12:00 p.m. l Wisconsin Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC 6–18 107,253 September 29 12:00 p.m. l y Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA ESPN 18–24 69,422 October 6 3:30 p.m. l Michigan 15 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA rivalry ABC 0–20 107,879 October 20 3:30 p.m. w y Northwestern 22 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ABC 38–35 42,512 October 27 12:00 p.m. w Ohio State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA rivalry ESPN 29–27 108,327 November 3 12:00 p.m. w y y Southern Miss Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN2 38–20 106,158 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109327131/penn-state-thumps-usm/ Hattiesburg American Penn State thumps USM November 4, 2001 September 10, 2022 Newspapers.com November 10 3:30 p.m. l y Illinois 15 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ABC 28–33 70,904 November 17 12:00 p.m. w Indiana Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN Plus 28–14 106,527 November 24 3:30 p.m. w y Michigan State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI rivalry ESPN 42–37 72,658 December 1 12:00 p.m. l y y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ESPN 14–20 57,005 Roster 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions y Chris Ganter 3 QB FR Matt Senneca 4 QB JR y Larry Johnson 5 RB JR y y Larry Johnson (running back) R. J. Luke 6 TE JR y Zack Mills 7 QB FR y y Eric McCoo 8 RB SR y Tony Johnson 11 WR SO y Tony Johnson (wide receiver) Michael Robinson 12 QB FR y Michael Robinson (fullback) Kinta Palmer 13 WR FR Terrance Phillips 17 WR FR Gerald Smith 19 WR FR y Eddie Drummond 20 WR SR y Pete Gilmore 22 RB FR y Bryant Johnson 24 WR JR y Anthony Butler 30 RB FR y Anwar Phillips 28 WR FR y Ernie Terrell 31 WR FR Terrence Glover 31 FB SO y Mike Lukac 33 FB SO y Omar Easy 34 RB SR y Aric Heffelfinger 35 RB FR Mike Drenning 36 WR FR y Paul Jefferson 39 FB SO Mick Blosser 42 FB SR Ricky Upton 44 RB SO y Adam Senk 45 RB FR Munya Maraire 48 WR JR Tyler Lenda 50 G JR y Brian Fairchild 52 OL FR Tommy McHugh 53 OL FR Scott Davis 54 G FR y Greg Ransom 55 G SR Geoff Stryker 56 C SR Carl Hunt 57 OL FR Eric Rickenbach 59 C JR y David Costlow 61 C SO y Nick Daise 62 OL FR Joe Iorio 63 C JR Matt Schmitt 64 T SR B. J. Evangelista 66 G FR y Jonathan Nabavi 67 G SO y Nick Marmo 70 T FR y Joe Hartings 71 G SR y Gus Felder 72 T SR Tyler Reed 74 OL FR y Tyler Reed (American football) Chris McKelvy 75 T SO Damone Jones 76 T SO y E.Z. Smith 77 OL FR Scott Shirley 80 WR SO y Jason Stryker 81 WR FR y Sean McHugh 82 FB SO y Ryan Scott 83 WR FR y Steve Delich 84 WR JR y John Gilmore 85 TE SR y y John Gilmore (American football) Matt Kranchick 88 WR SO y y Andrew Richardson 89 TE FR Isaac Smolko 90 TE FR y Mike Pawlikowski 91 TE FR y Casey Williams 93 TE SO y Bruce Branch 1 CB SR y Deryck Toles 2 LB SO y Ron Graham 3 DE SR Sam Crenshaw 9 S SR Jesse Neumeyer 10 LB FR Scott Sanden 13 CB FR Yaacov Yisrael 15 S SO y Andy Ryland 16 LB SO y y Andrew Guman 18 DB FR Shamar Finney 21 LB SR Shawn Mayer 23 S JR y y Rich Gardner 25 CB SO y y Nolan McCready 26 DB FR Chris Harrell 27 DB FR y Erik Holt 28 LB JR y James Millon 28 S JR y Paul Cronin 29 DB FR Ryan Pinckney 29 LB JR y Michael Butler 70 DL FR y Bryan Scott 32 CB JR y Dave Benfatti 35 LB SR Alan Zemaitis 36 DB FR y LaMar Stewart 37 LB FR Jimi Mitchell 38 S FR y T.C. Cosby 40 LB FR y Tom Williams 41 LB SR y Adam Taliaferro 43 DB SO y Marcus Mills 44 DB FR Tom Humphrey 45 CB SR Geo Vendemia 46 DB FR Gino Capone 47 LB SO y Ben Lago 48 DB SO Dave Jens 49 LB SO y Tim Johnson 51 LB FR y Jason Crosby 53 DE FR y Dethrell Garcia 58 LB FR Charles Rush 59 DL FR Tyler Valoczki 60 DT JR y Israel Paniagua 94 LB JR Randy Buck 62 DT JR y Sam Ruhe 65 LB SO Jason Robinson 69 DT FR y Jimmy Kennedy 73 DT JR y y Jimmy Kennedy (American football) Erik Noll 78 DT FR y Scott Paxson 80 DE FR Michael Haynes 81 DE JR y y Michael Haynes (defensive lineman) Matthew Rice 84 DE FR Jeremiah Davis 86 DE FR y John Bronson 87 DE FR y y Lavon Chisley 92 DE FR T. J. Gholston 92 DE JR y Derek Wake 94 LB SO y Cameron Wake Bob Jones Bob Jones (long snapper) 96 DE SR y y Greg Bauer 97 DL FR Anthony Adams 98 DT JR y y Tim Falls 99 DT JR y David Royer 14 P JR y Robbie Gould 16 K FR y Mike Savage 19 K SO y Matt Huet 33 K FR y Woody Schmidt 39 P FR David Kimball 95 K SO y https://web.archive.org/web/20011211232817/http://www.gopsusports.com:80/football/people/rosterbody.cfm December 11, 2001 Joe Paterno NFL draft Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2002 NFL draft. Round Pick Overall Name Position Team 4th 9 107 Omar Easy Fullback Kansas City Chiefs 6th 24 196 John Gilmore Tight end New Orleans Saints References Penn State Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons Penn State Nittany Lions football Category:Long stubs with short prose