American college football season
2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Big 12 North co-champion |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | North Division |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 7 |
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AP | No. 8 |
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Record | 11–2 (7–1 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Frank Solich (4th season)
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Offensive scheme | I formation |
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Defensive coordinator | Craig Bohl (2nd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Seasons |
2001 Big 12 Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | |
North Division |
No. 9 Colorado xy$ | | 7 | – | 1 | | | | | 10 | – | 3 | |
No. 8 Nebraska x% | | 7 | – | 1 | | | | | 11 | – | 2 | |
Iowa State | | 4 | – | 4 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
Kansas State | | 3 | – | 5 | | | | | 6 | – | 6 | |
Missouri | | 3 | – | 5 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
Kansas | | 1 | – | 7 | | | | | 3 | – | 8 | |
South Division |
No. 5 Texas xy | | 7 | – | 1 | | | | | 11 | – | 2 | |
No. 6 Oklahoma | | 6 | – | 2 | | | | | 11 | – | 2 | |
Texas Tech | | 4 | – | 4 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
Texas A&M | | 4 | – | 4 | | | | | 8 | – | 4 | |
Oklahoma State | | 2 | – | 6 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
Baylor | | 0 | – | 8 | | | | | 3 | – | 8 | |
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37 |
- $ – BCS representative as conference champion
- % – BCS at-large representative
- x – Division champion/co-champions
- y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 25 | 2:30 pm | TCU* | No. 4 | | ABC | W 21–7 | 77,473 |
September 1 | 11:30 am | Troy State* | No. 4 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| FSN | W 42–14 | 77,812 |
September 8 | 7:00 pm | No. 17 Notre Dame* | No. 5 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (College GameDay) (rivalry)
| ABC | W 27–10 | 78,118 |
September 20 | 7:30 pm | Rice* | No. 4 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 48–3 | 77,344 |
September 29 | 11:30 am | at Missouri | No. 4 | | FSN | W 36–3 | 64,204 |
October 6 | 6:00 pm | Iowa State | No. 4 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| FSN | W 48–14 | 78,002 |
October 13 | 1:00 pm | at Baylor | No. 4 | | | W 48–7 | 38,102 |
October 20 | 6:00 pm | Texas Tech | No. 3 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| FSN | W 41–31 | 77,838 |
October 27 | 11:00 am | No. 2 Oklahoma | No. 3 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry) (College GameDay)
| ABC | W 20–10 | 78,031 |
November 3 | 6:00 pm | at Kansas | No. 2 | | FSN | W 51–7 | 50,750 |
November 10 | 2:30 pm | Kansas State | No. 2 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| ABC | W 31–21 | 77,818 |
November 23 | 2:30 pm | at No. 14 Colorado | No. 2 | | ABC | L 36–62 | 53,790 |
January 3 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 1 Miami (FL)* | No. 4 | | ABC | L 14–37 | 93,781 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff
2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | IB | 41 | Matt Albertson | Jr | G | | Steve Altstadt | Sr | G | 71 | Jake Andersen | RFr | SE | 38 | Brandon Biodrowski | Fr | TE | 84 | Jon Bowling | Jr | SE | | Clifford Brye | Jr | QB | 11 | Joe Chrisman | Jr | G | 59 | Wes Cody | Jr | IB | 1 | Thunder Collins | Jr | SE | 32 | Kelly Cook | So | WB | 81 | Ben Cornelsen | Jr | QB | 7 | Eric Crouch | Sr | TE | 80 | Will Dabbert | Jr | FB | 4 | Judd Davies | So | IB | 25 | Josh Davis | So | G | 50 | Jon Dawson | So | IB | 30 | Dahrran Diedrick | Jr | WB | 29 | Andrew Dunn | RFr | G | 78 | Mike Erickson | RFr | OT | 65 | M.J. Flaum | RFr | G | 77 | Toniu Fonoti | Jr | C | 52 | John Garrison | Jr | WB | 8 | John Gibson | Sr | TE | 99 | Aaron Golliday | Jr | FB | 49 | Nick Gragert | Sr | OT | 72 | Tim Green | So | IB | 6 | DeAntae Grixby | So | SE | 89 | Troy Hassebroek | Jr | C | | Richie Incognito | Fr | SE | 80 | Jason Jisa | RFr | FB | 37 | Paul Kastl | Jr | TE | 41 | Dusty Keiser | RFr | SE | 19 | John Klem | Jr | OT | 73 | Scott Koethe | Jr | OT | 75 | Kyle Kollmorgen | Sr | C | 74 | David Kolowski | Jr | OT | 67 | Nate Kolterman | Jr | FB | 45 | Steve Kriewald | RFr | SE | 28 | Tim Liley | So | C | 63 | Jack Limbaugh | So | QB | 15 | Brett Lindstrom | So | WB | 12 | DeWayne Long | RFr | OT | 76 | Chris Loos | So | QB | 10 | Jammal Lord | So | QB | | Mike McLaughlin | So | SE | 14 | Ryan Mikluscak | RFr | IB | 21 | Robin Miller | So | G | 61 | Brian Nelson | So | WB | 24 | Jack O'Holleran | RFr | SE | 23 | Ryan Ommert | So | TE | 82 | Phil Peetz | So | OT | | Gary Pike | Fr | WB | 27 | Matt Plooster | So | OT | 69 | Nick Povendo | RFr | IB | 36 | Tim Reese | So | TE | 86 | Kyle Ringenberg | Jr | IB | | Cory Ross | Fr | G | 66 | Jon Rutherford | Sr | TE | 83 | Chris Septak | RFr | G | 79 | Josh Sewell | So | TE | 42 | Alex Shada | RFr | C | 53 | Matt Shook | Jr | QB | 13 | Scott Siefken | RFr | IB | | Marques Simmons | Fr | QB | 16 | Mike Stuntz | Fr | G | 55 | Junior Tagoa'i | So | SE | 9 | Wilson Thomas | Jr | WB | 31 | Fred Thorne | So | FB | 35 | Curt Tomasevicz | RFr | OT | 68 | Dan Vili Waldrop | So | OT | 57 | Cody Volk | So | OT | 58 | Dave Volk | Sr | SE | 20 | Kiffin Wigert | RFr | FB | 25 | Andy Wingender | So | TE | 87 | Tracey Wistrom | Sr | WB | 5 | Ben Zajicek | RFr | | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | PK | 26 | Josh Brown | Jr | PK | 22 | Sandro DeAngelis | RFr | P | 19 | Kyle Larson | So | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Craig Bohl
2nd season as DC/LB coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Turner Gill
10th season as QB coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Ron Brown
15th season as WR/TE coach 15th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown - Jeff Jamrog
2nd season as DL coach 4th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Dan Young
19th season as OL/K coach 19th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed - Milt Tenopir
28th season as OL coach 28th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling - Nelson Barnes
5th season as RE coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas - George Darlington
DB coach 29th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers - Dave Gillespie
4th season as RB coach 13th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha - Boyd Epley
33rd season as S&C coach 33rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 16, 2011 |
Depth chart
Defense | FS | Willie Amos | Dion Booker | Jerrell Pippens | | WILL | MIKE | SAM | Mark Vedral | Jamie Burrow | Scott Shanle | T.J. Hollowell | Barrett Ruud | Ira Cooper | Blanchard Johnson | Jason Richenberger | Gabe Fries | | ROVER | Dion Booker | Philip Bland | Aaron Terpening | | CB | Keyuo Craver | Pat Ricketts | Lornell McPherson | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | Demoine Adams | Jon Clanton | Jeremy Slechta | Chris Kelsay | J.P. Wichmann Trevor Johnson | Ryon Bingham | Casey Nelson | Justin Smith | ⋅ | Manaia Brown | Patrick Kabongo | Benard Thomas | | | CB | DeJuan Groce | Erwin Swiney | Jeff Hemje | | Offense | WR | Wilson Thomas | Ben Cornelson | Mike Stuntz | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Dave Volk | Toniu Fonoti | John Garrison | Jon Rutherford | Dan Vil Waldrop | Scott Koethe | Steve Altstadt | David Kolowski | Wes Cody | Chris Loos | Kyle Kollmorgen | Mike Erickson | Matt Shook. | Junior Tagoa'i | Nate Kolterman | | TE | Tracey Wistrom | Aaron Golliday Jon Bowling | Kyle Ringenberg | | WR | John Gibson | Troy Hassebroek | John Klem | | | QB | Eric Crouch | Jammal Lord | Joe Chrisman | | | | RB | Dahrran Diedrick | Thunder Collins | DeAntae Grixby | | | FB | Judd Davies | Steve Kriewald | Paul Kastl | | Special teams | PK Josh Brown | P Kyle Larson | KR Josh Davis | PR DeJuan Groce | | | | | |
Game summaries
TCU
TCU at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | TCU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Nebraska | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | |
Troy State
Troy State at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Troy State | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | • Nebraska | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |
Notre Dame
Notre Dame at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | • Nebraska | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
Rice
Rice at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | • Nebraska | 21 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 48 | |
Rice at Nebraska, on September 20, 2001 was the first NCAA College Football game following the infamous Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.
Missouri
Nebraska at Missouri [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 0 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 36 | Missouri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Iowa State
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | • Nebraska | 20 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 48 | |
Baylor
Nebraska at Baylor [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 48 | Baylor | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Texas Tech
Texas Tech at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Texas Tech | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 31 | • Nebraska | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 41 | |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Oklahoma | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | • Nebraska | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 | |
Kansas
Nebraska at Kansas [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 0 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 51 | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
Kansas State
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score] |
Colorado
Nebraska at Colorado [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 3 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 36 | • Colorado | 28 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 62 | |
Miami (FL)
Nebraska vs Miami (FL) [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | • Miami (FL) | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 37 | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
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Coaches | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
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Harris | Not released | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Not released |
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After the season
Nebraska finished in a tie for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division and also tied for 1st conference-wide, with a final record of 11–2 (7–1).
The events which took place at the end of the season put a strain on the system of college rankings and polls. The Cornhuskers lost their final regular season game to Colorado 36–62, leaving both tied for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division. As Colorado won the head-to-head contest, Colorado then participated in the Big 12 Championship and defeated Texas 39–37. Despite Colorado's accomplishments, Nebraska's strength-of-schedule component in the Bowl Championship Series selection system resulted in the Cornhuskers being selected to play in the 2002 Rose Bowl for the BCS National Championship Game against Miami, despite the fact that Nebraska had not played in its own conference championship game and technically had not even won its own division.
Nebraska then fell to Miami 14–37 in the Rose Bowl, but the controversy of these events led to more modifications to the BCS formula, which followed a pattern of seasonal tweaks dating back nearly to when the BCS system was implemented.
Senior Cornhusker quarterback Eric Crouch was the 2001 recipient of the Walter Camp Award, the Davey O'Brien Award, and the Heisman Trophy. Coach Solich was also selected Big 12 Football Coach of the Year.
Awards
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Award | Name(s) |
Heisman Trophy | Eric Crouch |
Walter Camp Award | Eric Crouch |
Davey O'Brien Award | Eric Crouch |
Sporting News Player of the Year | Eric Crouch |
ABC/Chevrolet Player of the Year | Eric Crouch |
Big 12 Coach of the Year | Frank Solich |
All-American 1st Team | Toniu Fonoti, Keyuo Craver, Eric Crouch |
All-American 2nd Team | Chris Kelsay |
All-American 3rd Team | Tracey Wistrom |
All-Big 12 1st team | Toniu Fonoti, Eric Crouch, Keyuo Craver, Dahrran Diedrick |
All-Big 12 2nd team | Dave Volk, Chris Kelsay, Jamie Burrow |
All-Big 12 3rd team | Tracey Wistrom, Jeremy Slechta, DeJuan Groce, Kyle Larson |
NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2001 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[3]
References
- ^ "Football - 2001 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ 2001 Husker Honors
- ^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
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Venues | - Lincoln Park (1890–1895)
- "M" Street Park (1894–1996)
- Antelope Field (1897–1908)
- Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
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