2001 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season

2001 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray (2nd season)
Home stadium	Reser Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Oregon $	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 10 Washington State	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 16 Stanford	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 19 Washington	6	–	2	8	–	4
USC	5	–	3	6	–	6
UCLA	4	–	4	7	–	4
Oregon State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Arizona	2	–	6	5	–	6
Arizona State	1	–	7	4	–	7
California	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Dennis Erickson.

Schedule

The Beavers' home game against Montana State, scheduled for September 15, was canceled due to the September 11 attacks. A replacement game against Northern Arizona was scheduled for November 17.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 pm	at Fresno State*	No. 10	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California	ESPN2	L 24–44	42,410
September 8	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State*	No. 22	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, New Mexico		W 27–22	27,238
September 29	12:30 pm	No. 12 UCLA	No. 19	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	ABC	L 7–38	36,521
October 6	2:00 pm	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	L 27–34	35,283
October 13	7:15 pm	Arizona		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 38–3	36,619
October 20	7:00 pm	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		L 24–41	54,114
October 27	1:00 pm	California		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 19–10	36,142
November 3	12:30 pm	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 13–16 ^OT	44,880
November 10	12:30 pm	No. 8 Washington		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 49–24	36,682
November 17	1:30 pm	No. 13 (I-AA) Northern Arizona*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 45–10	39,096
December 1	1:30 pm	at No. 4 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Civil War)	ABC	L 14–17	46,075
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Roster

2001 Oregon State Beavers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Derek Anderson	Fr
OL	`61`	Dustin Janz	Sr
WR	`20`	Riley Jenkins	So
QB	`9`	Jonathan Smith	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`34`	James Allen	Sr
LB	`42`	Nick Barnett	Jr
FS	`22`	Jason Jacobs	So
DT	`93`	David Lose	So
DT	`99`	Eric Manning	Jr
CB	`21`	Dennis Weathersby	Jr
CB	`36`	Aric Williams	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`47`	Kirk Yliniemi	So

Head coach

Dennis Erickson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	11	10	22	22	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches
Harris	Not released																Not released
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oregon State	14	0	3	10	27
New Mexico State	0	9	0	13	22

Date: September 8
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Game attendance: 27,238

Scoring summary

1	7:13	ORST	Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon State 7–0

1	1:08	ORST	Patrick McCall 22-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon St 14–0

2	4:26	NMST	Dan Aguiniga 26-yard field goal	Oregon State 14–3

2	:45	NMST	Kenton Keith 1-yard run (kick failed)	Oregon State 14–9

3	5:06	ORST	Ryan Cesca 47-yard field goal	Oregon State 17–9

4	12:58	ORST	Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick)	Oregon State 24–9

4	8:31	NMST	Kenton Keith 4-yard run (Dan Aguiniga kick)	Oregon State 24–16

4	3:13	ORST	Ryan Cesca 24-yard field goal	Oregon State 27–16

4	1:33	NMST	Manuel Talbert 31-yard pass from KC Enzminger (two-point conversion failed)	Oregon State 27–22

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Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona	0	0	3	0	3
• Oregon State	14	14	7	3	38

Date: October 13
Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon
Game attendance: 36,619

Scoring summary

1	ORST	Newton 2-yard pass from Smith (Cesca kick)	Oregon State 7–0

1	ORST	Farley 24-yard blocked punt return (Cesca kick)	Oregon State 14–0

2	ORST	Smith 1-yard run (Cesca kick)	Oregon State 21–0

2	ORST	Clasen 26-yard pass from D. Anderson (Cesca kick)	Oregon State 28–0

3	ORST	Simonton 1-yard run (Cesca kick)	Oregon State 35–0

3	ARIZ	Keel 28-yard field goal	Oregon State 35–3

4	ORST	Cesca 38-yard field goal	Oregon State 38–3

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References

^ "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
^ "Oregon State vs. New Mexico State". USA Today. September 8, 2001. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
^ "Arizona vs. Oregon State". USA Today. October 13, 2001. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

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