American college football season
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 August 25 2:30 pm TCU * No. 4 ABC W 21–777,473
September 1 11:30 am Troy State * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 42–1477,812
September 8 7:00 pm No. 17 Notre Dame * No. 5 ABC W 27–1078,118
7:30 pm Rice * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 48–377,344
September 29 11:30 am at Missouri No. 4 FSN W 36–364,204
October 6 6:00 pm Iowa State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 48–1478,002
October 13 1:00 pm at Baylor No. 4 W 48–738,102
October 20 6:00 pm Texas Tech No. 3 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 41–3177,838
October 27 11:00 am No. 2 Oklahoma No. 3 ABC W 20–1078,031
November 3 6:00 pm at Kansas No. 2 FSN W 51–750,750
November 10 2:30 pm Kansas State No. 2 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 31–2177,818
2:30 pm at No. 14 Colorado No. 2 ABC L 36–6253,790
, 20027:00 pm vs. No. 1 Miami (FL) * No. 4 ABC L 14–3793,781
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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
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
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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
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 movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 5 4 8 Coaches 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 6 4 4 7 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 BCS Not released 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 Not released
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
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