2001 Michigan Wolverines football team

American college football season

2001 Michigan Wolverines football

Florida Citrus Bowl, L 17–45 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Stan Parrish (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (5th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Marquise Walker
Captains	Eric Brackins Shawn Thompson
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Illinois $	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 20 Michigan	6	–	2	8	–	4
Ohio State	5	–	3	7	–	5
Iowa	4	–	4	7	–	5
Purdue	4	–	4	6	–	6
Penn State	4	–	4	5	–	6
Indiana	4	–	4	5	–	6
Michigan State	3	–	5	7	–	5
Wisconsin	3	–	5	5	–	7
Minnesota	2	–	6	4	–	7
Northwestern	2	–	6	4	–	7

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 31–13	109,676
September 8	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Washington*	No. 11	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 18–23	74,080
September 22	12:10 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 20	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 38–21	109,837
September 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Illinois	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 45–20	107,085
October 6	3:30 p.m.	at Penn State	No. 15	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	W 20–0	107,879
October 13	12:10 p.m.	No. 17 Purdue	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 24–10	110,450
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 8	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 32–26	70,397
November 3	3:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 6	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–26	75,262
November 10	12:10 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN2	W 31–10	110,828
November 17	3:30 p.m.	at Wisconsin	No. 11	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	W 20–17	79,633
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Ohio State	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–26	111,571
January 1, 2002	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Tennessee*	No. 17	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 17–45	59,653
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Michigan Wolverines football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`75`	David Baas	So
WR	`19`	Ronald Bellamy	Jr
WR	`80`	Braylon Edwards	Fr
OL	`78`	Jonathan Goodwin	Sr
QB	`7`	Drew Henson	Jr
TE	`83`	Bennie Joppru	Jr
QB	`16`	John Navarre	So
RB	`23`	Chris Perry	So
OL	`74`	Demetrius Solomon	Jr
RB	`5`	David Underwood	Fr
WR	`4`	Marquise Walker	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`43`	Carl Diggs	Jr
LB	`17`	Larry Foote	Sr
LB	`6`	Victor Hobson	Sr
CB	`3`	Todd Howard	Sr
CB	`20`	Marlin Jackson	Fr
FS	`2`	Cato June	Jr
DL	`53`	Shantee Orr	Jr
DE	`85`	Dave Spytek	Fr
LB	`31`	John Spytek	Jr
DE	`13`	Larry Stevens	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Lloyd Carr

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Statistical achievements

On October 27, Larry Foote earned a share of the single-game conference record of 7 tackles for a loss, becoming the third conference athlete to do so.^[1] He also holds a share of the national record, becoming the third player to do so since the NCAA recognized it as a stat.^[2]

Marquise Walker was the Big Ten receiving statistical champion with 7.5 receptions per conference game and 7.2 reception per game.^[3] On September 8 against Washington and November 24 against Ohio State he posted 15 receptions breaking the record of 12 set in 1958 by Brad Myers and tied in 1996 by Tai Streets. The record still stands. During the season, he set the school record for single-season receptions (86), surpassing Jack Clancy's 1966 record of 76; career receptions (176), surpassing Anthony Carter's 161 set in 1982; consecutive games with a reception (32), surpassing Mercury Hayes's 30 set in 1995; and single-season reception yards, surpassing David Terrell's record set the prior season. Braylon Edwards surpassed all of these records in 2004.^[4]

The team earned the Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for all games by holding opponents to 89.1 yards per game.^[5] The team also earned the Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for conference games by holding opponents to 95.4 yards per game.^[5] The team earned the Big Ten passing defense statistical championships for conference games by holding conference opponents to 190.8 yards per game, although Ohio State won the title for all games.^[6] They also ranked first in passing efficiency defense for both conference games (103.5) and with Ohio State leading for all games.^[6] The team led the conference in total defense for conference games (286.1) and all games (316.4).^[6] The team led the Big Ten Conference in scoring defense for conference games (16.9 points per game) and all games (19.8).^[7] They were the conference leaders in quarterback sacks for conference games (4.4 sacks per game) and all games (4.2 sacks per game).^[7]

John Navarre set the school single-season pass attempts record of 385, surpassing 350 by Tom Brady in 1998. He would rebreak his own record in each of the next two seasons.^[8]

Awards and honors

Co-captain: Eric Brackins, Shawn Thompson
All-Americans: Larry Foote, Marquise Walker
All-Conference: Larry Foote, Jonathan Goodwin, Dan Rumishek, Marquise Walker
Most Valuable Player: Marquise Walker
Meyer Morton Award: Bill Seymour
John Maulbetsch Award: Chris Perry
Frederick Matthei Award: Ronald Bellamy
Dick Katcher Award: Shantee Orr
Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Jake Frysinger
Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Kurt Anderson
Robert P. Ufer Award: Eric Brackins
Roger Zatkoff Award: Larry Foote

Coaching staff

Head coach: Lloyd Carr
Assistant coaches: Teryl Austin, Erik Campbell, Jim Herrmann, Brady Hoke, Fred Jackson, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bobby Morrison, Stan Parrish
Staff: Scott Draper, Mark Ouimet, Kelly Cox
Trainer: Paul Schmidt
Managers: Nate Bentz, Joe Harper, Craig Hisey, Brad Hoffman, Chris Lemaster, Adam Jahnke, Matt Kernen, Maggie Malone, Katie McNall, Craig Podolski, Rick Polanco, Brian Resutek, Victor Soto, Davon Wilson

Game summaries

Miami (OH)

Washington

Western Michigan

Illinois

Penn State

Purdue

Iowa

Michigan State

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	10	0	0	10
• Michigan	7	7	10	7	31

Date: November 10
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Chris Spielman (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	7:58	MICH	Askew 11 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 7–0

Q2	11:21	MINN	Johnson 15 yard pass from Abdul-Khaliq (Nystrom kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	7:20	MICH	Askew 2 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 14–7

Q2	:00	MINN	Nystrom 40 yard field goal	MICH 14–10

Q3	12:20	MICH	Bell 19 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 21–10

Q3	6:17	MICH	Epstein 41 yard field goal	MICH 24–10

Q4	14:49	MICH	Perry 5 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 31–10

^[9]

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	7	7	3	3	20
Wisconsin	7	0	10	0	17

Date: November 17
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
Game attendance: 79,633
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	9:30	WISC	Bollinger 1 yard run (Morse kick)	WISC 7–0

Q1	0:45	MICH	Dubuc 10 yard pass from Navarre (Epstein kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	8:28	MICH	Jackson 43 yard blocked punt return (Epstein kick)	MICH 14–7

Q3	8:30	MICH	Epstein 25 yard field goal	MICH 17–7

Q3	5:15	WISC	Davis 10 yard run (Neuser kick)	MICH 17–14

Q3	2:03	WISC	Neuser 46 yard field goal	Tie 17–17

Q4	0:14	MICH	Epstein 31 yard field goal	MICH 20–17

^[10]

Ohio State

Citrus Bowl: Tennessee

References

^ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2009. p. 43. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ "2009 Division I Football Records Book: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 22. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
^ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2009. p. 53. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 124–125. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2009. p. 56. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2009. p. 57. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2009. p. 58. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 120–123. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
^ "Minnesota vs. Michigan". USA Today. November 10, 2001. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
^ "Michigan vs. Wisconsin – Game Summary – November 17, 2001". ESPN.com. November 17, 2001. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

External links

2001 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
2001 Michigan at NCAA.org

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