2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2001Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Paterno(36th season)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter(18th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Tom Bradley(2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium

2001 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No.12Illinois$		7	–	1					10	–	2
No.20Michigan		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 fromAP Poll

The2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football teamrepresented thePennsylvania State Universityin the2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.The team's head coach wasJoe Paterno.It played its home games atBeaver StadiuminUniversity Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Due to theSeptember 11 attacks,the Virginia game was rescheduled from September 13, to December 1.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	8:00 p.m.	No. 2Miami (FL)*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L7–33	109,313
September 22	12:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L6–18	107,253
September 29	12:00 p.m.	atIowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN	L18–24	69,422
October 6	3:30 p.m.	No. 15Michigan	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L0–20	107,879
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at No. 22Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC	W38–35	42,512
October 27	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ESPN	W29–27	108,327
November 3	12:00 p.m.	Southern Miss*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	W38–20	106,158
November 10	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	L28–33	70,904
November 17	12:00 p.m.	Indiana	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN Plus	W28–14	106,527
November 24	3:30 p.m.	atMichigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI(rivalry)	ESPN	W42–37	72,658
December 1	12:00 p.m.	atVirginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN	L14–20	57,005
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Pollreleased prior to the game All times are inEastern time

Roster

2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 3 Chris Ganter Fr QB 4 Matt Senneca Jr RB 5 Larry Johnson Jr TE 6 R. J. Luke Jr QB 7 Zack Mills Fr RB 8 Eric McCoo Sr WR 11 Tony Johnson So QB 12 Michael Robinson Fr WR 13 Kinta Palmer Fr WR 17 Terrance Phillips Fr WR 19 Gerald Smith Fr WR 20 Eddie Drummond Sr RB 22 Pete Gilmore Fr WR 24 Bryant Johnson Jr RB 30 Anthony Butler Jr WR 28 Anwar Phillips Fr WR 31 Ernie Terrell Fr FB 31 Terrence Glover So FB 33 Mike Lukac So RB 34 Omar Easy Sr RB 35 Aric Heffelfinger Fr WR 36 Mike Drenning Fr FB 39 Paul Jefferson So FB 42 Mick Blosser Sr RB 44 Ricky Upton So RB 45 Adam Senk Fr WR 48 Munya Maraire Jr G 50 Tyler Lenda Jr OL 52 Brian Fairchild Fr OL 53 Tommy McHugh Fr G 54 Scott Davis Fr G 55 Greg Ransom Sr C 56 Geoff Stryker Sr OL 57 Carl Hunt Fr C 59 Eric Rickenbach Jr C 61 David Costlow So OL 62 Nick Daise Fr C 63 Joe Iorio Jr OT 64 Matt Schmitt Sr G 66 B. J. Evangelista Fr G 67 Jonathan Nabavi So OT 70 Nick Marmo Fr G 71 Joe Hartings Sr OT 72 Gus Felder Sr OL 74 Tyler Reed Fr OT 75 Chris McKelvy So OT 76 Damone Jones So OL 77 E.Z. Smith Fr WR 80 Scott Shirley So WR 81 Jason Stryker Fr FB 82 Sean McHugh So WR 83 Ryan Scott Fr WR 84 Steve Delich Jr TE 85 John Gilmore Sr WR 88 Matt Kranchick So TE 89 Andrew Richardson Fr TE 90 Isaac Smolko Fr TE 91 Mike Pawlikowski Fr TE 93 Casey Williams So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Bruce Branch Sr LB 2 Deryck Toles So DE 3 Ron Graham Sr S 9 Sam Crenshaw Sr LB 10 Jesse Neumeyer Fr CB 13 Scott Sanden Fr S 15 Yaacov Yisrael So LB 16 Andy Ryland So DB 18 Andrew Guman Fr LB 21 Shamar Finney Sr S 23 Shawn Mayer Jr CB 25 Rich Gardner So DB 26 Nolan McCready Fr DB 27 Chris Harrell Fr LB 28 Erik Holt Jr S 28 James Millon Jr DB 29 Paul Cronin Fr LB 29 Ryan Pinckney Jr DL 70 Michael Butler Fr CB 32 Bryan Scott Jr LB 35 Dave Benfatti Sr DB 36 Alan Zemaitis Fr LB 37 LaMar Stewart Fr S 38 Jimi Mitchell Fr LB 40 T.C. Cosby Fr LB 41 Tom Williams Sr DB 43 Adam Taliaferro So DB 44 Marcus Mills Fr CB 45 Tom Humphrey Sr DB 46 Geo Vendemia Fr LB 47 Gino Capone So DB 48 Ben Lago So LB 49 Dave Jens So LB 51 Tim Johnson Fr DE 53 Jason Crosby Fr LB 58 Dethrell Garcia Fr DL 59 Charles Rush Fr DT 60 Tyler Valoczki Jr LB 94 Israel Paniagua Jr DT 62 Randy Buck Jr LB 65 Sam Ruhe So DT 69 Jason Robinson Fr DT 73 Jimmy Kennedy Jr DT 78 Erik Noll Fr DE 80 Scott Paxson Fr DE 81 Michael Haynes Jr DE 84 Matthew Rice Fr DE 86 Jeremiah Davis Fr DE 87 John Bronson Fr DE 92 Lavon Chisley Fr DE 92 T. J. Gholston Jr LB 94 Derek Wake So DE 96 Bob Jones Sr DL 97 Greg Bauer Fr DT 98 Anthony Adams Jr DT 99 Tim Falls Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 14 David Royer Jr K 16 Robbie Gould Fr K 19 Mike Savage So K 33 Matt Huet Fr P 39 Woody Schmidt Fr K 95 David Kimball So	Head coach Joe Paterno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C)Team captain (S)Suspended (I)Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 11, 2001

Post season

NFL draft

Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the2002 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