2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

2001 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Napoleon Harris^[1] Zak Kustok
Home stadium	Ryan Field
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 pm	at UNLV*	No. 16	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ESPN2	W 37–28	26,721
September 22	5:00 pm	at Duke*	No. 16	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 44–7	18,427
September 29	2:30 pm	No. 23 Michigan State	No. 16	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC	W 27–26	40,103
October 6	6:45 pm	at Ohio State	No. 14	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 20–38	104,042
October 13	11:00 am	Minnesota		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 23–17	31,097
October 20	2:30 pm	Penn State	No. 22	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC	L 35–38	42,512
October 27	11:00 am	at No. 24 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	L 27–32	67,181
November 3	12:00 pm	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 21–56	26,213
November 10	11:00 am	Iowa		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 16–59	36,458
November 17	11:00 am	Bowling Green*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL		L 42–43	23,545
November 22	12:00 pm	at No. 10 Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 28–34	45,755
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`20`	Damien Anderson	Sr
C	`62`	Austin King	Jr
OT	`73`	Jeff Roehl	Jr
QB	`10`	Zak Kustok (C)	Sr
OL	`56`	Mike Souza	Sr
WR	`32`	Sam Simmons	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`2`	Kevin Bentley	Sr
DE	`7`	Ray Bogenrief	So
DT	`94`	Luis Castillo	Fr
DT	`98`	Pete Chapman	Jr
DT	`97`	Colby Clark	Fr
CB	`27`	Raheem Covington	Jr
LB	`3`	Pat Durr	Jr
LB	`8`	Napoleon Harris (C)	Sr
DE	`96`	Greg Lutzen	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2002-02-08

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "2001 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results".

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