2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Led by senior quarterback Kurt Kittner, the team won the Big Ten Conference title and earned a Sugar Bowl berth, but lost to LSU, 47–34.
2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Big Ten champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 34–47 vs. LSU | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 12[1] |
AP | No. 12[2] |
2001 record | 10–2 (7–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Ron Turner (5th season) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904) |
2001 Big Ten Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 2:30 PM | at California* | FSN | W 44–17 | 38,160[3] | ||
September 8 | 11:00 AM | Northern Illinois* | ESPN+ | W 17–12 | 45,674[4] | ||
September 22 | 11:00 AM | No. 25 Louisville* |
| ESPN | W 34–10 | 43,232[5] | |
September 29 | 2:30 PM | at No. 17 Michigan | No. 22 | ABC | L 20–45 | 107,085[6] | |
October 6 | 11:00 AM | Minnesota |
| ESPN+ | W 32–14 | 53,225[7] | |
October 13 | 12:00 PM | at Indiana |
| W 35–14 | 31,116[8] | ||
October 20 | 11:00 AM | Wisconsin |
| ESPN | W 42–35 | 70,904[9] | |
November 3 | 11:00 AM | at No. 20 Purdue | No. 21 |
| ESPN | W 38–13 | 61,568[10] |
November 10 | 2:30 PM | Penn State | No. 15 |
| ABC | W 33–28 | 70,904[11] |
November 17 | 11:00 AM | at No. 25 Ohio State | No. 12 | ESPN | W 34–22 | 104,407[12] | |
November 24 | 11:00 AM | Northwestern | No. 10 |
| ESPN2 | W 34–28 | 45,755[13] |
January 1 | 7:30 PM | vs. No. 12 LSU* | No. 7 |
| ABC | L 34–47 | 77,688[14] |
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Roster
2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- Year-by-Year Final Coaches' Polls – AFCA.com—Official Site of the American Football Coaches Association Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
- CNNSI.com – College Football – Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll – Tuesday January 8, 2002
- "Illinois at California". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 1, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Northern Illinois at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 8, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Louisville at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 22, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Michigan 45, Illinois 20". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. September 29, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Minnesota at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 6, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Illinois 35, Indiana 14". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 13, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Wisconsin at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. October 20, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Illinois 38, Purdue 13". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 3, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Penn State at Illinois". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 10, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Illinois 34, Ohio State 22". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 17, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "No. 10 Illinois 34, Northwestern 28". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. November 24, 2001. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- "Louisiana State 47, Illinois 34". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. January 1, 2002. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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