2001 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 2001 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by second–year head coach Chris Tormey and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.[1][2]

2001 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2001 record	3–8 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach	Chris Tormey (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Phil Earley (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Mills (2nd season)
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium (Capacity: 31,545)

2001 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Louisiana Tech $		7	–	1					7	–	5
Fresno State		6	–	2					11	–	3
Boise State		6	–	2					8	–	4
Hawaii		5	–	3					9	–	3
Rice		5	–	3					8	–	4
SMU		4	–	4					4	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5					3	–	8
San Jose State		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	9
Tulsa		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2000 season 2–10 and 1–7 in WAC play to finish in sixth place and did not qualify for a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	L 7–52	56,286
September 8	2:00 p.m.	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 18–35	26,367
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Hawaii	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 28–20	15,876
October 6	1:00 p.m.	UNLV*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon)	L 12–27	24,238
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 42–45	15,481
October 20	5:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 30–33 ^OT	11,390
October 27	5:00 p.m.	at Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	L 7–49	24,298
November 3	12:00 p.m.	SMU	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 35–14	13,858
November 10[n 1]	3:30 p.m.	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 45–64	7,882
November 17	12:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 14–61	18,412
November 24	6:00 p.m.	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 48–31	19,892
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at BYU

Nevada at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 0 0 7 7 • Cougars 10 28 14 0 52 Date: September 1, 2001 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 7:06 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 9 minutes Game attendance: 56,286 Game weather: N/A Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 11:59 BYU Luke Staley 8–yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 7–0 1 02:00 BYU Matt Payne 27–yard field goal BYU 10–0 2 13:09 BYU Luke Staley 44–yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 17–0 2 10:59 BYU Brian McDonald 5–yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 24–0 2 03:55 BYU Reno Mahe 12–yard pass from Brandon Doman (Matt Payne kick) BYU 31–0 2 00:39 BYU Brian McDonald 1–yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 38–0 3 12:48 BYU Rod Wilkerson 53–yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Matt Payne kick) BYU 45–0 3 06:02 BYU Charlie Peterson 2–yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 52–0 4 06:52 NEV Zack Threadgill 10–yard run (Damon Fine kick) BYU 52–7

See also: 2001 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3–2	1940	TIED, 6–6

at Colorado State

Nevada at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 7 3 8 18 • Rams 7 7 7 14 35 Date: September 8, 2001 Location: Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO Game start: 3:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 9 minutes Game attendance: 26,367 Game weather: Temperature: 50 °F (10 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: Calm Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 07:25 CSU Dallas Davis 5–yard run (Kent Naughton kick) CSU 7–0 2 11:03 NEV Chance Kretschmer 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick) TIE 7–7 2 09:13 CSU Duan Ruff 3–yard run (Kent Naughton kick) CSU 14–7 3 09:54 CSU D.J. Busch 1–yard run (Kent Naughton kick) CSU 21–7 3 00:17 NEV Damon Fine 36–yard field goal CSU 21–10 4 12:44 CSU Pete Rebstock 38–yard pass from D.J. Busch (Kent Naughton kick) CSU 28–10 4 02:10 CSU Chris Pittman 35–yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt (Kent Naughton kick) CSU 35–10 4 00:20 NEV Mo Jones 23–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Chance Kretschmer pass) CSU 35–18

See also: 2001 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	2000	CSU, 45–14

Hawaii

Hawaii at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Warriors 10 3 0 7 20 • Wolf Pack 7 6 12 3 28 Date: September 22, 2001 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:07 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: N/A Game attendance: 15,876 Game weather: Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: E 2 MPH Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 11:43 UH Justin Ayat 18–yard field goal UH 3–0 1 08:18 NEV Jermaine Brown 17–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–3 1 04:32 UH Channon Harris 1–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick) UH 10–7 2 08:21 NEV Damon Fine 24–yard field goal TIE 10–10 2 01:23 UH Justin Ayat 30–yard field goal UH 13–10 2 00:08 NEV Damon Fine 40–yard field goal TIE 13–13 3 12:09 NEV Nate Burleson 9–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 19–13 3 02:27 NEV Jermaine Brown 7–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 25–13 4 09:14 UH Chad Owens 5–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick) NEV 25–20 4 02:55 NEV Damon Fine 22–yard field goal NEV 28–20

See also: 2001 Hawaii Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2000	HAW, 37–17

UNLV

UNLV at Nevada
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon)

1 2 3 4 Total • Rebels 0 0 10 17 27 Wolf Pack 3 3 0 6 12 Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:07 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutes Game attendance: 24,238 Game weather: Temperature: 75 °F (24 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: 10–15 MPH Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 12:40 NEV Damon Fine 25–yard field goal NEV 3–0 2 00:00 NEV Damon Fine 58–yard field goal NEV 6–0 3 08:58 UNLV Joe Haro 4–yard run (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 7–6 3 02:53 UNLV Dillon Pieffer 27–yard field goal UNLV 10–6 4 13:13 UNLV Dominique Dorsey 9–yard run (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 17–6 4 07:23 NEV Chance Kretschmer 9–yard run (Zack Threadgill pass failed) UNLV 17–12 4 03:26 UNLV Dillon Pieffer 41–yard field goal UNLV 20–12 4 00:08 UNLV Jason Thomas 3–yard run (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 27–12

See also: 2001 UNLV Rebels football team and Fremont Cannon

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–10[n 2]	2000	UNLV, 38–7

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 7 14 14 10 45 Wolf Pack 14 14 7 7 42 Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 1:07 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 27 minutes Game attendance: 15,481 Game weather: Temperature: 65 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: Calm Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 12:58 NEV Nate Burleson 26–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–0 1 10:20 LATECH Delwyn Daigre 33–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee) TIE 7–7 1 06:57 NEV Adrien Dugas 8–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–7 2 12:11 NEV Marlon McLaughlin 73–yard punt return (Damon Fine kick) NEV 21–7 2 06:50 LATECH Luke McCown 3–yard run (Josh Scobee kick) NEV 21–14 2 03:35 NEV Chance Kretschmer 3–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 28–14 2 01:09 LATECH John Simon 3–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee kick) NEV 28–21 3 14:04 LATECH Major Richmond 29–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee kick) TIE 28–28 3 04:37 LATECH Joe Smith 1–yard run (Josh Scobee kick) LATECH 35–28 3 02:12 NEV David Neill 5–yard run (Damon Fine kick) TIE 35–35 4 14:52 LATECH Corey Berlin 11–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee kick) LATECH 42–35 4 01:27 NEV David Neill 10–yard run (Damon Fine kick) TIE 42–42 4 00:05 LATECH Josh Scobee 30–yard field goal LATECH 45–42

See also: 2001 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1995	NEV, 49–45

at Rice

Nevada at Rice

1 2 3 4 OT Total Wolf Pack 3 6 8 10 3 30 • Owls 0 7 13 7 6 33 Date: October 20, 2001 Location: Rice Stadium Houston, TX Game start: 7:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3 hours and 15 minutes Game attendance: 11,390 Game weather: Temperature: 73 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy and 68% Humidity • Wind: S/SE 6 MPH Referee: Frank White TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 10:48 NEV Damon Fine 35–yard field goal NEV 3–0 2 14:16 NEV Damon Fine 18–yard field goal NEV 6–0 2 09:43 RICE Leroy Bradley 64–yard pass from Kyle Herm (Brandon Skeen kick) RICE 7–6 2 00:00 NEV Damon Fine 19–yard field goal NEV 9–7 3 10:19 RICE Robbie Beck 1–yard run (Brandon Skeen kick) RICE 14–9 3 04:30 RICE Kyle Herm 1–yard run (Brandon Skeen kick failed) RICE 20–9 3 02:49 NEV Chance Kretschmer 13–yard run (Erick Streelman pass) RICE 20–17 4 11:40 NEV Damon Fine 45–yard field goal TIE 20–20 4 02:04 RICE Robbie Beck 9–yard run (Brandon Skeen kick) RICE 27–20 4 01:32 NEV Tim Fleming 49–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) TIE 27–27 OT 15:00 NEV Damon Fine 27–yard field goal NEV 30–27 OT 15:00 RICE Robbie Beck 25–yard run RICE 33–30

See also: 2001 Rice Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2000	NEV, 34–28

at Boise State

Nevada at Boise State
(rivalry)

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 0 7 0 0 7 • Broncos 21 14 14 0 49 Date: October 27, 2001 Location: Bronco Stadium Boise, ID Game start: 6:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2 hours and 54 minutes Game attendance: 24,298 Game weather: Temperature: 64 °F (18 °C) • Weather: Overcast • Wind: NE 8 MPH Referee: Drew George TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 10:49 BSU Ryan Dinwiddie 8–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 7–0 1 06:45 BSU David Mikell 1–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 14–0 1 04:47 BSU Jay Swillie 9–yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 21–0 2 08:19 BSU Jeb Putzier 57–yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 28–0 2 05:02 NEV Aaron Carter 32–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) BSU 28–7 2 00:04 BSU Jeb Putzier 8–yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 35–7 3 13:10 BSU Brock Forsey 28–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 42–7 3 07:35 BSU David Mikell 64–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 49–7

See also: 2001 Boise State Broncos football team and Boise State–Nevada football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–15	1999	BSU, 52–17

SMU

SMU at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 0 8 0 6 14 • Wolf Pack 7 17 8 3 35 Date: November 3, 2001 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:07 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 59 minutes Game attendance: 13,858 Game weather: Temperature: 52 °F (11 °C) • Weather: Clear and Light Breeze • Wind: Slight Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 03:54 NEV Aaron Carter 31–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–0 2 13:40 NEV Paul Jolley 15–yard fumble recovery (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–0 2 11:10 NEV Chance Kretschmer 11–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 21–0 2 05:50 NEV Damon Fine 20–yard field goal NEV 24–0 2 00:21 SMU David Page 1–yard run (ShanDerrick Charles rush) NEV 24–8 3 12:00 NEV Erick Streelman 9–yard pass from David Neill (Nate Burleson pass) NEV 32–8 4 14:52 NEV Damon Fine 43–yard field goal NEV 35–8 4 08:43 SMU Kelan Luker 2–yard run (pass failed) NEV 35–14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2000	SMU, 21–7

at San Jose State

Nevada at San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 6 19 14 6 45 • Spartans 10 28 19 7 64 Date: November 10, 2001[n 1] Location: Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA Game start: 3:35 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 45 minutes Game attendance: 7,882 Game weather: Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Weather: Cool and Some Rain • Wind: N 5–10 MPH Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 12:36 NEV Damon Fine 33–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 09:50 SJSU Tuati Wooden 18–yard pass from Marcus Arroyo (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 7–3 1 06:37 NEV Damon Fine 37–yard field goal SJSU 7–6 1 02:22 SJSU Nick Gilliam 27–yard field goal SJSU 10–6 2 14:43 SJSU Edell Shepherd 38–yard pass from Marcus Arroyo (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 17–6 2 11:20 NEV Chance Kretschmer 1–yard run (Zack Threadgill pass failed) SJSU 17–12 2 09:55 SJSU Edell Shepherd 57–yard pass from Charles Pauley (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 24–12 2 03:03 SJSU Jarmar Julien 1–yard run (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 31–12 2 01:51 NEV Mo Jones 30–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) SJSU 31–19 2 00:53 SJSU Jarmar Julien 1–yard run (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 38–19 2 00:16 NEV Aaron Carter 39–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick failed) SJSU 38–25 3 11:32 NEV David Neill 16–yard run (Damon Fine kick) SJSU 38–32 3 08:04 SJSU Jarmar Julien 14–yard run (Nick Gilliam kick failed) SJSU 44–32 3 04:23 SJSU Edell Shepherd 32–yard pass from Marcus Arroyo (pass failed) SJSU 50–32 3 03:29 SJSU Tuati Wooden 29–yard pass from Marcus Arroyo (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 57–32 3 01:57 NEV Chance Kretschmer 6–yard run (Damon Fine kick) SJSU 57–39 4 05:30 NEV Chance Kretschmer 1–yard run (David Neill pass failed) SJSU 57–45 4 03:30 SJSU Charles Pauley 78–yard pass from Marcus Arroyo (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 64–45

See also: 2001 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–6–2	2000	SJSU, 49–30

Fresno State

Fresno State at Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs 10 16 21 14 61 Wolf Pack 14 0 0 0 14 Date: November 17, 2001 Location: Mackay Stadium Reno, NV Game start: 12:05 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3 hours and 24 minutes Game attendance: 18,412 Game weather: Temperature: 53 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Rolling Clouds • Wind: 15–30 MPH Referee: Bill Athan TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 11:51 NEV Mo Jones 26–yard pass from David Neill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–0 1 11:20 FS Bernard Berrian 63–yard pass from David Carr (Asen Asparuhov kick) TIE 7–7 1 05:07 NEV Chance Kretschmer 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–7 1 00:37 FS Asen Asparuhov 46–yard field goal NEV 14–10 2 14:15 FS Asen Asparuhov 32–yard field goal NEV 14–13 2 04:36 FS Bernard Berrian 36–yard pass from David Carr (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 20–14 2 01:10 FS Paris Gaines 11–yard pass from David Carr (pass failed) FS 26–14 3 13:28 FS Deandre Gilbert 25–yard pass from David Carr (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 33–14 3 04:57 FS Paris Gaines 1–yard run (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 40–14 3 03:24 FS Bernard Berrian 70–yard punt return (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 47–14 4 06:26 FS Josh Levi 3–yard run (Brett Visintainer kick) FS 54–14 4 01:20 FS Therrian Fontenot 8–yard run (Brett Visintainer kick) FS 61–14

See also: 2001 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–18–1	2000	FRES, 58–21

at UTEP

Nevada at UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolf Pack 7 7 27 7 48 Miners 10 7 7 7 31 Date: November 24, 2001 Location: Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Game start: 7:05 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 2 hours and 58 minutes Game attendance: 19,892 Game weather: Temperature: 52 °F (11 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: SE 7 MPH Referee: Gene Semko TV announcers (None): None

Scoring summary 1 12:23 UTEP Howard Jackson 21–yard run (Keith Robinson kick) UTEP 7–0 1 07:25 UTEP Keith Robinson 24–yard field goal UTEP 10–0 1 01:33 NEV Chance Kretschmer 3–yard run (Damon Fine kick) UTEP 10–7 2 08:21 NEV Chance Kretschmer 8–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–10 2 04:36 UTEP Joey Knapp 2–yard pass from Wesley Phillips (Keith Robinson kick) UTEP 17–14 3 14:09 NEV Chance Kretschmer 3–yard run (Damon Fine kick failed) NEV 20–17 3 11:08 NEV Chance Kretschmer 48–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 27–17 3 05:18 NEV Chance Kretschmer 11–yard run (Zack Threadgill pass failed) NEV 33–17 3 00:11 NEV Erick Streelman 15–yard pass from David Neill (Erick Streelman pass) NEV 41–17 3 00:00 UTEP Howard Jackson 100–yard kickoff return (Keith Robinson kick) NEV 41–24 4 06:19 UTEP Justin Hunt 2–yard pass from Wesley Phillips (Keith Robinson kick) NEV 41–31 4 02:18 NEV Chance Kretschmer 9–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 48–31

See also: 2001 UTEP Miners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2000	UTEP, 45–22

Notes

1. The game against San Jose State was originally going to be played on September 22 but was re-scheduled.[3]
2. In 1985, UNLV was forced to forfeit all 7 wins from the 1983 season and all 11 wins from the 1984 season, including their victory in the California Bowl.[4] Nevada was given a win on the Fremont Cannon as a result. See Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Vacated victories for an explanation of how vacated victories are recorded.

References

1. "Nevada Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 137. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
2. "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
3. "San Jose State-Nevada Football Game Rescheduled for November 10". San Jose State University. September 17, 2001. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
4. McCurdie, Jim (March 13, 1985). "UNLV Punished for Using Ineligible Football Players". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 9, 2020.