2001 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

The 2001 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were coached by Jack Harbaugh. This was the school's first season as a member of the Gateway Football Conference, having won the Ohio Valley Conference championship the previous year. The Hilltoppers were the preseason favorites to win the conference but finished tied for 2nd.[1] They qualified for the NCAA Division 1-AA Playoffs where they were defeated by eventual runner-up, Furman.[2] The team was originally scheduled to play Wisconsin on September 14, however, due to the September 11 attacks, all college football games were suspended the following weekend, and the game was played on the 29th.[3]

2001 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
NCAA Division 1-AA Playoffs, Lost First Round
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 12
2001 record8–4 (5–2 Gateway)
Head coachJack Harbaugh (13th season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
2001 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^  6 –1     11 –3  
No. 12 Western Kentucky ^  5 –2     8 –4  
No. 15 Youngstown State  5 –2     8 –3  
Western Illinois  4 –3     5 –5  
Southwest Missouri State  3 –4     6 –5  
Indiana State  2 –5     3 –8  
Illinois State  2 –5     2 –9  
Southern Illinois  1 –6     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

This team included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Mel Mitchell, Sherrod Coates, and Brian Claybourn. Mitchell, Eric Dandy, and Chris Price were named to the AP All American team and Jefferson was selected to play in the Blue-Gray Football Classic. The All-Conference team included Coates, Dandy, Jefferson, Mitchell, Price, Patrick Reynolds, Buster Ashley, Claybourn, Peter Martinez, Kyle Moffatt, and Daniel Withrow.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
August 30at No. 13 Western IllinoisNo. 3
L 13–17
September 8Kentucky State*No. 10
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 48–0
September 22Southwest MissouriNo. 8
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 23–7
September 29at D-1A Wisconsin*No. 7
L 6–24
October 6Elon*No. 11
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 24–7
October 13at Indiana StateNo. 11
W 22–9
October 20No. 11 McNeese State*No. 10
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 21–0
October 27at No. 5 Youngstown StateNo. 10
W 24–14
November 3at Illinois StateNo. 7
W 58–14
November 10No. 13 Northern IowaNo. 6
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 23–24
November 17Southern IllinoisNo. 11
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 36–6
December 1at No. 3 Furman*No. 10
L 20–24
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. WKU tops Gateway, By the Daily News Online, Jul 26, 2001, retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. Western hoping to make up game, By Deborah Highland and Mitchell Plumlee, The Daily News, Sept 14, 2001, retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. 2019 MVC Football Records, retrieved 30 April 2020
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