2001 Navy Midshipmen football team

2001 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
2001 record	0–10
Head coach	Charlie Weatherbie (6th year) / Rick Lantz (interim)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (1st season)
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons

2001 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Florida			–						8	–	3
Troy State			–						7	–	4
UCF			–						6	–	5
Notre Dame			–						5	–	6
Utah State			–						4	–	7
Connecticut			–						2	–	9
Navy			–						0	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by head coach Charlie Weatherbie for most of the year. He was replaced by Rick Lantz for the last three games of the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 30	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 26–45	26,191
September 8	No. 10 Georgia Tech	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–70	30,602
September 15	Northwestern		Cancelled
September 22	Boston College	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 21–38	30,064
October 6	Air Force	FedExField Landover, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 18–24	36,251
October 13	Rice	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 13–21	29,106
October 20	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 17–23	29,101
October 27	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 20–21	36,852
November 10	Tulane	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 28–42	31,456
November 17	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 16–34	80,795
December 1	vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 17–26
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

2001 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Bailey, DominicDominic Bailey 3.0 !So QB 11 Candeto, CraigCraig Candeto 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Rick Lantz Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt