2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2001 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2001 record	4–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (3rd season)
Captain	Napoleon Harris
Captain	Zak Kustok
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons

2001 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#12/12 Illinois †		7	–	1					10	–	2
#20/20 Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	4
Ohio State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Iowa		4	–	4					7	–	5
Purdue		4	–	4					6	–	6
Indiana		4	–	4					5	–	6
Penn State		0*	–	4					0*	–	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 champion *All wins for Penn State (5-6, 4-4) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' 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. 20	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

Roster

2001 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 20 Anderson, DamienDamien Anderson 7.0 !Sr C 62 King, AustinAustin King 5.0 !Jr T 73 Roehl, JeffJeff Roehl 5.0 !Jr QB 10 Kustok, ZakZak Kustok (C) 7.0 !Sr OL 56 Souza, MikeMike Souza 7.0 !Sr WR 32 Simmons, SamSam Simmons 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 2 Bentley, KevinKevin Bentley 7.0 !Sr DE 7 Bogenrief, RayRay Bogenrief 3.0 !So DT 94 Castillo, LuisLuis Castillo 1.0 !Fr DT 98 Chapman, PetePete Chapman 5.0 !Jr DT 97 Clark, ColbyColby Clark 1.0 !Fr CB 27 Covington, RaheemRaheem Covington 5.0 !Jr LB 3 Durr, PatPat Durr 5.0 !Jr LB 8 Harris, NapoleonNapoleon Harris (C) 7.0 !Sr DE 96 Lutzen, GregGreg Lutzen 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Randy Walker Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-02-08

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Napoleon Harris	Linebacker	1	23	Oakland Raiders
Kevin Bentley	Linebacker	4	101	Cleveland Browns
Sam Simmons	Wide Receiver	5	170	Miami Dolphins