2001 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 2001 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach was Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines compiled an 8–4 record (6–2 in conference games), outscored opponents by a total of 303 to 192, and finished second in the Big Ten. They lost to Tennessee in the Florida Citrus Bowl.

2001 Michigan Wolverines football
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 17–45 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Stan Parrish (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (5th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Marquise Walker
Captains	Eric Brackins Shawn Thompson
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback John Navarre with 2,195 passing yards, wide receiver Marquise Walker with 81 receptions for 1,043 yards, running back B. J. Askew with 831 rushing yards, and placekicker Hayden Epstein with 71 points scored (35 extra points, 12 field goals).

Terrell and linebacker Larry Foote received first-team All-America honors. Five Michigan players received first-team honors on the 2001 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Walker (Coaches-1, Media-1); guard Jonathan Goodwin (Coaches-2, Media-1); defensive lineman Dan Rumishek (Media-1); and linebacker Larry Foote (Coaches-1, Media-1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 31–13	109,676
September 8	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Washington*	No. 11	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 18–23	74,080
September 22	12:10 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 20	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 38–21	109,837
September 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Illinois	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 45–20	107,085
October 6	3:30 p.m.	at Penn State	No. 15	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	W 20–0	107,879
October 13	12:10 p.m.	No. 17 Purdue	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 24–10	110,450
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 8	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 32–26	70,397
November 3	3:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 6	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–26	75,262
November 10	12:10 p.m.	Minnesota	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN2	W 31–10	110,828
November 17	3:30 p.m.	at Wisconsin	No. 11	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	W 20–17	79,633
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Ohio State	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–26	111,571
January 1, 2002	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Tennessee*	No. 17	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 17–45	59,653
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Miami (OH)

See also: 2001 Miami RedHawks football team

Washington

See also: 2001 Washington Huskies football team

Western Michigan

See also: 2001 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Illinois

See also: 2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Penn State

See also: 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Purdue

See also: 2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Iowa

See also: 2001 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Michigan State

See also: 2001 Michigan State Spartans football team

Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	10	0	0	10
• Michigan	7	7	10	7	31

• Date: November 10
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Chris Spielman (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	7:58	MICH	Askew 11 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 7–0
Q2	11:21	MINN	Johnson 15 yard pass from Abdul-Khaliq (Nystrom kick)	Tie 7–7
Q2	7:20	MICH	Askew 2 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 14–7
Q2	:00	MINN	Nystrom 40 yard field goal	MICH 14–10
Q3	12:20	MICH	Bell 19 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 21–10
Q3	6:17	MICH	Epstein 41 yard field goal	MICH 24–10
Q4	14:49	MICH	Perry 5 yard run (Epstein kick)	MICH 31–10

^[1]

See also: 2001 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	7	7	3	3	20
Wisconsin	7	0	10	0	17

• Date: November 17
• Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
• Game attendance: 79,633
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	9:30	WISC	Bollinger 1 yard run (Morse kick)	WISC 7–0
Q1	0:45	MICH	Dubuc 10 yard pass from Navarre (Epstein kick)	Tie 7–7
Q2	8:28	MICH	Jackson 43 yard blocked punt return (Epstein kick)	MICH 14–7
Q3	8:30	MICH	Epstein 25 yard field goal	MICH 17–7
Q3	5:15	WISC	Davis 10 yard run (Neuser kick)	MICH 17–14
Q3	2:03	WISC	Neuser 46 yard field goal	Tie 17–17
Q4	0:14	MICH	Epstein 31 yard field goal	MICH 20–17

^[2]

See also: 2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Ohio State

See also: 2001 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Citrus Bowl: Tennessee

See also: 2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Roster

2001 Michigan Wolverines football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 75 David Baas So WR 19 Ronald Bellamy Jr WR 80 Braylon Edwards Fr OL 78 Jonathan Goodwin Sr QB 7 Drew Henson Jr TE 83 Bennie Joppru Jr QB 16 John Navarre So RB 23 Chris Perry So OL 74 Demetrius Solomon Jr RB 5 David Underwood Fr WR 4 Marquise Walker Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 43 Carl Diggs Jr LB 17 Larry Foote Sr LB 6 Victor Hobson Sr CB 3 Todd Howard Sr CB 20 Marlin Jackson Fr FS 2 Cato June Jr LB 58 Roy Manning So DL 53 Shantee Orr Jr DE 85 Dave Spytek Fr LB 31 John Spytek Jr DE 13 Larry Stevens So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Lloyd Carr Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Statistical achievements

On October 27, Larry Foote earned a share of the single-game conference record of 7 tackles for a loss, becoming the third conference athlete to do so.^[3] He also holds a share of the national record, becoming the third player to do so since the NCAA recognized it as a stat.^[4]

Marquise Walker was the Big Ten receiving statistical champion with 7.5 receptions per conference game and 7.2 reception per game.^[5] On September 8 against Washington and November 24 against Ohio State he posted 15 receptions breaking the record of 12 set in 1958 by Brad Myers and tied in 1996 by Tai Streets. The record still stands. During the season, he set the school record for single-season receptions (86), surpassing Jack Clancy's 1966 record of 76; career receptions (176), surpassing Anthony Carter's 161 set in 1982; consecutive games with a reception (32), surpassing Mercury Hayes's 30 set in 1995; and single-season reception yards, surpassing David Terrell's record set the prior season. Braylon Edwards surpassed all of these records in 2004.^[6]

The team earned the Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for all games by holding opponents to 89.1 yards per game.^[7] The team also earned the Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for conference games by holding opponents to 95.4 yards per game.^[7] The team earned the Big Ten passing defense statistical championships for conference games by holding conference opponents to 190.8 yards per game, although Ohio State won the title for all games.^[8] They also ranked first in passing efficiency defense for both conference games (103.5) and with Ohio State leading for all games.^[8] The team led the conference in total defense for conference games (286.1) and all games (316.4).^[8] The team led the Big Ten Conference in scoring defense for conference games (16.9 points per game) and all games (19.8).^[9] They were the conference leaders in quarterback sacks for conference games (4.4 sacks per game) and all games (4.2 sacks per game).^[9]

John Navarre set the school single-season pass attempts record of 385, surpassing 350 by Tom Brady in 1998. He would rebreak his own record in each of the next two seasons.^[10]

Awards and honors

• Co-captain: Eric Brackins, Shawn Thompson
• All-Americans: Larry Foote, Marquise Walker
• All-Conference: Larry Foote, Jonathan Goodwin, Dan Rumishek, Marquise Walker
• Most Valuable Player: Marquise Walker
• Meyer Morton Award: Bill Seymour
• John Maulbetsch Award: Chris Perry
• Frederick Matthei Award: Ronald Bellamy
• Dick Katcher Award: Shantee Orr
• Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Jake Frysinger
• Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Kurt Anderson
• Robert P. Ufer Award: Eric Brackins
• Roger Zatkoff Award: Larry Foote

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Lloyd Carr
• Assistant coaches: Teryl Austin, Erik Campbell, Jim Herrmann, Brady Hoke, Fred Jackson, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bobby Morrison, Stan Parrish
• Staff: Scott Draper, Mark Ouimet, Kelly Cox
• Trainer: Paul Schmidt
• Managers: Nate Bentz, Joe Harper, Craig Hisey, Brad Hoffman, Chris Lemaster, Adam Jahnke, Matt Kernen, Maggie Malone, Katie McNall, Craig Podolski, Rick Polanco, Brian Resutek, Victor Soto, Davon Wilson