2001 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2001 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This was the first season the Aggies competed as members of the Sun Belt Conference, having previously competed in the Big West Conference from 1984 to 2000.

2001 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	5–7 (4–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Tony Samuel (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Barney Cotton (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Steve Stanard (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Texas +		5	–	1					5	–	7
Middle Tennessee +		5	–	1					8	–	3
New Mexico State		4	–	2					5	–	7
Louisiana–Lafayette		2	–	4					3	–	8
Arkansas State		2	–	4					2	–	9
Louisiana–Monroe		2	–	4					2	–	9
Idaho		1	–	5					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 23	7:00 pm	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (John Thompson Foundation Classic)		L 24–45	38,129
September 1	6:00 pm	at No. 5 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	L 7–41	82,856	[1]
September 8	6:00 pm	No. 22 Oregon State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM		L 22–27	27,238
September 22	1:10 pm	at No. 12 Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 0–64	49,229	[2]
September 29	6:00 pm	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		W 31–0	6,625
October 6	2:00 pm	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 24–7	17,211
October 13		Idaho	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM		W 46–39
October 27	2:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 35–39	11,327
November 3		North Texas	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM		L 20–22
November 10		Arkansas State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM		W 28–17
November 17		at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		W 49–46
November 24		at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)		L 0–53
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2001 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 4 Eric Higgins So QB 5 Te'Mon Wallace Jr RB 6 Keith Mouton Fr WR 7 H. B. Briscoe  Jr WR 8 Chris Lumpkin So QB 10 Paul Drombowski Fr QB 11 Buck Pierce  Fr QB 13 Carl Scaffidi  Fr WR 14 Preston Williams  Fr QB 17 K. C. Enzminger Sr WR 19 P. J. Winston Jr RB 20 Kenton Keith Sr RB 22 Walter Taylor Jr RB 23 Tony Bostic So WR 27 Ronshay Jenkins  So FB 36 Kermit Okamura  Jr FB 38 Rambo Fiaseu Fr FB 44 Marcus Dixon  Jr RB 48 Keeon Johnson Sr C 68 B. J. Van Briesen  Jr G 72 Adam Sinclair  Fr G 75 Shalimar Jackson  Jr G 77 Justin Shopbell  Fr WR 81 Chris Duncan  So WR 84 Manwell Talbert Sr TE 85 Travis Samuel Fr TE 87 Michael Bangs Sr TE 89 Alex Davis  So TE 97 Dustin Ditmore So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 3 Robert Canidate  Jr DB 6 Tony Lukins Sr DB 9 Corey Paul Sr DB 13 Daniel Malloy Sr DB 15 Nick Crawford Sr S 28 Siddeeq Shabazz  Jr LB 30 Simon Ocampo Fr S 31 Tyrone Gifford Jr S 31 Shukree Shabazz Fr LB 34 Julmar Howard  So LB 37 Richard Glover  Fr LB 42 Jim Cottrell Fr LB 43 D'Wayne Taylor Sr DE 95 Lamar Hill So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Dario Aguiniga So P 16 Brian Copple Jr	Head coach Tony Samuel Coordinators/assistant coaches Ross Els (Special Team Coordinator/safeties) Mark Mauer (Wide receivers) Steve Stanard (Defensive coordinator/linebacker) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt