2001 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 2001 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2001 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 34–19 vs. NC State
ConferenceBig East Conference
2001 record7–5 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJ. D. Brookhart (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorPaul Rhoads (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumHeinz Field
(Capacity: 64,450)
2001 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Miami (FL) $#  7 –0     12 –0  
No. 14 Syracuse  6 –1     10 –3  
No. 21 Boston College  4 –3     8 –4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  4 –3     8 –4  
Pittsburgh  4 –3     7 –5  
Temple  2 –5     4 –7  
West Virginia  1 –6     3 –8  
Rutgers  0 –7     2 –9  
    1. – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.East Tennessee State*
W 31–047,919
September 81:30 p.m.South Florida*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 26–3539,542
September 278:00 p.m.No. 1 Miami (FL)
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNL 21–4357,224
October 62:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*
NBCL 7–2480,795
October 1312:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
ESPN+L 10–4252,367
October 2012:00 p.m.at Boston College
ESPN+L 7–4541,637
October 2712:00 p.m.at Temple
W 33–712,859
November 312:00 p.m.No. 12 Virginia Tech
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 38–755,585
November 101:30 p.m.at Rutgers
W 42–013,520
November 2412:00 p.m.at West Virginia
ESPNW 23–1744,407
December 11:30 p.m.UAB*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 24–640,855
December 207:30 p.m.vs. NC State*
ESPNW 34–1928,562
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
2001 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 77 Bryan Anderson Jr
WR 80 Antonio Bryant Sr
T 75 Matt Morgan Fr
RB 32 Lousaka Polite So
TE 83 Kris Wilson So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 5 Torrie Cox Jr
LB 51 Gerald Hayes Jr
DE 57 Bryan Knight Sr
DB 19 Shawntae Spencer So
DB 25 Ramon Walker Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 36 Andy Lee So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Coaching staff
2001 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff
  • Walt Harris – Head Coach
  • Bob Junko – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive tackles
  • J. D. Brookhart – Offensive Coordinator/Wide receivers
  • Paul Rhoads – Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
  • David Blackwell – Linebackers
  • Curtis Bray – Defensive ends
  • Bryan Deal – Recruiting Coordinator/Specialists
  • Tom Freeman – Offensive line/Run Game Coordinator
  • Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/Special teams
  • Shawn Simms – Running backs
   Support Staff
  • Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/Football Operations
  • Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant
  • Sean McGowan – Graduate Assistant
  • Bob Ando – Graduate Assistant
   Strength and Conditioning Staff
  • Buddy Morris – Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Chad Hutsko – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Antonio BryantWide receiver263Dallas Cowboys
Ramon WalkerDefensive back5153Houston Texans
Bryan KnightLinebacker5165Chicago Bears

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Notes
  • The December 1 game against UAB was a makeup of games that were postponed due to the 9/11 terror attacks cancelling all major sporting events for one week.

References
  1. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2002.htm
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