2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Gator Bowl, L 17–30 vs. Florida State
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
2001 record8–4 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRickey Bustle (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorBud Foster (7th season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
(Capacity: 53,662)
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m.Connecticut*No. 9ESPN+W 52–1053,662
September 812:00 p.m.Western Michigan*No. 9
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ESPN2W 31–053,662
September 2212:00 p.m.at RutgersNo. 9ESPN+W 50–027,514
September 2912:00 p.m.UCF*No. 8
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
SUNW 46–1453,662
October 612:00 p.m.at West VirginiaNo. 8ESPN2W 35–063,271
October 136:30 p.m.Boston CollegeNo. 6
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
ESPN2W 34–2053,662
October 2712:00 p.m.SyracuseNo. 5
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ESPN+L 14–2253,662
November 312:00 p.m.at PittsburghNo. 12ESPN+L 7–3855,585
November 1012:00 p.m.at TempleNo. 23W 35–021,915
November 173:30 p.m.at Virginia*No. 18ESPNW 31–1761,625
December 11:00 p.m.No. 1 Miami (FL)No. 14
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
ABCL 24–2653,662
January 1, 200212:30 p.m.vs. No. 24 Florida State*No. 15NBCL 17–3072,202
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 6 5 12 23 18 16 14 15 15 18 
Coaches Poll 16 16 10 9 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 13 12 19 14 19 
BCS Not released 5 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

Roster

2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 88 Andre Davis Sr
T 57 Anthony Davis Sr
RB 43 Doug Easlick So
RB 27 Jarrett Ferguson Sr
C 64 Jake Grove So
QB 11 Grant Noel Jr
RB 22 Lee Suggs Jr
WR 19 Ernest Wilford So
RB 25/7 Kevin Jones Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 94 Chad Beasley Sr
S 21 Michael Crawford So
DE 28 Lamar Cobb Jr
S 8 Vincent Fuller Fr
CB 4 DeAngelo Hall Fr
CB 5 Kevin McCadam Sr
DT 71 David Pugh Sr
LB 40 Ben Taylor Sr
CB 2 Ronyell Whitaker Jr
CB 17 Garnell Wilds So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Games summaries

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech
1 234Total
No. 1 Hurricanes 0 2033 26
No. 14 Hokies 3 0714 24

Gator Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State
1 234Total
No. 15 Hokies 3 0140 17
No. 24 Seminoles 0 10317 30

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
André DavisWide receiver247Cleveland Browns
Ben TaylorLinebacker4111Cleveland Browns
Kevin McCadamSafety5148Atlanta Falcons
David PughDefensive tackle6182Indianapolis Colts
Bob SlowikowskiTight end6211Dallas Cowboys
Chad BeasleyTackle7218Minnesota Vikings
Derrius MonroeDefensive end7224New Orleans Saints
Jarrett FergusonFullback7251Buffalo Bills

References


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