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2001 Oregon State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Dennis Erickson.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 2001, game by game: lost at Fresno State 24–44; won at New Mexico State 27–22; lost vs. No. 12 UCLA 7–38; lost at Washington State 27–34; won vs. Arizona 38–3; lost at Arizona State 24–41; won vs. California 19–10; lost at USC 13–16; won vs. No. 8 Washington 49–24; won vs. Northern Arizona 45–10; lost at No. 4 Oregon 14–17+35−31Lost 24–44 at Fresno State-20Fresno StateWon 27–22 at New Mexico State+5New Mexico StateLost 7–38 vs. No. 12 UCLA-31No. 12 UCLALost 27–34 at Washington State-7Washington StateWon 38–3 vs. Arizona+35ArizonaLost 24–41 at Arizona State-17Arizona StateWon 19–10 vs. California+9CaliforniaLost 13–16 at USC-3USCWon 49–24 vs. No. 8 Washington+25No. 8 WashingtonWon 45–10 vs. Northern Arizona+35Northern ArizonaLost 14–17 at No. 4 Oregon-3No. 4 Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atFresno StateL 24–⁠4457%
Sep 8atNew Mexico StateW 27–⁠2274%
Sep 29vs12UCLAL 7–⁠3865%
Oct 6atWashington StateL 27–⁠3440%
Oct 13vsArizonaW 38–⁠366%
Oct 20atArizona StateL 24–⁠4155%
Oct 27vsCaliforniaW 19–⁠1081%
Nov 3atUSCL 13–⁠1649%
Nov 10vs8WashingtonW 49–⁠2439%
Nov 17vsNorthern ArizonaW 45–⁠1089%
Dec 1at4OregonL 14–⁠1727%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 22
  4. Wk 6: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2001.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
287–⁠259
Coach
Dennis Erickson
Elo
1587 −65 this season
SP+ rating
8.8 No. 42 of 117; offense No. 56, defense No. 34
SRS
3.9 No. 50 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 24
Offensive coordinator
Tim Lappano
Defensive coordinator
Craig Bray
Offense
Single-back spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 34— allowed
Defense-0.1own 30— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2001 class

Derek Anderson PRO★★★★No. 44
Steven Jackson RB★★★★No. 76

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.983
Running backs14.00.974
Whole class24.00.979

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 3James Allen LBNew Orleans Saints

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Eric ManningDTCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠111–⁠12
Washington State6–⁠210–⁠210
Stanford6–⁠29–⁠316
Washington6–⁠28–⁠419
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠55–⁠6
Arizona2–⁠65–⁠6
Arizona State1–⁠74–⁠7
California0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.