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2001 Purdue

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Joe Tiller.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 2001, game by game: won at Cincinnati 19–14; won vs. Akron 33–14; won at Minnesota 35–28; won vs. Iowa 23–14; lost at No. 12 Michigan 10–24; won vs. Northwestern 32–27; lost vs. No. 21 Illinois 13–38; lost at Ohio State 9–35; won vs. Michigan State 24–14; lost at Indiana 7–13; lost vs. Notre Dame 18–24; lost vs. No. 13 Washington State 27–33+19−26Won 19–14 at Cincinnati+5CincinnatiWon 33–14 vs. Akron+19AkronWon 35–28 at Minnesota+7MinnesotaWon 23–14 vs. Iowa+9IowaLost 10–24 at No. 12 Michigan-14No. 12 MichiganWon 32–27 vs. Northwestern+5NorthwesternLost 13–38 vs. No. 21 Illinois-25No. 21 IllinoisLost 9–35 at Ohio State-26Ohio StateWon 24–14 vs. Michigan State+10Michigan StateLost 7–13 at Indiana-6IndianaLost 18–24 vs. Notre Dame-6Notre DameLost 27–33 vs. No. 13 Washington State-6No. 13 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atCincinnatiW 19–⁠1455%
Sep 22vsAkronW 33–⁠1474%
Sep 29atMinnesotaW 35–⁠2857%
Oct 6vsIowaW 23–⁠1476%
Oct 13at12MichiganL 10–⁠2434%
Oct 27vsNorthwesternW 32–⁠2769%
Nov 3vs21IllinoisL 13–⁠3860%
Nov 10atOhio StateL 9–⁠3542%
Nov 17vsMichigan StateW 24–⁠1459%
Nov 24atIndianaL 7–⁠1358%
Dec 1vsNotre DameL 18–⁠2461%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs13Washington StateSun BowlL 27–⁠3338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 33–⁠27 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 24
  2. Wk 7: 21
  3. Wk 8: 17
  4. Wk 10: 24
  5. Wk 11: 20

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.

Ray Guy AwardTravis Dorsch, K

Consensus All-AmericanTravis Dorsch, K

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
250–⁠278
Coach
Joe Tiller
Elo
1526 −59 this season
SP+ rating
6.8 No. 49 of 117; offense No. 82, defense No. 26
SRS
3.3 No. 54 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 41
Offensive coordinator
Jim Chaney
Defensive coordinator
Brock Spack
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 36— allowed
Defense-0.2own 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

Kyle Orton PRO★★★★No. 101

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.968

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 3Akin Ayodele DEJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 4Travis Dorsch KCincinnati Bengals

All-Big Ten

5 first team

First 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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois7–⁠110–⁠212
Michigan6–⁠28–⁠420
Ohio State5–⁠37–⁠5
Iowa4–⁠47–⁠5
Purdue4–⁠46–⁠6
Penn State4–⁠45–⁠6
Indiana4–⁠45–⁠6
Michigan State3–⁠57–⁠5
Wisconsin3–⁠55–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠64–⁠7
Minnesota2–⁠64–⁠7

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