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2001 Stanford

9–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 2001, game by game: won vs. Boston College 38–22; won vs. Arizona State 51–28; won at USC 21–16; lost vs. Washington State 39–45; won at Oregon 49–42; won vs. No. 4 UCLA 38–28; lost at No. 11 Washington 28–42; won at Arizona 51–37; won vs. California 35–28; won vs. Notre Dame 17–13; won at San José State 41–14; lost vs. Georgia Tech 14–24+27−14Won 38–22 vs. Boston College+16Boston CollegeWon 51–28 vs. Arizona State+23Arizona StateWon 21–16 at USC+5USCLost 39–45 vs. Washington State-6Washington StateWon 49–42 at Oregon+7OregonWon 38–28 vs. No. 4 UCLA+10No. 4 UCLALost 28–42 at No. 11 Washington-14No. 11 WashingtonWon 51–37 at Arizona+14ArizonaWon 35–28 vs. California+7CaliforniaWon 17–13 vs. Notre Dame+4Notre DameWon 41–14 at San José State+27San José StateLost 14–24 vs. Georgia Tech-10Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsBoston CollegeW 38–⁠2252%
Sep 22vsArizona StateW 51–⁠2861%
Sep 29atUSCW 21–⁠1653%
Oct 13vsWashington StateL 39–⁠4554%
Oct 20atOregonW 49–⁠4223%
Oct 27vs4UCLAW 38–⁠2849%
Nov 3at11WashingtonL 28–⁠4237%
Nov 10atArizonaW 51–⁠3761%
Nov 17vsCaliforniaW 35–⁠2889%
Nov 24vsNotre DameW 17–⁠1368%
Dec 1atSan José StateW 41–⁠1475%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvsGeorgia TechSeattle BowlL 14–⁠2458%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 24–⁠14 in the Seattle Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 22
  2. Wk 8: 23
  3. Wk 10: 20
  4. Wk 11: 10
  5. Wk 12: 16
  6. Wk 13: 13
  7. Wk 14: 13
  8. Wk 15: 12
  9. Wk 16: 11
  10. Final: 16

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
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 10
Points
422–⁠339
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1622 +108 this season
SP+ rating
15.7 No. 18 of 117; offense No. 5, defense No. 63
SRS
11.6 No. 23 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 14
Offensive coordinator
Bill Diedrick
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 34— allowed
Defense-0.1own 32— 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

Michael Craven OLB★★★★★No. 10
J.R. Lemon RB★★★★★No. 42
Mark Anderson DT★★★★No. 65

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs15.00.983
Defensive line14.00.977
Linebackers15.00.995
Whole class34.70.985

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 2Tank Williams DBTennessee Titans
Rd 3Coy Wire DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 5Randy Fasani QBCarolina Panthers
Rd 6Brian Allen RBIndianapolis Colts
Rd 7Eric Heitmann OGSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 7Zack Quaccia CTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

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.