2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

American college football season

2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football

Gator Bowl, L 17–30 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
Record	8–4 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach	Frank Beamer (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rickey Bustle (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Bud Foster (7th season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Miami (FL) $#	7	–	0	12	–	0
No. 14 Syracuse	6	–	1	10	–	3
No. 18 Virginia Tech	4	–	3	8	–	4
No. 21 Boston College	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

# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut*	No. 9	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN+	W 52–10	53,662
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 9	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN2	W 31–0	53,662
September 22	12:00 p.m.	at Rutgers	No. 9	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	W 50–0	27,514
September 29	12:00 p.m.	UCF*	No. 8	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	SUN	W 46–14	53,662
October 6	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	No. 8	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Black Diamond Trophy)	ESPN2	W 35–0	63,271
October 13	6:30 p.m.	Boston College	No. 6	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 34–20	53,662
October 27	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	No. 5	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN+	L 14–22	53,662
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 12	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN+	L 7–38	55,585
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	No. 23	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		W 35–0	21,915
November 17	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia*	No. 18	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ESPN	W 31–17	61,625
December 1	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Miami (FL)	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–26	53,662
January 1, 2002	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Florida State*	No. 15	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	L 17–30	72,202
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`88`	Andre Davis	Sr
OT	`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.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class

Roster

Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 1 Hurricanes	0	20	3	3	26
No. 14 Hokies	3	0	7	14	24

Scoring summary

1	3:08	VT	Warley 27-yard field goal	VT 3–0

2	13:05	MIA	Jeremy Shockey 14-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick)	MIA 7–3

2	6:11	MIA	Clinton Portis 7-yard run (Sievers kick)	MIA 14–3

2	3:59	MIA	Sievers 34-yard field goal	MIA 17–3

2	0:16	MIA	Sievers 43-yard field goal	MIA 20–3

3	10:30	VT	Ferguson 1-yard run (Warley kick)	MIA 20–10

3	4:41	MIA	Sievers 42-yard field goal	MIA 23–10

4	11:32	MIA	Sievers 39-yard field goal	MIA 26–10

4	8:33	VT	Ferguson 1-yard run (Parham pass)	MIA 26–18

4	6:03	VT	Manning 22-yard blocked punt return (pass failed)	MIA 26–24

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Hokies	3	0	14	0	17
• No. 24 Seminoles	0	10	3	17	30

Scoring summary

1	10:56	VT	Carter Warley 36-yard field goal	VT 3–0

2	6:32	FSU	Chris Rix 1-yard run (Xavier Beitia kick)	FSU 7–3

2	1:27	FSU	Xavier Beitia 50-yard field goal	FSU 10–3

3	10:02	VT	Kevin Jones 5-yard run (Warley kick)	Tied 10–10

3	1:42	FSU	Xavier Beitia 47-yard field goal	FSU 13–10

3	0:40	VT	Andre Davis 55-yard pass from Grant Noel (Warley kick)	VT 17–13

4	14:48	FSU	Javon Walker 77-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 20–17

4	10:13	FSU	Xavier Beitia 35-yard field goal	FSU 23–17

4	2:14	FSU	Walker 23-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 30–17

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