2001 Baltimore Ravens season

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2001 Baltimore Ravens season
Owner Art Modell
General manager Ozzie Newsome
Head coach Brian Billick
Offensive coordinator Matt Cavanaugh
Defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis
Home stadium PSINet Stadium
Results
Record10–6
Division place2nd AFC Central
PlayoffsWon Wild Card Playoffs
(at Dolphins) 20–3
Lost Divisional Playoffs
(at Steelers) 10–27
Pro Bowlers T Jonathan Ogden
TE Shannon Sharpe
DT Sam Adams
LB Ray Lewis
FS Rod Woodson
KR Jermaine Lewis
Uniform
Baltimore Ravens Uniforms 2000-2003.png

The 2001 season was the Baltimore Ravens' sixth season in the National Football League (NFL) and the third under head coach Brian Billick.

Contents

Fresh off their victory trip from Super Bowl XXXV, bad news struck the 2001 Ravens as running back Jamal Lewis suffered a knee injury in training camp and would miss the entire season. This weakened the Ravens’ running game. They also got swept by the Browns for the first time since they returned to Cleveland, and they also failed to equal their 12–4 record from 2000, instead going 10–6 but eventually reaching the postseason for the second consecutive year.

They easily shut down the Miami Dolphins, 20–3 in the wild-card round, but were unable to stop the 13–3 Pittsburgh Steelers, in the next round, due to a series of turnovers and penalties.

This was the final season Randall Cunningham, Dale Hellestrae, Erik Williams and Carnell Lake would play in the NFL.

Offseason

Throughout training camp, the team was the first to be covered by and featured on the HBO series Hard Knocks .

Draft

2001 Baltimore Ravens draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
131 Todd Heap  *  TE Arizona State
262 Gary Baxter   CB Baylor
392 Casey Rabach   C Wisconsin
4148 Edgerton Hartwell   LB Western Illinois
5161Chris Barnes  RB New Mexico State
6194 Joe Maese   LS New Mexico
7231 Dwayne Missouri   DE Northwestern
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

2001 Baltimore Ravens staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head athletic trainer – Bill Tessendorf
  • Strength and conditioning – Jeff Friday
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Chip Morton
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Paul Ricci

[1]

Roster

2001 Baltimore Ravens roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

 Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
52 active, 6 reserve, 5 practice squad

Schedule

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
1August 13at Philadelphia Eagles Canceled
2August 18at New York Jets L 3–160–1
3August 23 Carolina Panthers L 17–200–2
4August 31 New York Giants W 38–91–2
[2]

Regular season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 9 Chicago Bears W 17–61–0 PSINet Stadium 69,365
2 [A] September 23at Cincinnati Bengals L 10–211–1 Paul Brown Stadium 51,121
3September 30at Denver Broncos W 20–132–1 Invesco Field at Mile High 75,082
4October 7 Tennessee Titans W 26–73–1PSINet Stadium69,494
5October 14at Green Bay Packers L 23–313–2 Lambeau Field 59,866
6October 21at Cleveland Browns L 14–243–3 Cleveland Browns Stadium 72,818
7October 28 Jacksonville Jaguars W 18–174–3PSINet Stadium69,439
8November 4at Pittsburgh Steelers W 13–105–3 Heinz Field 62,906
9November 12at Tennessee Titans W 16–106–3 Adelphia Coliseum 68,798
10November 18 Cleveland Browns L 17–276–4PSINet Stadium69,353
11November 25at Jacksonville Jaguars W 24–217–4 Alltel Stadium 53,530
12December 2 Indianapolis Colts W 39–278–4PSINet Stadium69,382
13 Bye
14December 16 Pittsburgh Steelers L 21–268–5PSINet Stadium69,506
15December 23 Cincinnati Bengals W 16–09–5PSINet Stadium68,987
16December 29at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–229–6 Raymond James Stadium 65,619
17 [A] January 7 Minnesota Vikings W 19–310–6PSINet Stadium69,465
[2]

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Postseason

WeekDateOpponentResultKickoff TimeAttendance
Wild CardJanuary 13, 2002at Miami Dolphins W 20–3CBS 4:30pm72,251
DivisionalJanuary 20, 2002at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–27CBS 1:00pm63,976

Division standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers 1330.813352212W1
(5) Baltimore Ravens 1060.625303265W1
Cleveland Browns 790.438285319L1
Tennessee Titans 790.438336388L2
Jacksonville Jaguars 6100.375294286L2
Cincinnati Bengals 6100.375226309W2

Game summaries

AFC Wild Card game vs Miami Dolphins

Baltimore Ravens vs Miami Dolphins
Quarter1234Total
Ravens077620
Dolphins30003

at Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida

Game information
  • Scoring
    • MIA – field goal Mare 33 MIA 3–0
    • BAL – Allen 4 run (Stover kick) BAL 7–3
    • BAL – Taylor 4 pass from Grbac (Stover kick) BAL 14–3
    • BAL – field goal Stover 35 BAL 17–3
    • BAL – field goal Stover 40 BAL 20–3

AFC Divisional Playoff vs Pittsburgh Steelers

1234Total
Ravens037010
Steelers10100727

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Ravens were originally scheduled to host the Minnesota Vikings during Week 2 of the original NFL schedule (September 17) at PSINet Stadium. However, due to the September 11 attacks, the game was rescheduled to Week 17.

References

  1. ↑ "Ravens' Associates". 2001 Fan and Media Guide. Baltimore Ravens. pp. 2–3.
  2. 1 2 2001 Baltimore Ravens schedule and results
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