2001 Oregon State Beavers football team

2001 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray (2nd season)
Home stadium	Reser Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons ←  2000 2002  →

2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Oregon $		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 10 Washington State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 16 Stanford		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 19 Washington		6	–	2					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					6	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					7	–	4
Oregon State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arizona State		1	–	7					4	–	7
California		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Dennis Erickson.

Schedule

The Beavers' home game against Montana State, scheduled for September 15, was canceled due to the September 11 attacks. A replacement game against Northern Arizona was scheduled for November 17.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 pm	at Fresno State *	No. 10	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California	ESPN2	L 24–44	42,410
September 8	6:00 pm	at New Mexico State *	No. 22	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, New Mexico		W 27–22	27,238
September 29	12:30 pm	No. 12 UCLA	No. 19	Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	ABC	L 7–38	36,521
October 6	2:00 pm	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington	FSNNW	L 27–34	35,283
October 13	7:15 pm	Arizona		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 38–3	36,619
October 20	7:00 pm	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		L 24–41	54,114
October 27	1:00 pm	California		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 19–10	36,142
November 3	12:30 pm	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 13–16 OT	44,880
November 10	12:30 pm	No. 8 Washington		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 49–24	36,682
November 17	1:30 pm	No. 13 (I-AA) Northern Arizona *		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 45–10	39,096
December 1	1:30 pm	at No. 4 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon (Civil War)	ABC	L 14–17	46,075
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Roster

2001 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Derek Anderson Fr OL 61 Dustin Janz Sr WR 20 Riley Jenkins So QB 9 Jonathan Smith Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 James Allen Sr LB 42 Nick Barnett Jr FS 22 Jason Jacobs  So DT 93 David Lose  So DT 99 Eric Manning Jr CB 21 Dennis Weathersby Jr CB 36 Aric Williams  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 47 Kirk Yliniemi So	Head coach Dennis Erickson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

See also: 2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	11	10	22	22	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches
Harris	Not released																Not released
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total • Oregon State 14 0 3 10 27 New Mexico State 0 9 0 13 22 Date: September 8 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Game attendance: 27,238

Scoring summary 1 7:13 ORST Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon State 7–0 1 1:08 ORST Patrick McCall 22-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 14–0 2 4:26 NMST Dan Aguiniga 26-yard field goal Oregon State 14–3 2 :45 NMST Kenton Keith 1-yard run (kick failed) Oregon State 14–9 3 5:06 ORST Ryan Cesca 47-yard field goal Oregon State 17–9 4 12:58 ORST Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon State 24–9 4 8:31 NMST Kenton Keith 4-yard run (Dan Aguiniga kick) Oregon State 24–16 4 3:13 ORST Ryan Cesca 24-yard field goal Oregon State 27–16 4 1:33 NMST Manuel Talbert 31-yard pass from KC Enzminger (two-point conversion failed) Oregon State 27–22

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Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 0 0 3 0 3 • Oregon State 14 14 7 3 38 Date: October 13 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Game attendance: 36,619

Scoring summary 1 ORST Newton 2-yard pass from Smith (Cesca kick) Oregon State 7–0 1 ORST Farley 24-yard blocked punt return (Cesca kick) Oregon State 14–0 2 ORST Smith 1-yard run (Cesca kick) Oregon State 21–0 2 ORST Clasen 26-yard pass from D. Anderson (Cesca kick) Oregon State 28–0 3 ORST Simonton 1-yard run (Cesca kick) Oregon State 35–0 3 ARIZ Keel 28-yard field goal Oregon State 35–3 4 ORST Cesca 38-yard field goal Oregon State 38–3

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References

1. "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
2. "Oregon State vs. New Mexico State". USA Today . September 8, 2001. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
3. "Arizona vs. Oregon State". USA Today . October 13, 2001. Retrieved December 29, 2014.