2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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	Source
September 1	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut *	No. 9	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN Plus	W 52–10	53,662	[1]
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 Plus	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 (rivalry)	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 Plus	L 14–22	53,662
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	No. 12	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN Plus	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 (rivalry)	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

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	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	5	12	23	18	16	14	15	15	18
Coaches	16	16	10	9	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	7	13	12	19	14	19
BCS	Not released								5	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Games summaries

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech

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

• Date: December 1
• Location: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA
• Game attendance: 53,662
• TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Lynn Swann

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

See also: 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team and Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry

Gator Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State

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

• Date: January 1
• Location: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
• Game attendance: 72,202
• Referee: David Witvoet
• TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, and Chris Wragge

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

Main article: 2002 Gator Bowl

See also: 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team

Roster

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	Head coach Frank Beamer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
André Davis	Wide receiver	2	47	Cleveland Browns
Ben Taylor	Linebacker	4	111	Cleveland Browns
Kevin McCadam	Safety	5	148	Atlanta Falcons
David Pugh	Defensive tackle	6	182	Indianapolis Colts
Bob Slowikowski	Tight end	6	211	Dallas Cowboys
Chad Beasley	Tackle	7	218	Minnesota Vikings
Derrius Monroe	Defensive end	7	224	New Orleans Saints
Jarrett Ferguson	Fullback	7	251	Buffalo Bills

References

1. "No. 9 Va Tech 52, clobbers Connecticut 10". Suffolk News-Herald. September 2, 2001. Retrieved August 2, 2025– via Newspapers.com.