2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team information
American college football season
2001Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten champion
Sugar Bowl, L 47–34 vs. LSU
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 12[1]
AP
No. 12[2]
Record
10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Ron Turner (5th season)
Offensive coordinator
Ron Turner (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator
Mike Cassity (1st season)
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 12 Illinois $
7
–
1
10
–
2
No. 20 Michigan
6
–
2
8
–
4
Ohio State
5
–
3
7
–
5
Iowa
4
–
4
7
–
5
Purdue
4
–
4
6
–
6
Penn State
4
–
4
5
–
6
Indiana
4
–
4
5
–
6
Michigan State
3
–
5
7
–
5
Wisconsin
3
–
5
5
–
7
Minnesota
2
–
6
4
–
7
Northwestern
2
–
6
4
–
7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Led by senior quarterback Kurt Kittner, the team won the Big Ten Conference title and earned a Sugar Bowl berth, but lost to LSU, 47–34.
^Year-by-Year Final Coaches' Polls – AFCA.com—Official Site of the American Football Coaches Association Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
^CNNSI.com – College Football – Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll – Tuesday January 8, 2002
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