2001 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 2001 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Charlie Weatherbie for most of the year. He was replaced by Rick Lantz for the last three games of the season.

2001 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–10
Head coach	Charlie Weatherbie (7th season; first 7 games) Rick Lantz (interim; final 3 games)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Hudspeth (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Ed Malinowski
Captains	Ed Malinowski Jake Bowen
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2001 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Florida			–						8	–	3
Troy State			–						7	–	4
UCF			–						6	–	5
Notre Dame			–						5	–	6
Utah State			–						4	–	7
Connecticut			–						2	–	9
Navy			–						0	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		L 26–45	26,191
September 8	12:00 p.m.	No. 10 Georgia Tech	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	FSN	L 7–70	30,602
September 15		Northwestern			Cancelled
September 22	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 21–38	30,064
October 6		vs. Air Force	FedExField Landover, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)		L 18–24	36,251
October 13	12:00 p.m.	Rice	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 13–21	29,106
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	L 17–23	29,101
October 27	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH		L 20–21	36,852
November 10	12:00 p.m.	Tulane	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		L 28–42	31,456
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 16–34	80,795
December 1		vs. Army	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)		L 17–26
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Dominic Bailey Jr QB 11 Craig Candeto So TE 87 Steve Mercer Jr WR 14 J.P. Blecksmith Jr WR 6 Chandler Sims Jr TE 89 Jim Zakar Jr LS/TE 86 Heath Sanders Jr OL 77 David Walsh Jr OL 78 Grant Moody Jr OL 65 Derek Jaskowiak Jr OL 71 Matt Nye Jr C 75 Brian Schulz Sr C 76 Ben Eastburn Jr C 67 Shane Todd So OL 61 Travis Peace Jr OL 72 Brett Cochrane Jr OL 64 John Jeffery Sr OL 68 Dan Venuto Sr OL 63 Sean Magee So WR 40 Jeff Gaddy Sr WR 84 Mike McIlravy Jr SB 5 Gene Reese Jr SB 21 Tony Lane So SB 45 Jeff Lam Sr QB 10 Ed Malinowski (C) Sr SB 39 Donnie Fricks Jr SB 35 Brad Tepper Jr SB 37 Brendan Looney So FB 32 Raheem Lambert Sr FB 23 Marlon Terrell Sr FB 24 Bryce McDonald Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 96 Pete Beuttenmuller Jr DT 97 Andy Zetts Jr DT 54 Josh Brindel Jr DT 99 Joey Owmby Jr DE 47 Dan Person Jr DE 95 Ralph Henry So LB 56 Eddie Carthan So LB 49 Mike Chiesl Sr LB 48 Brian Stann Jr LB 1 Jake Bowen (C) Sr LB 58 Ryan Hamilton (C) Sr LB 50 Ben Matthews So LB 51 Dan Ryno Sr CB 16 Shalimar Brazier So SS 44 Lenter Thomas Jr SS 13 Joey Fay Jr S 9 Matt Brooks Sr S 7 DeJuan Cromer Sr CB 17 Marcus Jackson Sr S 33 Clyde Clark Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 86 Heath Sanders Jr PK 4 David Hills Sr P 82 John Skaggs So	Head coach Rick Lantz Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt