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2001 Pittsburgh Steelers season
OwnerThe Rooney Family
General managerKevin Colbert
Head coachBill Cowher
Home fieldHeinz Field
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st AFC Central
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs (Ravens) 27–10
Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 17–24
Pro Bowlers
6
AP All-Pros
4
  • Alan Faneca (1st team)
  • Jason Gildon (1st team)
  • Kendrell Bell (2nd team)
  • Jeff Hartings (2nd team)
Team MVPKordell Stewart
Team ROYKendrell Bell
Uniform

The 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 69th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. After finishing the previous three seasons a combined 22–26, the Steelers returned to the top seed in the AFC, rolling to a 13–3 record in their first season since 1997 and playing at Heinz Field. The Steelers went 7–1 in their new home stadium, with the only loss coming to the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens (a loss the Steelers avenged in the divisional playoffs).

However, for the third time in Bill Cowher's coaching tenure, the Steelers fell in the AFC Championship Game at home. This time, the eventual champion New England Patriots defeated the top-seeded Steelers.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 2001 NFL draft
2001 Pittsburgh Steelers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 18 Casey Hampton *  Defensive Tackle Texas
2 39 Kendrell Bell *  Linebacker Georgia
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

2001 Pittsburgh Steelers staff

Front office

  • President – Daniel M. Rooney
  • Vice President & General Counsel – Arthur J. Rooney II
  • Vice President – John R. McGinley
  • Vice President – Arthur J. Rooney, Jr.
  • Administration Advisor – Chuck Noll
  • Director of Business – Mark Hart
  • Business Accounting Coordinator – Jim Ellenberger
  • Human Relations/Office Coordinator – Geraldine Glenn
  • Business Coordinator – Omar Khan
  • Accounting Manager – Jodie Spagnolli
  • Communications Coordinator – Ron Wahl
  • Public Relations/Media Manager – David Lockett
  • Network Administrator – Scott Phelps
  • Marketing and Merchandising
  • Director of Marketing – Tony Quatrini
  • Marketing Coordinator – Rick Giugliano
  • Merchandising Manager – Tim Carey
  • Assistant Merchandising Manager – Sam Rogiero
  • Marketing Assistant – John Wodarek
  • Producer/Broadcasting Manager – Rick Fairbend
  • Marketing/Community Relations Manager – Lynne Molyneaux
  • Marketing Assistant – John Simpson
  • Marketing Assistant – Mike Marchinsky
  • Ticket Operations
  • Ticket Manager – Brian Bonifate
  • Football Operations
  • Director of Football Operations – Kevin Colbert
  • College Scouting Coordinator – Bill Baker
  • Pro Scouting Coordinator – Doug Whaley
  • Pro/College Scout – Phil Kreidler
  • College Scout – Mark Gorscak
  • College Scout – Bob Lane
  • College Scout – Bruce McNorton
  • College Scout – Dan Rooney
  • College Scout – Bill Nunn
  • BLESTO Scout – Kelvin Fisher

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Jay Hayes

Strength and conditioning

  • Conditioning Coach – Chet Fuhrman
  • Medical Staff
  • Ophthalmologist – Dr. Randy Beatty
  • Physician, Orthopedic – Dr. James P. Bradley
  • Neurological Surgeon – Dr. Joseph Maroon
  • Physician, M.D. – Dr. Richard Rydze
  • Physician, Consultant – Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
  • Physician, M.D. – Dr. Anthony P. Yates
  • Training Staff
  • Head Athletic Trainer – John Norwig
  • Assistant Athletic Trainer – Ryan Grove
  • Football Staff
  • Player Development Coordinator – Anthony Griggs
  • Equipment Manager - Rodgers Freyvogel
  • Field Manager – Rich Baker
  • Field/Equipment Assistant – Paul Gallagher
  • Video Coordinator – Bob McCartney
  • Video Assistant – Andy Lizanich
  • Video Assistant – Rob Brakel
  • Photographers – Mike Fabus

[1]

Notable additions include Casey Hampton, Jeff Hartings and Kendrell Bell.

Roster

2001 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

[2] [3] [4]
Rookies in italics
 55 active, 1 inactive, 4 practice squad

Preseason

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff (ET) TV Opponent Result Record Game Site NFL Recap
1 Fri. Aug. 3 7:30 p.m. KDKA at Atlanta Falcons W 17–16 1–0 Georgia Dome Recap
2 Thu. Aug. 16 8:00 p.m. KDKA at Minnesota Vikings L 24–10 1–1 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Recap
3 Sat. Aug. 25 1:00 p.m. KDKA Detroit Lions W 20–7 2–1 Heinz Field Recap
4 Thu. Aug. 30 7:30 p.m. KDKA Buffalo Bills W 20–0 3–1 Heinz Field Recap

Regular season

Schedule

The Steelers did not play in their home stadium for the entire month of September. Their Week 2 game against the archrival Cleveland Browns was canceled due to the events of September 11, and was rescheduled for the end of the year. Week 3 was their bye week.

Week Date Kickoff (ET) TV Opponent Result Record Game Site NFL Recap
1 Sun. Sep. 9 1:00 p.m. CBS at Jacksonville Jaguars L 3–21 0–1 Alltel Stadium Summary
2 Sun. Sep. 23 Bye Week
3 Sun. Sep. 30 1:00 p.m. CBS at Buffalo Bills W 20–3 1–1 Ralph Wilson Stadium Summary
4 Sun. Oct. 7 1:00 p.m. CBS Cincinnati Bengals W 16–7 2–1 Heinz Field Summary
5 Sun. Oct. 14 1:00 p.m. CBS at Kansas City Chiefs W 20–17 3–1 Arrowhead Stadium Summary
6 Sun. Oct. 21 1:00 p.m. CBS at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17–10 4–1 Raymond James Stadium Summary
7 Mon. Oct. 29 9:00 p.m. ABC Tennessee Titans W 34–7 5–1 Heinz Field Summary
8 Sun. Nov. 4 1:00 p.m. CBS Baltimore Ravens L 10–13 5–2 Heinz Field Summary
9 Sun. Nov. 11 1:00 p.m. CBS at Cleveland Browns W 15–12 (OT) 6–2 Cleveland Browns Stadium Summary
10 Sun. Nov. 18 4:15 p.m. CBS Jacksonville Jaguars W 20–7 7–2 Heinz Field Summary
11 Sun. Nov. 25 1:00 p.m. CBS at Tennessee Titans W 34–24 8–2 Adelphia Coliseum Summary
12 Sun. Dec. 2 1:00 p.m. Fox Minnesota Vikings W 21–16 9–2 Heinz Field Summary
13 Sun. Dec. 9 4:15 p.m. CBS New York Jets W 18–7 10–2 Heinz Field Summary
14 Sun. Dec. 16 8:30 p.m. ESPN at Baltimore Ravens W 26–21 11–2 PSINet Stadium Summary
15 Sun. Dec. 23 1:00 p.m. Fox Detroit Lions W 47–14 12–2 Heinz Field Summary
16 Sun. Dec. 30 1:00 p.m. CBS at Cincinnati Bengals L 23–26 (OT) 12–3 Paul Brown Stadium Summary
17 Sun. Jan. 6 1:00 p.m. CBS Cleveland Browns W 28–7 13–3 Heinz Field Summary

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers 13 3 0 .813 352 212 W1
(5) Baltimore Ravens 10 6 0 .625 303 265 W1
Cleveland Browns 7 9 0 .438 285 319 L1
Tennessee Titans 7 9 0 .438 336 388 L2
Jacksonville Jaguars 6 10 0 .375 294 286 L2
Cincinnati Bengals 6 10 0 .375 226 309 W2

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 2001): at Jacksonville Jaguars

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3
Jaguars 0 21 0 0 21

at Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 63,785
  • Referee: Mack Gentry
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Don Criqui (play by play), Craig James (color commentator)

- (Sunday September 16, 2001): vs. Cleveland Browns

Due to the September 11th attacks the National Football League postponed all games. It was played after the rest of the scheduled season had been completed.

Week 2 (Sunday September 23, 2001): Bye Week

Week 3 (Sunday September 30, 2001): at Buffalo Bills

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 0 10 20
Bills 0 3 0 0 3

at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

Week 4 (Sunday October 7, 2001): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 0 10 0 6 16

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather: 46 °F (Partly Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 62,335
  • Referee: Larry Nemmers
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Bill Macatee (play by play), Trevor Matich (color commentator)

This was the first game at Heinz Field.

Week 5 (Sunday October 14, 2001): at Kansas City Chiefs

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 6 14 0 20
Chiefs 0 2 0 15 17

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 78,413
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Gus Johnson (play by play), Brent Jones (color commentator)

Week 6 (Sunday October 21, 2001): at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 10 0 17
Buccaneers 0 3 0 7 10

at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Week 7 (Monday October 29, 2001): vs. Tennessee Titans

1 2 3 4 Total
Titans 0 7 0 0 7
Steelers 7 10 10 7 34

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Week 8 (Sunday November 4, 2001): vs. Baltimore Ravens

1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 0 7 0 6 13
Steelers 3 7 0 0 10

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: 63 °F (Partly Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 62,906
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Dick Enberg (play by play), Dan Dierdorf (color commentator)

Week 9 (Sunday November 11, 2001): at Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4OT Total
Steelers 3 3 3 33 15
Browns 9 0 3 00 12

at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Week 10 (Sunday November 18, 2001): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 7 0 7
Steelers 3 3 7 7 20

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 4:05 pm EST
  • Game weather: 57 °F (Mostly Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 62,644
  • Referee: Ron Winter
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle (play by play), Solomon Wilcots (color commentator)

Week 11 (Sunday November 25, 2001): at Tennessee Titans

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 14 10 34
Titans 7 7 3 7 24

at Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee

Week 12 (Sunday December 2, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 3 0 0 13 16
Steelers 0 7 14 0 21

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Week 13 (Sunday December 9, 2001): vs. New York Jets

1 2 3 4 Total
Jets 0 7 0 0 7
Steelers 3 9 0 6 18

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 4:15 pm EST
  • Game weather: 41 °F (Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 62,884
  • Referee: Terry McAulay
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Greg Gumbel (play by play), Phil Simms (color commentator)

Week 14 (Sunday December 16, 2001): at Baltimore Ravens

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 10 0 13 26
Ravens 0 7 0 14 21

at PSINet Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Week 15 (Sunday December 23, 2001): vs. Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 7 0 0 14
Steelers 14 13 10 10 47

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: 43 °F (Light Rain)
  • Game attendance: 62,809
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • TV announcers: (Fox) Kenny Albert (play by play), Tim Green (color commentator)

Week 16 (Sunday December 30, 2001): at Cincinnati Bengals

1 2 3 4OT Total
Steelers 14 3 6 00 23
Bengals 0 10 0 133 26

at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: 20 °F (Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 63,751
  • Referee: Jeff Triplette
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Gus Johnson (play by play), Brent Jones (color commentator)

Week 17 (Sunday January 6, 2002): vs. Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 7 0 0 0 7
Steelers 0 7 14 7 28

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: 32 °F (Snow)
  • Game attendance: 59,189
  • Referee: Bernie Kukar
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Gus Johnson (play by play), Brent Jones (color commentator)

Playoffs

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff (ET) TV Opponent Result Game Site NFL Recap
Divisional Sun. Jan. 20 12:30 p.m. CBS Baltimore Ravens W 27–10 Heinz Field Summary
Conference Sun. Jan. 27 12:30 p.m. CBS New England Patriots L 24–17 Heinz Field Summary

Game summaries

AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday January 20, 2002): vs. Baltimore Ravens

1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 0 3 7 0 10
Steelers 10 10 0 7 27

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 12:30 pm EST
  • Game weather: 30 °F (Mostly Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 63,976
  • Referee: Tony Corrente
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Dick Enberg (play by play), Dan Dierdorf (color commentator)

AFC Championship Game (Sunday January 27, 2002): vs. New England Patriots

1 2 3 4 Total
Patriots 7 7 7 3 24
Steelers 0 3 14 0 17

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 12:30 pm EST
  • Game weather: 57 °F (Mostly Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 64,704
  • Referee: Ed Hochuli
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Greg Gumbel (play by play), Phil Simms (color commentator)

Honors and awards

Pro Bowl Representatives

See: 2002 Pro Bowl

References

  1. ^ 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers Media Guide.
  2. ^ 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers Media Guide.
  3. ^ 2002 Pittsburgh Steelers Media Guide.
  4. ^ "2001 Pittsburgh Steelers". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
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