2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team

The 2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season in the Patriot League, the Hoyas finished last.

2001 Georgetown Hoyas football
Conference	Patriot League
2001 record	3–7 (0–6 Patriot)
Head coach	Bob Benson (9th season)
Captains	Brian Blankenship Aaron Brown Scott Pogorelec
Home stadium	Kehoe Field

2001 Patriot League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Lehigh $^		7	–	0					11	–	1
Colgate		5	–	1					7	–	3
Fordham		5	–	2					7	–	4
Bucknell		4	–	3					6	–	4
Holy Cross		3	–	4					4	–	6
Towson		2	–	5					3	–	7
Lafayette		1	–	6					2	–	8
Georgetown		0	–	6					3	–	7
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their ninth year under head coach Bob Benson, the Hoyas compiled a 3–7 record. Brian Blankenship, Aaron Brown and Scott Pogorelec were the team captains.[1]

This was Georgetown's first year as a football associate member of the Patriot League; the university announced it would switch its football affiliation from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Patriot League in January 2000, but competed as a Division I-AA independent that season, and did not officially join its new league until 2001.

Despite playing a league schedule, Georgetown was able to arrange matchups with only six of its seven league-mates, missing Colgate. Half of the league consisted of teams the Hoyas had not faced in decades, or at all. Georgetown had scheduled Bucknell on its independent schedule in 2000, and had faced fellow Jesuit colleges Fordham and Holy Cross as non-league opponents almost every year since 1996. But before 2001, Georgetown had last faced Towson in 1970, Lafayette in 1937 and Lehigh in 1925. The matchup between Georgetown and Colgate in 2002 would be the first one ever.

Like most of the Patriot League, Georgetown played just 10 of its 11 scheduled games, after its September 15 matchup, against MAAC member Wagner, was canceled following the September 11 attacks.[2]

Georgetown played its home games at Kehoe Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	No. 10 Lehigh	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	L 14–41	2,512	[3]
September 8	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–33	8,176	[4]
September 15	Wagner*	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	Canceled		[2]
September 29	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	L 13–48	6,425	[5]
October 6	Duquesne*	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	W 15–13		[6]
October 13	Davidson*	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	W 26–24	1,765	[7]
October 20	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 0–34	8,050	[8]
October 27	at Marist*	Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	L 35–38 ^OT		[6]
November 3	at San Diego*	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	W 24–21		[6]
November 10	Lafayette	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	L 17–37	1,786	[9]
November 17	Towson	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	L 9–27	2,201	[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "All-Time Records". 2017 Georgetown Football Media Supplement (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University. p. 23. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. Blaudschun, Mark (September 14, 2001). "After Prodding, Correct Choice Finally Made". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Emerson, Seth (September 2, 2001). "Hoyas Stumble Against Lehigh in Their Patriot League Debut". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. D9 – via ProQuest.
4. Springer, Shira (September 9, 2001). "HC Flips Over Victory". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Hickling, Dan (September 30, 2001). "Hoyas Are Smashed by Rams' Broken Record". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. D10 – via ProQuest. Attendance figure in "Saturday's Summaries". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. September 30, 2001. p. C9.
6. "Year-by-Year Results". 2017 Georgetown Football Media Supplement (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University. p. 27. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
7. "Hoyas Interception Cuts Short Davidson Rally". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. Associated Press. October 14, 2001. pp. 14F, 15F – via Newspapers.com.
8. Housenick, Tom (October 21, 2001). "Bison's Scoring Stampede Tramples Hoyas". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Emerson, Seth (November 11, 2001). "Georgetown Defenseless Against Lafayette, Still Winless in Patriot League". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. pp. D9, D10 – via ProQuest.
10. Brewingon, Peter (November 17, 2001). "Hoyas Can't Find Way to Get Past Towson". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. pp. D12, D14 – via ProQuest.