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Conference | Gateway Football Conference |
Record | 5–5 (4–3 Gateway) |
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Home stadium | Hanson Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Western Kentucky ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Youngstown State | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Missouri State | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by third-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 5–5 record overall and a 4–3 record in conference play.[1] Western Illinois played a ten-game schedule instead of the typical eleven-game schedule in Division I-AA, as they were unable to schedule an eleventh opponent before the season began.[2]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 30 | No. 3 Western Kentucky | No. 13 | W 17–13 | 11,832 | [3] | |
September 22 | at No. 3 Youngstown State | No. 6 | L 7–41 | 19,331 | [4] | |
September 29 | Southern Illinois | No. 13 |
| W 38–21 | 13,744 | [5] |
October 6 | Southern Utah* | No. 14 |
| W 27–20 | 8,824 | [6] |
October 13 | at Illinois State | No. 14 | W 33–23 | 6,777 | [7] | |
October 20 | No. 14 Northern Iowa | No. 12 |
| L 14–17 | 15,637 | [8] |
October 27 | Southwest Missouri State | No. 16 |
| L 28–43 | 5,187 | [9] |
November 3 | at No. 19 Sam Houston State* | No. 23 | L 24–49 | 2,842 | [10] | |
November 10 | at South Florida* | L 17–48 | 23,252 | [11] | ||
November 17 | at Indiana State | W 52–15 | 6,135 | [12] | ||
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