The 2001 Mellon Bank Button Set:




Storyline 2001:

In 2001, halfway through the season, Citizens Bank took over Mellon
Bank and became the third sponser of the bank button program.
Not wanting to "wait until next year", Citizens produced bank buttons
for the last three home games to supplement the Mellon Bank versions
that were already produced for those games.

      


More importantly, the home opener vs. Miami on 9/1/2001 was the
grand reopening of the newly expanded and renovated Beaver Stadium
but even more importantly it was that the team was led out of the tunnel
by Adam Taliafero who made a miraculous recovery from a spinal cord
injury suffered in the previous year's game against Ohio State.
The crowd's reaction was both emotional and deafening!





 

2001 Mellon Bank (all games) & Citizens Bank (last 3 home games only)

Opponent

Date

Score

Slogan

 

 

 

 

Miami

9-1-01

L 7-33

Lions Won’t Need a Recount

Wisconsin

9-22-01

L 6-18

Never Badger a Lion

at Iowa

9-29-01

L 18-24

Iowa’s On The Hawk Seat

Michigan

10-6-01

L 0-20

Wolverines Are Small Game

at Northwestern

10-20-01

W 38-35

Not In Your Wildest Dreams

Ohio State

10-27-01

W 29-27

Nuttin’ Doin’, Buckeyes (Mellon)

Nuttin’ Doin’, Buckeyes (Citizens)

Southern Mississippi

11-3-01

W 38-20

Miss-ery (Mellon)

Miss-ery (Citizens)

at Illinois

11-10-01

L 28-33

Enough Nois Already (Mellon)

Indiana

11-17-01

W 28-14

Hoosier Kidding (Mellon)

Hoosier Kidding (Citizens)

at Michigan State

11-24-01

W 42-37

It Isn’t Easy Being Green

at Virginia

12-1-01

L 14-20

Get Reel, Virginia