2001 Auburn Tigers football team

2001 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Peach Bowl, L 10–16 vs. North Carolina
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Western Division
2001 record 7–5 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach Tommy Tuberville (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator John Lovett (3rd season)
Home stadium Jordan–Hare Stadium
(Capacity: 86,063)
2001 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 4 Tennessee x  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 3 Florida %  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 13 South Carolina  5 –3     9 –3  
No. 22 Georgia  5 –3     8 –4  
Kentucky  1 –7     2 –9  
Vanderbilt  0 –8     2 –9  
Western Division
No. 7 LSU xy$  5 –3     10 –3  
Auburn x  5 –3     7 –5  
Ole Miss  4 –4     7 –4  
Alabama  4 –4     7 –5  
Arkansas  4 –4     7 –5  
Mississippi State  2 –6     3 –8  
Championship: LSU 31, Tennessee 20
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They posted a 7–5 record, including a record of 5–3 in the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers finished the season tied for first place in the SEC West Division, but did not qualify for the SEC Championship Game because of tie-breakers.

Auburn's season was highlighted by a 23–20 victory over #1-ranked Florida on October 13. On November 10, the Tigers beat rival Georgia, 24–17, led by running back Carnell Williams, who carried the ball 41 times and made several receptions, one on a long screen pass to set up his game-winning touchdown run. Auburn was scheduled to play LSU on September 15, but as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the game was postponed until December 1. This was the first time that Auburn did not end its regular season schedule against arch rival Alabama in the Iron Bowl since the series was resumed in 1948 after a 41-year hiatus.

While Auburn was unranked at the end of the season in both major polls, several BCS computer rating systems such as Massey (#23),[1] Sagarin (#24)[2] and The Seattle Times (#24)[3] included the Tigers in their final top 25 rankings.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 1:30 PM Ball State* Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama PPV W 30–0   82,376
September 8 2:30 PM Ole Miss Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama JPS W 27–21   86,063
September 22 6:45 PM at Syracuse* Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York ESPN L 14–31   43,403
September 29 6:00 PM at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee PPV W 24-21   39,366
October 6 6:00 PM Mississippi State Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ESPN2 W 16–14   86,063
October 13 6:45 PM No. 1 Florida Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ESPN W 23–20   86,063
October 20 1:00 PM Louisiana Tech*dagger No. 20 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama PPV W 48–41 OT  86,063
October 27 11:30 AM at Arkansas No. 17 Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas JPS L 17–42   67,213
November 10 2:30 PM at No. 19 Georgia No. 24 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) CBS W 24–17   86,520
November 17 2:30 PM Alabama No. 17 Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama (Iron Bowl) CBS L 7–31   86,063
December 1 6:45 PM at No. 22 LSU No. 25 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Tiger Bowl) ESPN L 14–27   92,141
December 31 7:30 PM vs. North Carolina* Georgia Dome • Atlanta (Peach Bowl) ESPN L 10-16   71,827
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

2001 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 17 Jason Campbell Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Florida

1 234Total
Florida 3 377 20
• Auburn 3 7013 23
  • Almost seven years earlier, Auburn had defeated #1 Florida and snapped their home win streak.

[4]

Georgia

#24 Auburn at #19 Georgia
1 234Total
• Auburn 7 0107 24
Georgia 7 703 17
  • AUB: Cadillac Williams 41 Rush, 167 Yds

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2001-12-04. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  2. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt01.htm
  3. ↑ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/sports/collegefb/STpoll.html
  4. ↑ USA Today. Retrieved 2014-Dec-29.
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