2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Western Division
2001 record 3–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach Jackie Sherrill (11th season)
Offensive coordinator Sparky Woods (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn (6th season)
Home stadium Davis Wade Stadium (45,286)
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 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Jackie Sherrill. The Bulldogs played their home games in 2001 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM Memphis* No. 19 Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPN2 W 30–10   45,662
September 20 6:30 PM No. 18 South Carolina* No. 17 Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPN L 14–16   43,579
September 29 2:30 PM at No. 2 Florida No. 21 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida CBS L 0–52   85,579
October 6 6:00 PM at Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ESPN2 L 14–16   86,063
October 13 1:30 PM Troy State*dagger Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi L 9–21   26,000
October 20 8:00 PM LSU Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi (Rivalry) ESPN2 L 0–42   45,514
November 3 1:30 PM Kentucky Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi (Rivalry) W 17–14   41,433
November 10 11:30 AM at Alabama Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Rivalry) JPS L 17–24   83,818
November 17 1:00 PM at Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas L 21–24   67,314
November 22 6:30 PM Ole Miss Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) ESPN W 36–28   51,112
December 1 7:00 PM No. 10 BYU* Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi ESPN2 L 38–41   43,156
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "2001 Football News". Mississippi State Athletics. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
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