2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Ohio State
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 13
2001 record 9–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach Lou Holtz (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Skip Holtz (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Charlie Strong (3rd season)
Home stadium Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
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 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his third season as head coach, and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina followed up one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history in 2000 with another successful season in 2001. South Carolina's game on September 20 against Mississippi State was the first NCAA Division I-A game played following the September 11 attacks.[1] On January 1, 2002, the Gamecocks defeated Ohio State in the 2002 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, and finished the season ranked #13 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Schedule

The November 10 game played host to ESPN's College Gameday, a first for the program. A game against Bowling Green was scheduled for September 15, but was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[2] The game was never played. South Carolina added Wofford to the schedule to replace the open date originally scheduled for November 3.[3]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM Boise State* No. 21 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 32–13   83,019[4]
September 8 7:45 PM at No. 25 Georgia No. 21 Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia ESPN W 14–9   86,520[4]
September 20 7:30 PM at No. 17 Mississippi State No. 18 Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi ESPN W 16–14   43,579[4]
September 29 12:30 PM Alabama No. 15 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina JPS W 37–36   84,100[4]
October 6 1:00 PM Kentucky No. 13 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina PPV W 42–6   80,250[4]
October 13 3:30 PM at Arkansas No. 9 War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, Arkansas CBS L 7–10   53,514[4]
October 20 1:00 PM Vanderbilt No. 16 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 46–14   83,104[4]
October 27 6:00 PM at No. 9 Tennessee No. 12 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2 L 10–17   107,530[4]
November 3 1:00 PM Wofford* No. 17 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 38–14   77,922[4]
November 10 7:45 PM No. 4 Florida No. 14 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina ESPN L 17–54   84,900[4]
November 17 12:30 PM Clemson* No. 22 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina (Battle of the Palmetto State) JPS W 20–15   85,000[4]
January 1 11:00 AM vs. No. 22 Ohio State* No. 14 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida (Outback Bowl) ESPN W 31–28   66,249[4]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Roster

2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 4 Andrew Pinnock Jr
QB 9 Corey Jenkins Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
NT 57 Langston Moore Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ South Carolina edges Mississippi State, 16–14
  2. ↑ http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/09/remembering_911_and_the_secs_i.html
  3. ↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores101/101307/101307342.htm
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of South Carolina.
  5. ↑ College Football Data Warehouse


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