2001 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 2001 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Paul Johnson, in his fifth and final year as head coach for the Eagles.

2001 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 3
2001 record12–2 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coachPaul Johnson (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Sewak (5th season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2001 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Furman $^  7 –1     12 –3  
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 6 Appalachian State ^  6 –2     9 –4  
Western Carolina  5 –3     7 –4  
East Tennessee State  4 –4     6 –5  
Wofford  3 –5     4 –7  
The Citadel  2 –6     3 –7  
Chattanooga  1 –7     3 –8  
VMI  1 –7     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 1Savannah State*
W 69–6
September 812:00 PMDelaware*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 38–716,105
September 22Chattanooga
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 70–7
September 29at VMINo. 3
W 31–14
October 6Western Carolina
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 50–14
October 13at Appalachian State
W 27–18
October 201:00 PMThe CitadelNo. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 36–2018,637
October 27at East Tennessee State
L 16–19
November 3Furman
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 20–10
November 10at Elon (NC)
W 27–21
November 24at Wofford
W 48–10
December 1Florida A&M*
W 60–35
December 8Appalachian State*
W 38–24
December 15Furman*
L 17–24

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "2001 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.


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