2001 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 2001 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 69th season in the National Football League, and the third under head coach Andy Reid. the team made the postseason for the second consecutive time. After defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears in the first two rounds, the Eagles advanced to the NFC Championship for the first time in 21 years, but lost 29–24 to the St. Louis Rams. The Rams advanced to the Super Bowl, but were unable to stop the New England Patriots, losing 20–17.

2001 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coachAndy Reid
OwnerJeffrey Lurie
Home fieldVeterans Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st NFC East
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (Buccaneers) 31–9
Won Divisional Playoffs (Bears) 33–19
Lost NFC Championship (Rams) 24–29
Uniform

The 2001 season was the first of five Conference Championship game appearances for the Eagles with Donovan McNabb as starting quarterback and Andy Reid as head coach.

Offseason

Draft
Main article: 2001 NFL Draft
2001 Philadelphia Eagles draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 25 Freddie Mitchell  WR UCLA
2 55 Quinton Caver  LB Arkansas
3 63 Derrick Burgess  DE Ole Miss
4 121 Correll Buckhalter  RB Nebraska
5 147 Tony Stewart  TE Penn St
5 155 A.J. Feeley  QB Oregon
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff
2001 Philadelphia Eagles staff
Front office
  • Chairman/Chief Executive Officer – Jeffrey Lurie
  • President – Joe Banner
  • Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Andy Reid
  • Director of Player Personnel – Tom Heckert
  • Director of College Scouting – Marc Ross
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Scott Cohen

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head Athletic Trainer – Rick Burkholder
  • Strength and Conditioning – Mike Wolf
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Tom Kanavy
  • Volunteer Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Chris DiSanto
  • Assistant Trainer – Eric Sugarman

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Roster
Philadelphia Eagles 2001 final roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

  • 94 N.D. Kalu DE
 Linebackers
  • 56 Mike Caldwell OLB
  • 51 Carlos Antoine Emmons OLB

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve lists

Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result TV Time Attendance
1 September 9, 2001 St. Louis Rams L 20–17 FOX 4:15pm
66,243
2 September 23, 2001 at Seattle Seahawks W 27–3 FOX 4:15pm
62,826
3 September 30, 2001 Dallas Cowboys W 40–18 ESPN 8:30pm
66,621
4 October 7, 2001 Arizona Cardinals L 21–20 FOX 1:00pm
66,360
5 Bye
6 October 22, 2001 at New York Giants W 10–9 ABC 9:00pm
78,821
7 October 28, 2001 Oakland Raiders L 20–10 CBS 4:15pm
65,342
8 November 4, 2001 at Arizona Cardinals W 21–7 FOX 4:05pm
33,430
9 November 11, 2001 Minnesota Vikings W 48–17 FOX 4:15pm
65,638
10 November 18, 2001 at Dallas Cowboys W 36–3 FOX 1:00pm
63,204
11 November 25, 2001 Washington Redskins L 13–3 FOX 1:00pm
65,666
12 November 29, 2001 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23–10 ESPN 8:30pm
77,087
13 December 9, 2001 San Diego Chargers W 24–14 CBS 1:00pm
65,438
14 December 16, 2001 at Washington Redskins W 20–6 FOX 4:15pm
84,036
15 December 23, 2001 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–3 FOX 4:15pm
68,124
16 December 30, 2001 New York Giants W 24–21 FOX 4:15pm
65,885
17 January 6, 2002 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17–13 ESPN 8:30pm
65,541

Game summaries

Week 6

The Eagles were able to break a nine-game losing streak against the Giants by winning this game. James Thrash caught the winning TD from Donovan McNabb in the fourth quarter.

1 234Total
• Eagles 0 037 10
Giants 3 600 9

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Standings
NFC East
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(3) Philadelphia Eagles 11 5 0 .688 343 208 W2
Washington Redskins 8 8 0 .500 256 303 W2
New York Giants 7 9 0 .438 294 321 L2
Arizona Cardinals 7 9 0 .438 295 343 L1
Dallas Cowboys 5 11 0 .313 246 338 L1

Playoffs
Week Date Opponent Result TV Time Attendance
Wildcard January 12, 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 31–9 ABC 4:30pm
65,847
Division January 19, 2002 at Chicago Bears W 33–19 FOX 4:30pm
66,944
Conference Championship January 27, 2002 at St. Louis Rams L 29–24 FOX 4:15pm
66,502

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Employee Directory". 2001 Official Media Guide. Philadelphia Eagles. p. 6.
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com
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