2001 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 2001 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 13th year under head coach Jerry Moore, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 9–4, with a conference mark of 6–2. Appalachian State advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated William & Mary in the first round and lost to Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals.

2001 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 24–38 at Georgia Southern
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 4
Record	9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (13th season)
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Liberty*	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 46–26	10,331	[1]
September 8	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest*	No. 3	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 10–20	29,127	[2]
September 15		at Troy State*		Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL		Canceled		[3]
September 22	4:00 p.m.	at The Citadel	No. 5	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 8–6	15,107	[4]
September 29	2:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State	No. 6	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 33–14	16,567	[5]
October 6	3:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Furman	No. 5	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	CCSS	L 22–28	14,411	[6]
October 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Georgia Southern	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)		L 18–27	15,331	[7]
October 20	6:00 p.m.	at Wofford	No. 12	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 34–23	9,419	[8]
October 27	2:00 p.m.	Chattanooga	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 51–14	15,337	[9]
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at VMI	No. 11	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA		W 27–17	5,353	[10]
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 9	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)		W 34–24	17,779	[11]
November 17	2:00 p.m.	West Virginia Tech*	No. 9	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 64–14	5,353	[12]
December 1	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 William & Mary*	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		W 40–27	5,279	[13]
December 8	12:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Georgia Southern*	No. 8	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)		L 24–38	9,352	[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time