2001 LSU Tigers football team

2001 LSU Tigers football
2001 LSU Tigers football
SEC champion; SEC Western Division co-champion; Sugar Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, W 31–20 vs. Tennessee
Sugar Bowl, W 47–34 vs. Illinois
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7
Record	10–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Saban (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Jimbo Fisher (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Gary Gibbs (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium; (Capacity: 91,600)
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU went 10–3 and won the SEC West and represented the division in the 2001 SEC Championship Game for the first time. After a 31–20 upset of favored Tennessee, LSU played in the 2002 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, and defeated yet another higher ranked opponent, Illinois, 47–34.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Tulane*	No. 14	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	PPV	W 48–17	91,782
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Utah State*	No. 13	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 31–14	87,756	^[1]
September 29	7:45 p.m.	at No. 7 Tennessee	No. 14	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN	L 18–26	108,472
October 6	2:30 p.m.	No. 2 Florida	No. 18	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	L 15–44	92,010
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	PPV	W 29–25	52,471
October 20	8:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 42–0	45,514
October 27	8:00 p.m.	Ole Miss		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN2	L 24–35	91,941
November 3	2:30 p.m.	at Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	CBS	W 35–21	83,818
November 10	7:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 30–14	88,249
November 23	1:30 p.m.	No. 24 Arkansas		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	W 41–38	89,560
December 1	6:45 p.m.	No. 25 Auburn	No. 22	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–14	92,141
December 8	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Tennessee	No. 21	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	W 31–20	74,843
January 1, 2002	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Illinois*	No. 12	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 47–34	77,688
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule

2001 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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