University Challenge 2001–02

Series 31 of University Challenge began on 23 July 2001, with the final on 11 March 2002.^[1]

Results

• Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
• Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
• Teams with orange scores have lost, but survived as the first round losers with the highest losing scores.
• A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

First round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University of Hull	185	300	Somerville College, Oxford	23 July 2001
London School of Economics	140	180	University of Bristol	30 July 2001
University of Edinburgh	150	190	Christ's College, Cambridge	6 August 2001
University of Salford	155	130	University of Leicester	13 August 2001
Christ Church, Oxford	235	100	University of Birmingham	20 August 2001
Wadham College, Oxford	235	120	Cranfield University	3 September 2001
University of Nottingham	125	215	Keele University	10 September 2001
Imperial College London	250	110	De Montfort University	17 September 2001
Magdalen College, Oxford	140	210	Trinity College, Cambridge	24 September 2001
Cardiff University	145	200	University College London	1 October 2001
Downing College, Cambridge	220	230	Newcastle University	8 October 2001
University of St Andrews	40	215	Churchill College, Cambridge	15 October 2001
Durham University	200	140	University of York	22 October 2001
St Hugh's College, Oxford	220	145	University of Leeds	29 October 2001

NOTE: Even though both Cardiff and Leeds scored 145 points, Leeds reached their total "in a shorter time, and with fewer wrong answers".

Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Downing College, Cambridge	205	195	University of Leeds	5 November 2001
University of Edinburgh	230	150	University of Hull	12 November 2001

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Newcastle University	265	145	University of Salford	19 November 2001
University of Edinburgh	220	130	Wadham College, Oxford	26 November 2001
St Hugh's College, Oxford	190	140	Churchill College, Cambridge	3 December 2001
Christ Church, Oxford	170	285	Imperial College London	10 December 2001
Somerville College, Oxford	290	100	Durham University	17 December 2001
Downing College, Cambridge	180	155	University of Bristol	7 January 2002
Trinity College, Cambridge	200	250	University College London	14 January 2002
Christ's College, Cambridge	285	40	Keele University	21 January 2002

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Newcastle University	115	290	University of Edinburgh	28 January 2002
St Hugh's College, Oxford	135	270	Imperial College London	4 February 2002
Somerville College, Oxford	270	145	Downing College, Cambridge	11 February 2002
University College London	155	190	Christ's College, Cambridge	18 February 2002

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University of Edinburgh	120	270	Imperial College London	25 February 2002
Somerville College, Oxford	180	170	Christ's College, Cambridge	4 March 2002

Final

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Imperial College London	185	200	Somerville College, Oxford	11 March 2002

• The trophy and title were awarded to the Somerville team of Luke Pitcher, Dorjana Širola, Tim Austen, and Vicki Wood.
• The trophy was presented by Mary Warnock.