2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	3–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Jackie Sherrill (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Sparky Woods (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Lee Dunn (6th season)
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

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

The 2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	Memphis*	No. 20	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	W 30–10	45,662
September 20	6:30 pm	No. 18 South Carolina	No. 17	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN	L 14–16	43,579
September 29	2:30 pm	at No. 2 Florida	No. 21	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	CBS	L 0–52	85,579
October 6	6:00 pm	at Auburn		Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	ESPN2	L 14–16	86,063
October 13	1:30 pm	Troy State*		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		L 9–21	26,000
October 20	8:00 pm	LSU		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 0–42	45,514
November 3	1:30 pm	Kentucky		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		W 17–14	41,433
November 10	11:30 am	at Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	JPS	L 17–24	83,818
November 17	1:00 pm	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		L 21–24	67,314
November 22	6:30 pm	Ole Miss		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	W 36–28	51,112
December 1	7:00 pm	No. 10 BYU*		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 38–41	43,156
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "2001 Football News". Mississippi State Athletics. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

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2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	3–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Jackie Sherrill (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Sparky Woods (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Lee Dunn (6th season)
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →