2001 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

2001 Conference USA football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

2001 Cincinnati Bearcats football
2001 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Motor City Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Toledo
Conference	Conference USA
2001 record	7–5 (5–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Minter (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dave Baldwin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff (1st season)
Home stadium	Nippert Stadium; (Capacity: 35,097)
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Rick Minter, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 pm	Purdue*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN2	L 14–19	35,097
September 8	1:00 pm	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 24–21	27,157
September 22	2:00 pm	at Miami (OH)*	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH (Victory Bell)		L 14–21	25,036
October 6	7:00 pm	Tulane	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH		W 46–33	20,091
October 13	5:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 31–17	14,417
October 20	8:00 pm	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		W 29–28	16,107
October 27	2:00 pm	Louisville	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (The Keg of Nails)	ESPN+	L 13–28	31,004
November 3	1:00 pm	Connecticut*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH		W 45–28	17,588
November 10	3:30 pm	East Carolina	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 26–28	19,504
November 24	2:00 pm	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Rivalry)		W 36–34	26,395
December 1	1:00 pm	Louisiana-Monroe*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH		W 42–10	15,047
December 29	12:00 pm	vs. No. 25 Toledo*	Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	L 16–23	44,164
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Lavar Glover	CB	7	212	Pittsburgh Steelers

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v t Cincinnati Bearcats football
Venues	Union Ball Park (1885–1900) Carson Field (1901–1923) Nippert Stadium (1924–89, 1991–2013, 2015–present) Riverfront Stadium (1990) Paul Brown Stadium (2014)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Louisville (The Keg of Nails) Miami (Victory Bell) Memphis Pittsburgh (River City Rivalry) Xavier
Culture & lore	University of Cincinnati Bearcat Bands
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2001 Conference USA football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 17 Louisville $		6	–	1		11	–	2
Cincinnati		5	–	2		7	–	5
UAB		5	–	2		6	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	2		6	–	6
Southern Miss		4	–	3		6	–	5
TCU		4	–	3		6	–	6
Memphis		3	–	4		5	–	6
Army		2	–	5		3	–	8
Tulane		1	–	6		3	–	9
Houston		0	–	7		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll