2001 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2001 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	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

2001 Georgia Bulldogs football
2001 Georgia Bulldogs football
Music City Bowl, L 16–20 vs. Boston College
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 22
2001 record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Neil Callaway (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian VanGorder (1st season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (86,520)
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with an 8–4 record.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	PPV	W 45–17	86,520
September 8	7:45 p.m.	No. 21 South Carolina	No. 25	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		L 9–14	86,520
September 29	6:30 p.m.	Arkansas		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	W 34–23	86,520
October 6	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	W 26–24	107,592
October 13	2:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 19	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 30–14	31,847
October 20	12:30 p.m.	Kentucky	No. 17	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	W 43–29	86,520
October 27	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Florida	No. 15	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 10–24	84,401
November 10	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Auburn	No. 19	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	L 17–24	86,520
November 17	12:30 p.m.	at Ole Miss	No. 23	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	JPS	W 35–15	47,457
November 24	7:45 p.m.	at No. 21 Georgia Tech*	No. 19	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ESPN	W 31–17	41,974
December 1^[1]	12:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 16	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 35–7	86,520
December 28	5:00 p.m.	vs. Boston College*	No. 16	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	L 16–20	46,125
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ Game originally scheduled for September 15, but rescheduled in wake of the September 11 attacks
^ USA Today. Retrieved 2013-Dec-22.

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2001 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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