2001 Missouri Tigers football team

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:30 pm	Bowling Green*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 13–20	51,039
September 8	6:30 pm	SW Texas State*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 40–6	51,689
September 29	11:30 am	No. 4 Nebraska	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	L 3–36	64,204
October 6	7:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 41–38 ^3OT	44,050
October 13	1:00 pm	Iowa State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Telephone Trophy)		L 14–20	50,671
October 20	1:00 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)		W 38–34	38,500
October 27	1:00 pm	No. 7 Texas	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 16–35	51,123
November 3	2:00 pm	at No. 25 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 24–38	45,942
November 10	1:00 pm	Baylor	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 41–24	46,611
November 24	11:00 am	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	L 3–24	43,810
December 1	10:00 am	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN2	L 7–55	72,823
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

v t Missouri Tigers football
Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders
Seasons	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 2022
National championship seasons in bold

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
No. 9 Colorado xy$		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x%		7	–	1		11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5		6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5		4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7		3	–	8
Southern Division
No. 5 Texas xy		7	–	1		11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma		6	–	2		11	–	2
Texas Tech		4	–	4		7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4		8	–	4
Oklahoma State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8		3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll