2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2001 Tennessee Volunteers football
SEC Eastern Division champion Citrus Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, L 20–31 vs. LSU
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 45–17 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
2001 record	11–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders (3rd as OC; 13th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis (7th as DC; 14th overall season)
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 104,079)
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Phillip Fulmer. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Vols finished the season 10–2, 7–1 in SEC play and won the Florida Citrus Bowl, 45–17, over Michigan.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	4:00 pm	Syracuse*	No. 8	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	ESPN2	W 33–9	107,725
September 8	9:00 pm	at Arkansas	No. 8	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas	ESPN2	W 13–3	70,470
September 29	7:45 pm	No. 14 LSU	No. 7	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	ESPN	W 26–18	108,472
October 6	12:00 pm	Georgia	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	CBS	L 24–26	107,592
October 20	3:30 pm	at Alabama	No. 11	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	W 35–24	83,818
October 27	7:45 pm	No. 12 South Carolina	No. 9	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	ESPN2	W 17–10	107,530
November 3	2:30 pm	at Notre Dame*	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	W 28–18	80,795
November 10	2:00 pm	Memphis*	No. 6	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	PPV	W 49–28	107,221
November 17	12:30 pm	at Kentucky	No. 6	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	W 38–35	69,109
November 24	3:30 pm	Vanderbilt	No. 7	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–0	102,519
December 1*	3:30 pm	at No. 2 Florida	No. 5	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (Third Saturday in September) (College GameDay)	CBS	W 34–32	85,771
December 8	8:00 pm	vs. No. 21 LSU	No. 2	Georgia Dome Atlanta (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	L 20–31	74,843
January 1	1:00 pm	vs. No. 17 Michigan	No. 8	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (2002 Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	W 45–17	59,693
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Originally scheduled for September 15, the UT-UF game (along with all sporting events that weekend) was postponed to a later date due to the September 11th Attacks.

Neyland Stadium hosted six Tennessee home games in 2001.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

Coaching staff[]

• Phillip Fulmer – Head coach
• John Chavis – Defensive coordinator
• Randy Sanders – Offensive coordinator

2002 NFL Draft[]

The 2002 NFL Draft was held on April 20–21, 2002 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The following UT players were selected:

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