2001 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2001 Florida State Seminoles football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 30–17 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
2001 record	8–4 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (26th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Bowden (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (18th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 82,000)

2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Maryland $		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 15 Florida State		6	–	2					8	–	4
North Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
Clemson		4	–	4					7	–	5
No. 24 Georgia Tech		4	–	4					8	–	5
NC State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	5					6	–	5
Virginia		3	–	5					5	–	7
Duke		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Duke	No. 6	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	PPV	W 55–13	23,312
September 8	5:30 p.m.	UAB*	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	W 29–7	79,388
September 22	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 6	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 9–41	53,000
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 18	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 48–24	79,162
October 13	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 14	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 27–49	82,836
October 20	7:45 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 21	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 43–7	61,383
October 27	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Maryland	No. 19	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 52–31	82,565
November 3	3:30 p.m.	at Clemson	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–27	85,036
November 10	3:30 p.m.	NC State	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 28–34	82,425
November 17	8:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Florida*	No. 21	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 13–37	85,732
December 1	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	W 28–17	82,269
January 1	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 15 Virginia Tech*	No. 24	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	W 30–17	72,202
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 4 Anquan Boldin Jr QB 16 Chris Rix Fr WR 81 P. K. Sam Fr WR 80 Javon Walker Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class FS 28 Chris Hope Sr DE 48 Alonzo Jackson Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 47 Xavier Beitia Fr	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2001-12-17

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 2 Hurricanes 14 7 28 0 49 No. 13 Seminoles 0 13 7 7 27 Date: October 13 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Game attendance: 82,836 Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 1 8:48 MIA Fitzgerald 5-yard blocked punt return (Sievers kick) MIA 7–0 1 7:16 MIA Andre Johnson 27-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick) MIA 14–0 2 11:03 MIA Jeremy Shockey 1-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick) MIA 21–0 2 6:50 FSU Jones 6-yard run (kick failed) MIA 21–6 2 0:05 FSU McCray 1-yard run (Beitia kick) MIA 21–13 3 13:23 MIA A. Johnson 18-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick) MIA 28–13 3 12:18 MIA Jonathan Vilma 36-yard fumble return (Sievers kick) MIA 35–13 3 9:56 FSU Gardner 57-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick) MIA 35–20 3 4:48 MIA Capshaw 7-yard run (Sievers kick) MIA 42–20 3 3:54 MIA Willis McGahee 8-yard run (Sievers kick) MIA 49–20 4 6:53 FSU Michael Boulware 73-yard fumble return (Beitia kick) MIA 49–27

See also: 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–24	2000	L, 24–27

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Virginia

See also: 2001 Virginia Cavaliers football team and Jefferson–Eppes Trophy

Maryland

Maryland at Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Terrapins 7 10 14 0 31 • No. 19 Seminoles 0 21 10 21 52 Date: October 13 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Game attendance: 82,836 Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 1 MD James Lynch 65-yard run (Novak kick) MD 7–0 2 MD Marc Riley 1-yard run (Novak kick) MD 14–0 2 FSU Talman Gardner 16-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick) MD 14–7 2 FSU Michael Boulware 23-yard interception return (Beitia kick) Tied 14–14 2 FSU Gardner 9-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 21–14 2 0:00 MD Nick Novak 51-yard field goal FSU 21–17 3 MD Bruce Perry 8-yard run (Novak kick) MD 24–21 3 FSU Xavier Beitia 31-yard field goal Tied 24–24 3 6:50 FSU Greg Jones 4-yard run (Beitia kick) FSU 31–24 3 1:53 MD Shaun Hill 2-yard run (Novak kick) Tied 31–31 4 12:28 FSU Gardner 28-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 38–31 4 11:17 FSU Javon Walker 22-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 45–31 4 6:58 FSU Atrews Bell 32-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 52–31

See also: 2001 Maryland Terrapins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–0	2000	W, 59–7

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NC State

NC State at Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolfpack 7 17 0 10 34 No. 10 Seminoles 14 0 7 7 28 Date: November 10 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Game start: 3:35 pm EDT Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 82,425 Game weather: 79° F, Mostly sunny, Wind SE 4 mph Referee: C. Mauzy Television network: ABC

Scoring summary 1 12:50 NCST D. Green fumble recovery in end zone (Kiker kick) NCST 7–0 1 9:26 FSU T. Gardner 33-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick) Tied 7–7 1 0:59 FSU J. Walker 63-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 14–7 2 14:14 NCST J. Cotchery 12-yard run (Kiker kick) Tied 14–14 2 9:04 NCST R. Robinson 3-yard run (Kiker kick) NCST 21–14 2 0:12 NCST A. Kiker 20-yard field goal NCST 24–14 3 7:31 FSU T. Gardner 22-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick) NCST 24–21 4 11:37 NCST R. Robinson 24-yard run (Kiker kick) NCST 31–21 4 10:05 FSU C. Rix 3-yard run (Beitia kick) NCST 31–28 4 2:11 NCST A. Kiker 32-yard field goal NCST 34–28

See also: 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–5	2000	W, 58–14

Gator Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total No. 15 Hokies 3 0 14 0 17 • No. 24 Seminoles 0 10 3 17 30 Date: January 1 Location: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, FL Game attendance: 72,202 Referee: David Witvoet TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, and Chris Wragge

Scoring summary 1 10:56 VT Carter Warley 36-yard field goal VT 3–0 2 6:32 FSU Chris Rix 1-yard run (Xavier Beitia kick) FSU 7–3 2 1:27 FSU Xavier Beitia 50-yard field goal FSU 10–3 3 10:02 VT Kevin Jones 5-yard run (Warley kick) Tied 10–10 3 1:42 FSU Xavier Beitia 47-yard field goal FSU 13–10 3 0:40 VT Andre Davis 55-yard pass from Grant Noel (Warley kick) VT 17–13 4 14:48 FSU Javon Walker 77-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 20–17 4 10:13 FSU Xavier Beitia 35-yard field goal FSU 23–17 4 2:14 FSU Walker 23-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 30–17

Main article: 2002 Gator Bowl

See also: 2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–10	2000	W, 46–29

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References

1. "Seminoles Fall To No. 2 Miami, 49-27". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 13, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
2. "Five Of A Kind For Rix In 52-31 Win Over Maryland". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 27, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
3. "'Noles Capture This Gator With 30-17 Victory Over Hokies". Florida State University Athletic Department. January 1, 2002. Retrieved August 4, 2019.

External links

• Season Statistics