2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his third season as head coach, and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
2001 record	9–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Skip Holtz (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Strong (3rd season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)

2001 Southeastern Conference football standings
	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

South Carolina followed up one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history in 2000 with another successful season in 2001. South Carolina's game on September 20 against Mississippi State was the first NCAA Division I-A game played following the September 11 attacks.[1] On January 1, 2002, the Gamecocks defeated Ohio State in the 2002 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, and finished the season ranked #13 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Schedule

The November 10 game played host to ESPN's College Gameday, a first for the program. A game against Bowling Green was scheduled for September 15, but was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[2] The game was never played. South Carolina added Wofford to the schedule to replace the open date originally scheduled for November 3.[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	Boise State*	No. 21	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 32–13	83,019[4]
September 8	7:45 PM	at No. 25 Georgia	No. 21	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	ESPN	W 14–9	86,520[4]
September 20	7:30 PM	at No. 17 Mississippi State	No. 18	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	ESPN	W 16–14	43,579[4]
September 29	12:30 PM	Alabama	No. 15	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	W 37–36	84,100[4]
October 6	1:00 PM	Kentucky	No. 13	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 42–6	80,250[4]
October 13	3:30 PM	at Arkansas	No. 9	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, Arkansas	CBS	L 7–10	53,514[4]
October 20	1:00 PM	Vanderbilt	No. 16	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 46–14	83,104[4]
October 27	6:00 PM	at No. 9 Tennessee	No. 12	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	ESPN2	L 10–17	107,530[4]
November 3	1:00 PM	Wofford*	No. 17	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 38–14	77,922[4]
November 10	7:45 PM	No. 4 Florida	No. 14	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 17–54	84,900[4]
November 17	12:30 PM	Clemson*	No. 22	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	JPS	W 20–15	85,000[4]
January 1	11:00 AM	vs. No. 22 Ohio State*	No. 14	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–28	66,249[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 4 Andrew Pinnock Jr QB 9 Corey Jenkins Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class NT 57 Langston Moore Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Lou Holtz Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. South Carolina edges Mississippi State, 16–14
2. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/09/remembering_911_and_the_secs_i.html
3. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores101/101307/101307342.htm
4. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of South Carolina. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
5. "College Football Data Warehouse". Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-03-25.