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American college football season
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 [ edit ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 4:00 pm Syracuse * No. 8 ESPN2 W 33–9107,725
September 8 9:00 pm at Arkansas No. 8 ESPN2 W 13–370,470
September 29 7:45 pm No. 14 LSU No. 7 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN W 26–18108,472
October 6 12:00 pm Georgia No. 6 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry ) CBS L 24–26107,592
October 20 3:30 pm at Alabama No. 11 CBS W 35–2483,818
October 27 7:45 pm No. 12 South Carolina No. 9 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry ) ESPN2 W 17–10107,530
November 3 2:30 pm at Notre Dame * No. 7 NBC W 28–1880,795
November 10 2:00 pm Memphis * No. 6 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee PPV W 49–28107,221
November 17 12:30 pm at Kentucky No. 6 JPS W 38–3569,109
November 24 3:30 pm Vanderbilt No. 7 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry ) CBS W 38–0102,519
December 1* 3:30 pm at No. 2 Florida No. 5 CBS W 34–3285,771
December 8 8:00 pm vs. No. 21 LSU No. 2 CBS L 20–3174,843
January 1 1:00 pm vs. No. 17 Michigan * No. 8 ABC W 45–1759,693
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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 [ edit ]
2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
2002 NFL Draft [ edit ]
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:
References [ edit ]
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