| 2001 Boston College Eagles football | |
Music City Bowl Champions | |
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Music City Bowl, W 20–16 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Big East |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 23 |
| AP | No. 21 |
| 2001 record | 8–4 (4–3 Big East) |
| Head coach | Tom O'Brien |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 44,500) |
Seasons | |
| 2001 Big East football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Miami † | 7 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Syracuse | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Boston College | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #18 Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Division I-A college football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference during the 2001 season. The Eagles played their home games in 2001 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their "home" stadium since 1957.
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| September 1 | 12:00 PM | West Virginia | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ABC | W 34–10 | 42,482 | ||
| September 8* | 10:00 PM | Stanford | Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA | FSN | L 22–38 | 41,250 | ||
| September 22* | 12:00 PM | at Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 38–21 | 30,064 | |||
| September 29 | 12:00 PM | Army | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 31–10 | 43,042 | ||
| October 6 | 3:30 PM | Temple | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 33–10 | 38,724 | ||
| October 13 | 6:30 PM | at #6 Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry) | ESPN2 | L 20–34 | 53,662 | ||
| October 20 | 12:00 PM | Pittsburgh | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 45–7 | 41,637 | ||
| October 27* | 7:45 PM | Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War) | ESPN | W 21–17 | 44,500 | ||
| November 10 | 12:00 PM | #1 Miami | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ABC | L 7–18 | 44,500 | ||
| November 17 | 12:00 PM | at Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | ESPN+ | W 38–7 | 13,012 | ||
| November 24 | 7:00 PM | at #22 Syracuse | #25 | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY | ESPN2 | L 28–39 | 45,063 | |
| December 28* | 5:30 PM | vs. #16 Georgia | Adelphia Coliseum • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl) | ESPN | W 20–16 | 46,125 | ||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. | ||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "2001 Archive". Boston College Athletics. http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/bc-m-footbl-2001.html. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
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