2001 Kentucky Wildcats football team

2001 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2001 record	2–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Guy Morriss (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Pease (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	John Goodner (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5/4–4–3
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium (Capacity: 67,530)
Seasons

2001 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#4 Tennessee x		7	–	1					11	–	2
#3 Florida ‡		6	–	2					10	–	2
#13 South Carolina		5	–	3					9	–	3
#22 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		1	–	7					2	–	9
Vanderbilt		0	–	8					2	–	9
Western Division
#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 champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Guy Morriss.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:30 PM	Louisville*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	JPS	L 10–36	70,838
September 8	1:30 PM	Ball State*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 28–20	61,523
September 22	12:30 PM	No. 2 Florida	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	JPS	L 10–44	66,126
September 29	1:30 PM	Ole Miss	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	PPV	L 31–42	60,814
October 6	1:00 PM	at No. 13 South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	L 6–42	80,250
October 13	7:00 PM	LSU	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	PPV	L 25–29	52,471
October 20	12:30 PM	at No. 17 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	JPS	L 29–43	86,520
November 3	2:30 PM	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, Mississippi (Rivalry)		L 14–17	41,433
November 10	2:00 PM	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry)		W 56–30	32,422
November 17	12:30 PM	No. 6 Tennessee	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	L 35–38	69,109
December 1	1:00 PM	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		L 15–26	26,449
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time