2001 SEC Championship Game

For the SEC men's basketball championship, see 2001 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.

2001 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
File:2001SECChamplogo.png 2001 SEC Championship logo.
Tennessee Volunteers LSU Tigers (10–1) (8–3) 20 31 Head coach:  Phillip Fulmer Head coach:  Nick Saban AP Coaches BCS 2 2 2 AP Coaches BCS 21 20 NR 1 2 3 4 Total University of Tennessee 0 17 0 3 20 Louisiana State University 7 3 6 15 31
Date	December 8, 2001
Season	2001
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	QB Matt Mauck, LSU
Favorite	Tennessee by 7
Referee	Steve Shaw
Attendance	74,843
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers:	Verne Lundquist play-by-play Todd Blackledge color Jill Arrington sideline
SEC Championship Game  < 2000  2002 >

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 SEC Championship Game was won by the LSU Tigers 31-20 over the Tennessee Volunteers. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 8, 2001 and was televised to a national audience on CBS. The loss kept Tennessee from a second appearance in the BCS National Championship Game.

External links

• Recap of the game from SECsports.com
• Box score and statistics from LSUsports.net
• Box score and statistics from UTsports.com