2001 Detroit Lions season

2001 Detroit Lions season
Head coach Marty Mornhinweg
Home field Pontiac Silverdome
Results
Record 2–14
Division Place 5th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
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2000 2002

Marty Mornhinweg was named the twenty-first head coach in franchise history on January 21, 2001.[1]

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

2001 Detroit Lions Draft Selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 18 Jeff Backus T Michigan
2 50 Dominic Raiola C Nebraska
2 61 Shaun Rogers NT Texas
5 148 Scotty Anderson WR Grambling State
5 149 Mike McMahon QB Rutgers
6 173 Jason Glenn LB Texas A&M

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Personnel

Staff

2001 Detroit Lions staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

 

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive Coordinator – Vince Tobin
  • Defensive Line – Bill Young
  • Asst. Defensive Line/Pass Rush Specialist – Charles Haley
  • Linebackers – Glenn Pires
  • Defensive Backs – Richard Selcer
  • Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Don Clemons

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Jason Arapoff
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Malcolm Blacken

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Lions' Points Opponents' Points Record Streak Attendance
1 09/09/01 at Green Bay Packers L 6 28 0-1 L-1
59,523
2 09/23/01 at Cleveland Browns L 14 24 0-2 L-2
73,168
3 Bye
4 10/08/01 St Louis Rams L 0 35 0-3 L-3
77,765
5 10/14/01 at Minnesota Vikings L 26 31 0-4 L-4
64,048
6 10/21/01 Tennessee Titans L 24 27 0-5 L-5
76,940
7 10/28/01 Cincinnati Bengals L 27 31 0-6 L-6
69,343
8 11/04/01 at San Francisco 49ers L 13 21 0-7 L-7
67,605
9 11/11/01 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17 20 0-8 L-8
74,268
10 11/18/01 at Arizona Cardinals L 38 45 0-9 L-9
32,332
11 11/22/01 Green Bay Packers L 27 29 0-10 L-10
77,730
12 12/02/01 at Chicago Bears L 10 13 0-11 L-11
66,944
13 12/09/01 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 12 15 0-12 L-12
65,514
14 12/16/01 Minnesota Vikings W 27 24 1-12 W-1
72,190
15 12/23/01 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14 47 1-13 L-1
62,809
16 12/30/01 Chicago Bears L 0 21 1-14 L-2
76,067
17 01/06/02 Dallas Cowboys W 15 10 2-14 W-1
77,512

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Standings

NFC Central
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Chicago Bears 13 3 0 .812 338 203
Green Bay Packers 12 4 0 .750 390 266
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 7 0 .562 324 280
Minnesota Vikings 5 11 0 .312 290 390
Detroit Lions 2 14 0 .125 270 424

References

  1. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.117
  2. ^ "Detroit Lions NFL Draft History". NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=1540&type=team. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  3. ^ "All-Time Coaches". DetroitLions.com. http://www.detroitlions.com/team/history/all-time-coaches.html. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
  4. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/det/2001.htm?redir

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