2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football

Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
2001 record	9–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Skip Holtz (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Strong (3rd season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)

2001 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
No. 4 Tennessee x		7	–	1		11	–	2
No. 3 Florida %		6	–	2		10	–	2
No. 13 South Carolina		5	–	3		9	–	3
No. 22 Georgia		5	–	3		8	–	4
Kentucky		1	–	7		2	–	9
Vanderbilt		0	–	8		2	–	9
Western Division
No. 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 conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his third season as head coach, and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina followed up one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history in 2000 with another successful season in 2001. South Carolina's game on September 20 against Mississippi State was the first NCAA Division I-A game played following the September 11 attacks.^[1] On January 1, 2002, the Gamecocks defeated Ohio State in the 2002 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, and finished the season ranked #13 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Schedule

The November 10 game played host to ESPN's College Gameday, a first for the program. A game against Bowling Green was scheduled for September 15, but was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks.^[2] The game was never played. South Carolina added Wofford to the schedule to replace the open date originally scheduled for November 3.^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	Boise State*	No. 21	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 32–13	83,019^[4]
September 8	7:45 PM	at No. 25 Georgia	No. 21	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	W 14–9	86,520^[4]
September 20	7:30 PM	at No. 17 Mississippi State	No. 18	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	ESPN	W 16–14	43,579^[4]
September 29	12:30 PM	Alabama	No. 15	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JPS	W 37–36	84,100^[4]
October 6	1:00 PM	Kentucky	No. 13	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	PPV	W 42–6	80,250^[4]
October 13	3:30 PM	at Arkansas	No. 9	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	CBS	L 7–10	53,514^[4]
October 20	1:00 PM	Vanderbilt	No. 16	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 46–14	83,104^[4]
October 27	6:00 PM	at No. 9 Tennessee	No. 12	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN2	L 10–17	107,530^[4]
November 3	1:00 PM	Wofford*	No. 17	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 38–14	77,922^[4]
November 10	7:45 PM	No. 4 Florida	No. 14	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 17–54	84,900^[4]
November 17	12:30 PM	Clemson*	No. 22	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	JPS	W 20–15	85,000^[4]
January 1	11:00 AM	vs. No. 22 Ohio State*	No. 14	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–28	66,249^[4]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

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Venues	Williams-Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina
Culture & lore	Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast Sandstorm Clemson–South Carolina football brawl
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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