2001 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2001 Florida State Seminoles football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 30–17 vs. Virginia Tech
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
Record8–4 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Bowden (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (18th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 82,000)
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Maryland $   7 1     10 2  
No. 15 Florida State   6 2     8 4  
North Carolina   5 3     8 5  
Clemson   4 4     7 5  
No. 24 Georgia Tech   4 4     8 5  
NC State   4 4     7 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     6 5  
Virginia   3 5     5 7  
Duke   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 16:00 p.m.at DukeNo. 6PPVW 55–1323,312
September 85:30 p.m.UAB*No. 6ESPN2W 29–779,388[1]
September 2212:00 p.m.at North CarolinaNo. 6ABCL 9–4153,000
September 297:00 p.m.Wake ForestNo. 18
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 48–2479,162
October 1312:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)*No. 14
ABCL 27–4982,836
October 207:45 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 21ESPNW 43–761,383
October 273:30 p.m.No. 10 MarylandNo. 19
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 52–3182,565
November 33:30 p.m.at ClemsonNo. 14ABCW 41–2785,036
November 103:30 p.m.NC State No. 10
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCL 28–3482,425
November 178:00 p.m.at No. 4 Florida*No. 21CBSL 13–3785,732
December 13:30 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPNW 28–1782,269
January 112:00 p.m.vs. No. 15 Virginia Tech*No. 24NBCW 30–1772,202
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster edit

2001 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 4 Anquan Boldin Jr
QB 16 Chris Rix Fr
WR 81 P. K. Sam Fr
WR 86 Jason Howard Fr
WR 80 Javon Walker Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
FS 28 Chris Hope Sr
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 47 Xavier Beitia Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-12-17

Game summaries edit

Miami (FL) edit

Miami (FL) at Florida State
1 234Total
No. 2 Hurricanes 14 7280 49
No. 13 Seminoles 0 1377 27

[2]

Virginia edit

Maryland edit

Maryland at Florida State
1 234Total
No. 10 Terrapins 7 10140 31
No. 19 Seminoles 0 211021 52

[3]

NC State edit

NC State at Florida State
1 234Total
Wolfpack 7 17010 34
No. 10 Seminoles 14 077 28
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
  • Game start: 3:35 pm EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:17
  • Game attendance: 82,425
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Mostly sunny, Wind SE 4 mph (6.4 km/h)
  • Referee: C. Mauzy
  • Television network: ABC

Gator Bowl edit

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State
1 234Total
No. 15 Hokies 3 0140 17
No. 24 Seminoles 0 10317 30

[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "FSU wears out UAB". News-Press. September 9, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Seminoles Fall To No. 2 Miami, 49-27". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 13, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Five Of A Kind For Rix In 52-31 Win Over Maryland". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 27, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "'Noles Capture This Gator With 30-17 Victory Over Hokies". Florida State University Athletic Department. January 1, 2002. Retrieved August 4, 2019.