2001, tigers, football, team, represented, louisiana, state, university, 2001, ncaa, division, football, season, coached, nick, saban, tigers, played, their, home, games, tiger, stadium, baton, rouge, louisiana, went, west, represented, division, 2001, champio. The 2001 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I A football season Coached by Nick Saban the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge Louisiana LSU went 10 3 and won the SEC West and represented the division in the 2001 SEC Championship Game for the first time After a 31 20 upset of favored Tennessee LSU played in the 2002 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Louisiana and defeated yet another higher ranked opponent Illinois 47 34 2001 LSU Tigers footballSEC championSEC Western Division co championSugar Bowl championSEC Championship Game W 31 20 vs TennesseeSugar Bowl W 47 34 vs IllinoisConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceDivisionWestern DivisionRankingCoachesNo 8APNo 7Record10 3 5 3 SEC Head coachNick Saban 2nd season Offensive coordinatorJimbo Fisher 2nd season Offensive schemePro styleDefensive coordinatorGary Gibbs 1st season Base defense4 3Home stadiumTiger Stadium Capacity 91 600 Seasons 20002002 2001 Southeastern Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Eastern DivisionNo 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 DivisionNo 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 representativex Division champion co championsy Championship game participantRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster and Coaches 3 LSU Tigers in the 2002 National Football League Draft 4 ReferencesSchedule EditDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 17 00 p m Tulane No 14Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA Battle for the Rag PPVW 48 1791 782September 87 00 p m Utah State No 13Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAW 31 1487 756September 297 45 p m at No 7 TennesseeNo 14Neyland StadiumKnoxville TNESPNL 18 26108 472October 62 30 p m No 2 FloridaNo 18Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA rivalry CBSL 15 4492 010October 136 00 p m at KentuckyCommonwealth StadiumLexington KYPPVW 29 2552 471October 208 00 p m at Mississippi StateDavis Wade StadiumStarkville MS rivalry ESPN2W 42 045 514October 278 00 p m Ole MissTiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA Magnolia Bowl ESPN2L 24 3591 941November 32 30 p m at AlabamaBryant Denny StadiumTuscaloosa AL rivalry CBSW 35 2183 818November 107 00 p m Middle Tennessee nbsp Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LAPPVW 30 1488 249November 231 30 p m No 24 ArkansasTiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA Battle for the Golden Boot CBSW 41 3889 560December 16 45 p m No 25 AuburnNo 22Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge LA Tiger Bowl ESPNW 27 1492 141December 87 00 p m vs No 2 TennesseeNo 21Georgia DomeAtlanta GA SEC Championship Game CBSW 31 2074 843January 1 20027 30 p m vs No 7 Illinois No 12Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans LA Sugar Bowl ABCW 47 3477 688 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central timeRoster and Coaches Edit2001 LSU Tigers football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassQB 6 Rohan Davey SrRB 31 Domanick Davis JrWR 25 Josh Reed SrTE 86 Robert Royal SrRB 22 LaBrandon Toefield JrTE 47 Eric Edwards So Defense Pos Name ClassDB 2 Ryan Clark SrLB 7 Trev Faulk SrDT 95 Howard Green SrDE 59 Jarvis Green SrLB 11 Bradie James JrCB 13 Corey Webster Fr Special teams Pos Name Class Head coachNick SabanCoordinators assistant coachesOffensive coordinator quarterbacks Jimbo Fisher Running backs special teams coordinator Michael Haywood Offensive line George Yarno Wide receivers Stan Hixon Tight ends Derek Dooley Defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs Linebackers Will Muschamp Defensive line Pete Jenkins Defensive backs Charlie Harbison Graduate assistant Adam Gase Graduate assistant Scott Cochran Offensive graduate assistant Jay RodgersLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRosterLSU Tigers in the 2002 National Football League Draft EditPlayer Position Round Pick Overall NFL teamJosh Reed Wide Receiver 2 4 36 Buffalo BillsRohan Davey Quarterback 4 19 117 New England PatriotsJarvis Green Defensive End 4 28 126 New England PatriotsRobert Royal Tight end 5 25 160 Washington RedskinsHoward Green Defensive tackle 6 18 190 Houston Texanshttps www pro football reference com draft 2002 htmReferences Edit nbsp This college football 2000s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to sports in Baton Rouge Louisiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 LSU Tigers football team amp oldid 1171359048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,