2001 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2001 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach David Cutcliffe, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the SEC's Western Division. Ole Miss played home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	Murray State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 49–14
September 8	at Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 21–27	86,063
September 29	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		W 42–31	60,814
October 6	at Arkansas State*	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR		W 35–17
October 13	Alabama	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	JPS	W 27–24	47,110
October 20	Middle Tennessee State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 45–17	46,886
October 27	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)		W 35–24	91,941
November 3	Arkansas	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 56–58 ^7OT	47,464
November 17	No. 23 Georgia	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	JPS	L 15–35	47,457
November 22	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–36	51,112
December 1	Vanderbilt	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 38–27	39,212
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

2001 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
		Jaime Armstrong
QB	`10`	Eli Manning	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

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Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1953–1996)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl Tulane Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Billy Cannon's Halloween run Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear Tony the Landshark "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove The Blind Side
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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