2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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2001
Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
Seasons
2001 Southeastern Conference 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

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

.

Schedule

The November 10 game played host to

College Gameday, a first for the program. A game against Bowling Green was scheduled for September 15, but was canceled 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]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pm
CSS
W 32–1383,019[4]
September 87:45 pmat No. 25 GeorgiaNo. 21ESPNW 14–986,520[4]
September 207:30 pmat No. 17 Mississippi StateNo. 18ESPNW 16–1443,579[4]
September 2912:30 pm
JPS
W 37–3684,100[4]
October 61:00 pmKentuckyNo. 13
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
PPVW 42–680,250[4]
October 133:30 pmat
CBS
L 7–1053,514[4]
October 201:00 pmVanderbiltNo. 16
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
CSSW 46–1483,104[4]
October 276:00 pmat No. 9 TennesseeNo. 12ESPN2L 10–17107,530[4]
November 31:00 pmWofford*No. 17
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
W 38–1477,922[4]
November 107:45 pmNo. 4
College GameDay)
ESPNL 17–5484,900[4]
November 1712:30 pmClemson*No. 22
JPSW 20–1585,000[4]
January 111:00 amvs. No. 22 Ohio State*No. 14ESPNW 31–2866,249[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2001 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 4 Andrew Pinnock Jr
QB 9 Corey Jenkins Jr
QB Erik Kimrey Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
NT 57 Langston Moore Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

References

  1. ^ South Carolina edges Mississippi State, 16–14[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Remembering 9/11 and the SEC's initial mistake". September 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "NCAA Football - Wofford vs. South Carolina".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of South Carolina. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "College Football Data Warehouse". Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2008.