2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under new head coach Rich Rodriguez the Mountaineers football suffered their worst season since 1978, finishing with a mark of 3–8. The season's lowest point was a home loss to Temple, the school's first loss to the Owls since 1984 and first home loss to the school since 1979.

2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
2001 record3–8 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorPhil Elmassian (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
2001 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Miami (FL) $#  7 0     12 0  
No. 14 Syracuse  6 1     10 3  
No. 21 Boston College  4 3     8 4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  4 3     8 4  
Pittsburgh  4 3     7 5  
Temple  2 5     4 7  
West Virginia  1 6     3 8  
Rutgers  0 7     2 9  
    1. BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1Noonat Boston CollegeABCL 10–3442,482
September 81:00 p.m.Ohio*W 20–352,995
September 221:00 p.m.Kent State*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 34–1447,458
September 293:30 p.m.at No. 25 Maryland*L 20–3240,166
October 61:00 p.m.No. 6 Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ESPN2L 0–3563,271
October 132:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*NBCL 24–3480,795
October 257:30 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)ESPN2L 3–4544,411
November 31:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
MSNW 80–744,685
November 10Noonat No. 14 SyracuseESPN+L 13–2443,753
November 171:00 p.m.Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 14–1737,120
November 24NoonPittsburgh
ESPNL 17–2344,407

References

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