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2001 Ole Miss

7–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by David Cutcliffe.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 2001, game by game: won vs. Murray State 49–14; lost at Auburn 21–27; won at Kentucky 42–31; won at Arkansas State 35–17; won vs. Alabama 27–24; won vs. Middle Tennessee 45–17; won at LSU 35–24; lost vs. Arkansas 56–58; lost vs. No. 23 Georgia 15–35; lost at Mississippi State 28–36; won vs. Vanderbilt 38–27+35−20Won 49–14 vs. Murray State+35Murray StateLost 21–27 at Auburn-6AuburnWon 42–31 at Kentucky+11KentuckyWon 35–17 at Arkansas State+18Arkansas StateWon 27–24 vs. Alabama+3AlabamaWon 45–17 vs. Middle Tennessee+28Middle TennesseeWon 35–24 at LSU+11LSULost 56–58 vs. Arkansas-2ArkansasLost 15–35 vs. No. 23 Georgia-20No. 23 GeorgiaLost 28–36 at Mississippi State-8Mississippi Sta…Won 38–27 vs. Vanderbilt+11Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsMurray StateW 49–⁠1486%
Sep 8atAuburnL 21–⁠2737%
Sep 29atKentuckyW 42–⁠3160%
Oct 6atArkansas StateW 35–⁠1774%
Oct 13vsAlabamaW 27–⁠2458%
Oct 20vsMiddle TennesseeW 45–⁠1766%
Oct 27atLSUW 35–⁠2441%
Nov 3vsArkansasL 56–⁠5870%
Nov 17vs23GeorgiaL 15–⁠3562%
Nov 22atMississippi StateL 28–⁠3659%
Dec 1vsVanderbiltW 38–⁠2781%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 38–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2001.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
391–⁠310
Coach
David Cutcliffe
Elo
1550 +19 this season
SP+ rating
5.6 No. 53 of 117; offense No. 18, defense No. 84
SRS
5.7 No. 45 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 23
Offensive coordinator
John Latina
Defensive coordinator
Don Lindsey
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 32— allowed
Defense-0.1own 31— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2001 class

Chris Spencer OC★★★★★No. 20
Taye Biddle WR★★★★No. 112

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers14.00.966
Offensive line15.00.992
Whole class24.50.979

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2002

The 2002 draft
Rd 3Terrence Metcalf OTChicago Bears

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Joe GunnRBAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Ben ClaxtonCAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Doug ZeiglerTEAP-2
  • Eddie StrongLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2001 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2001 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠24
Florida6–⁠210–⁠23
LSU5–⁠310–⁠37
South Carolina5–⁠39–⁠313
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠422
Auburn5–⁠37–⁠5
Ole Miss4–⁠47–⁠4
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠5
Arkansas4–⁠47–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠63–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠72–⁠9
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.