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2001 Vanderbilt

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Southeastern Conference), coached by Woody Widenhofer.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 2001, game by game: lost vs. Middle Tennessee 28–37; lost vs. Alabama 9–12; won vs. Richmond 28–22; lost vs. Auburn 21–24; lost vs. No. 19 Georgia 14–30; lost at South Carolina 14–46; won at Duke 42–28; lost at No. 4 Florida 13–71; lost vs. Kentucky 30–56; lost at No. 7 Tennessee 0–38; lost at Ole Miss 27–38+14−58Lost 28–37 vs. Middle Tennessee-9Middle TennesseeLost 9–12 vs. Alabama-3AlabamaWon 28–22 vs. Richmond+6RichmondLost 21–24 vs. Auburn-3AuburnLost 14–30 vs. No. 19 Georgia-16No. 19 GeorgiaLost 14–46 at South Carolina-32South CarolinaWon 42–28 at Duke+14DukeLost 13–71 at No. 4 Florida-58No. 4 FloridaLost 30–56 vs. Kentucky-26KentuckyLost 0–38 at No. 7 Tennessee-38No. 7 TennesseeLost 27–38 at Ole Miss-11Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsMiddle TennesseeL 28–⁠3755%
Sep 8vsAlabamaL 9–⁠1245%
Sep 22vsRichmondW 28–⁠2272%
Sep 29vsAuburnL 21–⁠2436%
Oct 13vs19GeorgiaL 14–⁠3030%
Oct 20atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠4617%
Oct 27atDukeW 42–⁠2858%
Nov 3at4FloridaL 13–⁠719%
Nov 10vsKentuckyL 30–⁠5663%
Nov 24at7TennesseeL 0–⁠388%
Dec 1atOle MissL 27–⁠3819%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 38–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 110th-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
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠8 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
226–⁠402
Coach
Woody Widenhofer
Elo
1333 −105 this season
SP+ rating
-9.0 No. 87 of 117; offense No. 65, defense No. 89
SRS
−8.6 No. 87 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 49
Offensive coordinator
Steve Crosby
Defensive coordinator
Herb Paterra
Captains
Jamie Byrum, Antuian Bradford, Nate Morrow and Dan Stricker
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 29— allowed
Defense-0.1own 33— 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

David Koral PRO★★★★No. 129

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.960

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.

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

  • Lew ThomasRBCoaches-2
  • Dan StrickerWRAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Pat GreenOTCoaches-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.