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2001 Virginia

5–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Al Groh.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 2001, game by game: lost vs. No. 22 Wisconsin 17–26; won vs. Richmond 17–16; won at Clemson 26–24; won vs. Duke 31–10; lost at No. 25 Maryland 21–41; lost at North Carolina 24–30; lost vs. Florida State 7–43; lost at NC State 0–24; lost vs. Wake Forest 30–34; won vs. No. 20 Georgia Tech 39–38; lost vs. No. 18 Virginia Tech 17–31; won vs. Penn State 20–14+21−36Lost 17–26 vs. No. 22 Wisconsin-9No. 22 WisconsinWon 17–16 vs. Richmond+1RichmondWon 26–24 at Clemson+2ClemsonWon 31–10 vs. Duke+21DukeLost 21–41 at No. 25 Maryland-20No. 25 MarylandLost 24–30 at North Carolina-6North CarolinaLost 7–43 vs. Florida State-36Florida StateLost 0–24 at NC State-24NC StateLost 30–34 vs. Wake Forest-4Wake ForestWon 39–38 vs. No. 20 Georgia Tech+1No. 20 Georgia TechLost 17–31 vs. No. 18 Virginia Tech-14No. 18 Virginia TechWon 20–14 vs. Penn State+6Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 25vs22WisconsinL 17–⁠2635%
Sep 1vsRichmondW 17–⁠1681%
Sep 22atClemsonW 26–⁠2429%
Sep 29vsDukeW 31–⁠1083%
Oct 6at25MarylandL 21–⁠4137%
Oct 13atNorth CarolinaL 24–⁠3036%
Oct 20vsFlorida StateL 7–⁠4336%
Oct 27atNC StateL 0–⁠2436%
Nov 3vsWake ForestL 30–⁠3463%
Nov 10vs20Georgia TechW 39–⁠3828%
Nov 17vs18Virginia TechL 17–⁠3125%
Dec 1vsPenn StateW 20–⁠1438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Penn State 20–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
249–⁠331
Coach
Al Groh
Elo
1446 −67 this season
SP+ rating
-2.4 No. 75 of 117; offense No. 83, defense No. 57
SRS
−1.0 No. 69 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 30
Offensive coordinator
Bill Musgrave
Defensive coordinator
Al Golden
Captains
Monsanto Pope, Evan Routzahn and Antwoine Womack
Defense
3–⁠4

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 34— allowed
Defense-0.1own 32— 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

Patrick Estes TE★★★★★No. 29

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

The 2001 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers15.00.987

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 4Chris Luzar TEJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 7Monsanto Pope DTDenver Broncos
Rd 7Antwoine Womack RBNew England Patriots

All-ACC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

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

2001 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland7–⁠110–⁠211
Florida State6–⁠28–⁠415
North Carolina5–⁠38–⁠5
Georgia Tech4–⁠48–⁠524
Clemson4–⁠47–⁠5
NC State4–⁠47–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠56–⁠5
Virginia3–⁠55–⁠7
Duke0–⁠80–⁠11

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