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2001 Memphis Tigers football team

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2001 Memphis Tigers football

Conference	Conference USA
Record	5–6 (3–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Tommy West (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Randy Fichtner (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Whitt (1st season)
Home stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No.17Louisville $	6	–	1	11	–	2
Cincinnati	5	–	2	7	–	5
UAB	5	–	2	6	–	5
East Carolina	5	–	2	6	–	6
Southern Miss	4	–	3	6	–	5
TCU	4	–	3	6	–	6
Memphis	3	–	4	5	–	6
Army	2	–	5	3	–	8
Tulane	1	–	6	3	–	9
Houston	0	–	7	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	6:00 pm	at No. 20Mississippi State*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 10–30	45,662
September 8	7:00 pm	Chattanooga*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 43–10	24,053
September 22	7:00 pm	South Florida	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 17–9	26,488
September 29	1:00 pm	atLouisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (rivalry)		L 21–38	39,256
October 6	7:00 pm	Southern Miss	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Black and Blue Bowl)		W 22–17	28,668
October 13	7:00 pm	atHouston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		W 52–33	13,513
October 20	2:30 pm	atEast Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	WLMT	L 11–32	38,120
October 27	1:00 pm	UAB	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)	ESPN Plus	L 14–17	25,462	^[1]
November 10	1:00 pm	at No. 6Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	L 28–49	107,221
November 17	1:00 pm	Army	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 42–10	23,268
November 24	1:00 pm	Cincinnati	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		L 34–36	26,395
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2001 Memphis Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`24`	Dante Brown	So
WR	`9`	Ryan Johnson	Jr
OT	`71`	Wade Smith	Jr
QB	`14`	Neil Suber	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`50`	Eric Taylor	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "UAB shuts down Memphis in fourth quarter". The Jackson Sun. October 28, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Memphis Tigers Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.

v t e Memphis Tigers football
Venues	Normal Field (1912–1916) Russwood Park (1912–1915, 1918–1920, 1922–1924) Hodges Field (1917, 1919, 1921–1923, 1926–1929) Memorial Field (1924–1936) Fairgrounds Stadium (1937) Crump Stadium (1937–1964) Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (1965–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas State: Paint Bucket Bowl Cincinnati Louisville Ole Miss Southern Miss: Black and Blue Bowl UAB: Battle for the Bones
Culture & lore	Pouncer TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South Miami Beach Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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