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2001 Boston College Eagles football team

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2001 Boston College Eagles football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 20–16 vs. Georgia
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 21
Record8–4 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDana Bible (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorFrank Spaziani (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
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. 18 Virginia Tech   4 3     8 4  
No. 21 Boston College   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  
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m.West VirginiaABCW 34–1042,482
September 810:00 p.m.at Stanford*FSNL 22–3841,250
September 2212:00 p.m.at Navy*W 38–2130,064
September 2912:00 p.m.Army*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPN+W 31–1043,042
October 63:30 p.m.Temple
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPN+W 33–1038,724
October 136:30 p.m.at No. 6 Virginia TechESPN2L 20–3453,662
October 2012:00 p.m.Pittsburgh
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPN+W 45–741,637
October 277:45 p.m.Notre Dame*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)
ESPNW 21–1744,500
November 1012:00 p.m.No. 1 Miami (FL)
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ABCL 7–1844,500
November 1712:00 p.m.at RutgersESPN+W 38–713,012
November 247:00 p.m.at No. 22 SyracuseNo. 25ESPN2L 28–3945,063
December 285:30 p.m.vs. No. 16 Georgia*ESPNW 20–1646,125
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

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2001 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 75 Marc Colombo Sr
RB 1 William Green Jr
C 77 Dan Koppen Jr
TE 89 Sean Ryan So
G 76 Chris Snee So
QB 2 Brian St. Pierre Jr
QB 15 Quinton Porter Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 40 Vinny Ciurciu Jr
DE 85 Antonio Garay Sr
CB 9 Lenny Walls Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

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Miami (FL)

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Miami (FL) at Boston College
1 234Total
No. 1 Hurricanes 0 909 18
Eagles 0 070 7
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • Game start: 12:15 pm EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:10
  • Game attendance: 44,500
  • Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), Mostly Cloudy, Wind SW 15–25 mph (24–40 km/h)
  • Referee: Tom DeJoseph
  • Television network: ABC

Drafted Players (2002 NFL Draft)

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2002 1 16 16 William Green Cleveland Browns RB
1 29 29 Marc Colombo Chicago Bears T

References

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  1. ^ 2009-10 Boston College Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine pg. 114
  2. ^ "2001 Archive". Boston College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.