American college football season
The 2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division.[1] Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Memphis* | No. 20 | | ESPN2 | W 30–10 | 45,662 |
September 20 | 6:30 pm | No. 18 South Carolina | No. 17 | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| ESPN | L 14–16 | 43,579 |
September 29 | 2:30 pm | at No. 2 Florida | No. 21 | | CBS | L 0–52 | 85,579 |
October 6 | 6:00 pm | at Auburn | | | ESPN2 | L 14–16 | 86,063 |
October 13 | 1:30 pm | Troy State* | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| | L 9–21 | 26,000 |
October 20 | 8:00 pm | LSU | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS (rivalry)
| ESPN2 | L 0–42 | 45,514 |
November 3 | 1:30 pm | Kentucky | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| | W 17–14 | 41,433 |
November 10 | 11:30 am | at Alabama | | | JPS | L 17–24 | 83,818 |
November 17 | 1:00 pm | at Arkansas | | | | L 21–24 | 67,314 |
November 22 | 6:30 pm | Ole Miss | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)
| ESPN | W 36–28 | 51,112 |
December 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 BYU* | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| ESPN2 | L 38–41 | 43,156 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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