2001 Florida State Seminoles football team

American college football season

2001 Florida State Seminoles football

Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 30–17 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
Record	8–4 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (26th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Bowden (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (18th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 82,000)
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Maryland $	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 15 Florida State	6	–	2	8	–	4
North Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	5
Clemson	4	–	4	7	–	5
No. 24 Georgia Tech	4	–	4	8	–	5
NC State	4	–	4	7	–	5
Wake Forest	3	–	5	6	–	5
Virginia	3	–	5	5	–	7
Duke	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	6:00 p.m.	at Duke	No. 6	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	PPV	W 55–13	23,312
September 8	5:30 p.m.	UAB*	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	W 29–7	79,388	^[1]
September 22	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 6	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 9–41	53,000
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 18	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 48–24	79,162
October 13	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 14	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 27–49	82,836
October 20	7:45 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 21	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 43–7	61,383
October 27	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Maryland	No. 19	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 52–31	82,565
November 3	3:30 p.m.	at Clemson	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–27	85,036
November 10	3:30 p.m.	NC State	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 28–34	82,425
November 17	8:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Florida*	No. 21	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 13–37	85,732
December 1	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	W 28–17	82,269
January 1	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 15 Virginia Tech*	No. 24	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	W 30–17	72,202
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2001 Florida State Seminoles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`4`	Anquan Boldin	Jr
QB	`16`	Chris Rix	Fr
WR	`81`	P. K. Sam	Fr
WR	`86`	Jason Howard	Fr
WR	`80`	Javon Walker	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FS	`28`	Chris Hope	Sr
DE	`48`	Alonzo Jackson	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`47`	Xavier Beitia	Fr

Head coach

Bobby Bowden

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-12-17

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 2 Hurricanes	14	7	28	0	49
No. 13 Seminoles	0	13	7	7	27

Date: October 13
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
Game attendance: 82,836
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

1	8:48	MIA	Fitzgerald 5-yard blocked punt return (Sievers kick)	MIA 7–0

1	7:16	MIA	Andre Johnson 27-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick)	MIA 14–0

2	11:03	MIA	Jeremy Shockey 1-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick)	MIA 21–0

2	6:50	FSU	Jones 6-yard run (kick failed)	MIA 21–6

2	0:05	FSU	McCray 1-yard run (Beitia kick)	MIA 21–13

3	13:23	MIA	A. Johnson 18-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick)	MIA 28–13

3	12:18	MIA	Jonathan Vilma 36-yard fumble return (Sievers kick)	MIA 35–13

3	9:56	FSU	Gardner 57-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick)	MIA 35–20

3	4:48	MIA	Capshaw 7-yard run (Sievers kick)	MIA 42–20

3	3:54	MIA	Willis McGahee 8-yard run (Sievers kick)	MIA 49–20

4	6:53	FSU	Michael Boulware 73-yard fumble return (Beitia kick)	MIA 49–27

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Virginia

Maryland

Maryland at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Terrapins	7	10	14	0	31
• No. 19 Seminoles	0	21	10	21	52

Date: October 13
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
Game attendance: 82,836
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

1		MD	James Lynch 65-yard run (Novak kick)	MD 7–0

2		MD	Marc Riley 1-yard run (Novak kick)	MD 14–0

2		FSU	Talman Gardner 16-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick)	MD 14–7

2		FSU	Michael Boulware 23-yard interception return (Beitia kick)	Tied 14–14

2		FSU	Gardner 9-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 21–14

2	0:00	MD	Nick Novak 51-yard field goal	FSU 21–17

3		MD	Bruce Perry 8-yard run (Novak kick)	MD 24–21

3		FSU	Xavier Beitia 31-yard field goal	Tied 24–24

3	6:50	FSU	Greg Jones 4-yard run (Beitia kick)	FSU 31–24

3	1:53	MD	Shaun Hill 2-yard run (Novak kick)	Tied 31–31

4	12:28	FSU	Gardner 28-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 38–31

4	11:17	FSU	Javon Walker 22-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 45–31

4	6:58	FSU	Atrews Bell 32-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 52–31

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NC State

NC State at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Wolfpack	7	17	0	10	34
No. 10 Seminoles	14	0	7	7	28

Date: November 10
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
Game start: 3:35 pm EDT
Elapsed time: 3:17
Game attendance: 82,425
Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Mostly sunny, Wind SE 4 mph (6.4 km/h)
Referee: C. Mauzy
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

1	12:50	NCST	D. Green fumble recovery in end zone (Kiker kick)	NCST 7–0

1	9:26	FSU	T. Gardner 33-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick)	Tied 7–7

1	0:59	FSU	J. Walker 63-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 14–7

2	14:14	NCST	J. Cotchery 12-yard run (Kiker kick)	Tied 14–14

2	9:04	NCST	R. Robinson 3-yard run (Kiker kick)	NCST 21–14

2	0:12	NCST	A. Kiker 20-yard field goal	NCST 24–14

3	7:31	FSU	T. Gardner 22-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick)	NCST 24–21

4	11:37	NCST	R. Robinson 24-yard run (Kiker kick)	NCST 31–21

4	10:05	FSU	C. Rix 3-yard run (Beitia kick)	NCST 31–28

4	2:11	NCST	A. Kiker 32-yard field goal	NCST 34–28

Gator Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Hokies	3	0	14	0	17
• No. 24 Seminoles	0	10	3	17	30

Date: January 1
Location: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
Game attendance: 72,202
Referee: David Witvoet
TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, and Chris Wragge

Scoring summary

1	10:56	VT	Carter Warley 36-yard field goal	VT 3–0

2	6:32	FSU	Chris Rix 1-yard run (Xavier Beitia kick)	FSU 7–3

2	1:27	FSU	Xavier Beitia 50-yard field goal	FSU 10–3

3	10:02	VT	Kevin Jones 5-yard run (Warley kick)	Tied 10–10

3	1:42	FSU	Xavier Beitia 47-yard field goal	FSU 13–10

3	0:40	VT	Andre Davis 55-yard pass from Grant Noel (Warley kick)	VT 17–13

4	14:48	FSU	Javon Walker 77-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 20–17

4	10:13	FSU	Xavier Beitia 35-yard field goal	FSU 23–17

4	2:14	FSU	Walker 23-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)	FSU 30–17

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References

^ "FSU wears out UAB". News-Press. September 9, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Seminoles Fall To No. 2 Miami, 49-27". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 13, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
^ "Five Of A Kind For Rix In 52-31 Win Over Maryland". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 27, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
^ "'Noles Capture This Gator With 30-17 Victory Over Hokies". Florida State University Athletic Department. January 1, 2002. Retrieved August 4, 2019.

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