2001 Boston College Eagles football team

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2001 Boston College Eagles football
Boston College Eagles wordmark.png
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 20–16 vs. Georgia
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 21
Record8–4 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dana Bible (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani (3rd season)
Captains
Home stadium Alumni Stadium (capacity: 44,500)
Seasons
←  2000
2002  →
2001 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m. West Virginia
ABC W 34–1042,482
September 810:00 p.m.at Stanford *
 FSN L 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 Tech
ESPN2 L 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)
 ESPN W 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 Rutgers
ESPN+W 38–713,012
November 247:00 p.m.at No. 22 Syracuse No. 25
ESPN2L 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

2001 Boston College Eagles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
LB 40 Vinny Ciurciu Jr
DE 85 Antonio Garay Sr
CB 9 Lenny Walls Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Boston College
1234Total
•No. 1 Hurricanes090918
Eagles00707
  • 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
Scoring summary
214:56MIATodd Sievers 38-yard field goalMIA 3–0
28:45MIASievers 24-yard field goalMIA 6–0
20:54MIASievers 43-yard field goalMIA 9–0
35:50BCSean Ryan 9-yard pass from Brian St. Pierre (Kevin McMyler kick)MIA 9–7
414:50MIASievers 47-yard field goalMIA 12–7
40:13MIAEd Reed 80-yard interception return (kick failed)MIA 18–7

Drafted Players (2002 NFL Draft)

200211616 William Green Cleveland Browns RB
12929 Marc Colombo Chicago Bears T

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References

  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.


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