2001 season | |||
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President | Ian Dicker | ||
Coach | Peter Schwab Chris Connolly (Round 17) | ||
Captain(s) | Shane Crawford | ||
Home ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground York Park | ||
AFL season | 13–9 (6th) | ||
Finals series | Preliminary Final (lost to Essendon 67–76) | ||
Best and Fairest | Joel Smith | ||
Leading goalkicker | John Barker (47) | ||
Highest home attendance | 52,472 (Round 17 vs. Carlton) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 16,595 (Round 18 vs. Fremantle) | ||
Average home attendance | 31,617 | ||
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The 2001 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 77th season in the Australian Football League and 100th overall.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 13.7 (85) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 4 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 52,190 | 1–0 |
2 | Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 11.15 (81) | 16.11 (107) | Won by 26 points | Optus Oval (A) | 27,597 | 2–0 |
3 | Sunday, 15 April (2:10 pm) | Fremantle | 8.11 (59) | 11.16 (82) | Won by 23 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 20,703 | 3–0 |
4 | Sunday, 22 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 11.17 (83) | 5.14 (44) | Won by 39 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 30,113 | 4–0 |
5 | Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 19.12 (126) | 24.11 (155) | Won by 29 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 34,400 | 5–0 |
6 | Sunday, 6 May (2:10 pm) | Adelaide | 16.8 (104) | 12.19 (91) | Won by 13 points | York Park (H) | 17,460 | 6–0 |
7 | Saturday, 12 May (7:00 pm) | St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 11 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 37,940 | 7–0 |
8 | Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) | West Coast | 21.12 (138) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 80 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 22,988 | 8–0 |
9 | Saturday, 26 May (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 18.14 (122) | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 65 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 50,701 | 8–1 |
10 | Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 10.13 (73) | 17.14 (116) | Lost by 43 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 28,228 | 8–2 |
11 | Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 14.9 (93) | 13.12 (90) | Lost by 3 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 37,526 | 8–3 |
12 | Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) | Kangaroos | 15.11 (101) | 14.14 (98) | Won by 3 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 41,295 | 9–3 |
13 | Friday, 29 June (7:40 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 20.20 (140) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 87 points | The Gabba (A) | 30,573 | 9–4 |
14 | Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 10.11 (71) | 20.9 (129) | Won by 58 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 52,189 | 10–4 |
15 | Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 11.11 (77) | 14.14 (98) | Lost by 21 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 34,394 | 10–5 |
16 | Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 14.5 (89) | 21.18 (144) | Won by 55 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 52,381 | 11–5 |
17 | Sunday, 29 July (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 15.6 (96) | 13.15 (93) | Won by 3 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 52,472 | 12–5 |
18 | Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) | Fremantle | 13.12 (90) | 16.10 (106) | Lost by 16 points | Colonial Stadium (H) | 16,595 | 12–6 |
19 | Saturday, 11 August (7:00 pm) | Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | 24.12 (156) | Won by 85 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 26,632 | 13–6 |
20 | Sunday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 12.7 (79) | 17.23 (125) | Lost by 46 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 26,642 | 13–7 |
21 | Sunday, 26 August (1:40 pm) | Adelaide | 13.13 (91) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 38 points | Football Park (A) | 42,827 | 13–8 |
22 | Saturday, 1 September (7:00 pm) | St Kilda | 13.9 (87) | 13.11 (89) | Lost by 2 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 24,113 | 13–9 |
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Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
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Home | Away | Result | |||||
Elimination final | Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Sydney | 19.15 (129) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 55 points | Colonial Stadium (H) | 32,910 |
Semi-final | Saturday, 15 September (7:45 pm) | Port Adelaide | 10.9 (69) | 10.12 (72) | Won by 3 points | Football Park (A) | 30,613 |
Preliminary final | Saturday, 22 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon | 11.10 (76) | 9.13 (67) | Lost by 9 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 86,468 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Essendon | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2548 | 1895 | 134.5 | 68 | Finals series |
2 | Brisbane Lions (P) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2538 | 1989 | 127.6 | 68 | |
3 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2473 | 1918 | 128.9 | 64 | |
4 | Richmond | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2126 | 1973 | 107.8 | 60 | |
5 | Carlton | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2311 | 1797 | 128.6 | 56 | |
6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2149 | 2041 | 105.3 | 52 | |
7 | Sydney | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2121 | 1833 | 115.7 | 48 | |
8 | Adelaide | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2085 | 2026 | 102.9 | 48 | |
9 | Collingwood | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2232 | 2088 | 106.9 | 44 | |
10 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2305 | 2458 | 93.8 | 40 | |
11 | Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2136 | 2364 | 90.4 | 40 | |
12 | Geelong | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1926 | 2054 | 93.8 | 36 | |
13 | Kangaroos | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2161 | 2371 | 91.1 | 36 | |
14 | West Coast | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1708 | 2590 | 65.9 | 20 | |
15 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1917 | 2642 | 72.6 | 16 | |
16 | Fremantle | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1794 | 2491 | 72.0 | 8 |
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