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2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football
2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Ellis Johnson (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Fela (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Les Herrin (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Furman $^	7	–	1	12	–	3
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 6 Appalachian State ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
Western Carolina	5	–	3	7	–	4
East Tennessee State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Wofford	3	–	5	4	–	7
The Citadel	2	–	6	3	–	7
Chattanooga	1	–	7	3	–	8
VMI	1	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2001 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Ellis Johnson served as head coach for the first season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Schedule

The Bulldogs game against Western Carolina was rescheduled from September 15 to November 17 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	6:00 pm	at No. 11 (I-A) Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 7–35	41,804
September 22	4:00 pm	No. 5 Appalachian State	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 6–8	15,107	^[5]
September 29	4:00 pm	South Carolina State*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–8	15,180
October 4	7:00 pm	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 21–23	4,769
October 13	2:00 pm	No. 3 Furman	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 7–31	16,982	^[6]
October 20	1:00 pm	at No. 1 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 6–14	18,637
October 27	2:00 pm	Wofford	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 0–13	12,127
November 3	7:00 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 20–17 ^2OT	8,945
November 10	2:00 pm	VMI	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (Military Classic of the South)	W 49–7	18,937
November 17	2:00 pm	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 25–28	7,496
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "The Citadel falls to Appalachian State". The Times and Democrat. September 23, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ivory leads Furman over The Citadel, 31–7". The Times and Democrat. October 14, 2001. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.