2001 Boston College Eagles football team

2001 Boston College Eagles football

Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 20–16 vs. Georgia
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 21
Record	8–4 (4–3 Big East)
Head coach	Tom O'Brien (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dana Bible (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (3rd season)
Captains	Scott Bradley Marc Colombo Sean Guthrie^[1]
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big East Conference football standings
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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.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	West Virginia		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	W 34–10	42,482
September 8	10:00 p.m.	at Stanford*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	L 22–38	41,250
September 22	12:00 p.m.	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 38–21	30,064
September 29	12:00 p.m.	Army*		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 31–10	43,042
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Temple		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 33–10	38,724
October 13	6:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 20–34	53,662
October 20	12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 45–7	41,637
October 27	7:45 p.m.	Notre Dame*		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)	ESPN	W 21–17	44,500
November 10	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Miami (FL)		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	L 7–18	44,500
November 17	12:00 p.m.	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	W 38–7	13,012
November 24	7:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Syracuse	No. 25	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 28–39	45,063
December 28	5:30 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Georgia*		Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–16	46,125
*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

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
LB	`40`	Vinny Ciurciu	Jr
DE	`85`	Antonio Garay	Sr
CB	`9`	Lenny Walls	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Tom O'Brien

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) at Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 1 Hurricanes	0	9	0	9	18
Eagles	0	0	7	0	7

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

2	14:56	MIA	Todd Sievers 38-yard field goal	MIA 3–0

2	8:45	MIA	Sievers 24-yard field goal	MIA 6–0

2	0:54	MIA	Sievers 43-yard field goal	MIA 9–0

3	5:50	BC	Sean Ryan 9-yard pass from Brian St. Pierre (Kevin McMyler kick)	MIA 9–7

4	14:50	MIA	Sievers 47-yard field goal	MIA 12–7

4	0:13	MIA	Ed Reed 80-yard interception return (kick failed)	MIA 18–7

Drafted Players (2002 NFL Draft)

2002	1	16	16	William Green	Cleveland Browns	RB
2002	1	29	29	Marc Colombo	Chicago Bears	T

References

^ 2009-10 Boston College Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine pg. 114
^ "2001 Archive". Boston College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.

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