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)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Scott Bradley Marc Colombo Sean Guthrie
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium

2001 Big East Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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.

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	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

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

See also: 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team

Drafted Players (2002 NFL Draft)

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