2001 Missouri Tigers football team

The 2001 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

2001 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	4–7 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Pinkel (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Christensen (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Matt Eberflus (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 68,174)
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 9 Colorado xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x%		7	–	1					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7					3	–	8
South Division
No. 5 Texas xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:30 pm	Bowling Green*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 13–20	51,039
September 8	6:30 pm	SW Texas State*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 40–6	51,689
September 29	11:30 am	No. 4 Nebraska	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	L 3–36	64,204
October 6	7:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 41–38 3OT	44,050
October 13	1:00 pm	Iowa State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Telephone Trophy)		L 14–20	50,671
October 20	1:00 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)		W 38–34	38,500
October 27	1:00 pm	No. 7 Texas	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 16–35	51,123
November 3	2:00 pm	at No. 25 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 24–38	45,942
November 10	1:00 pm	Baylor	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 41–24	46,611
November 24	11:00 am	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	L 3–24	43,810
December 1	10:00 am	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN2	L 7–55	72,823
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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