American college football season
The 2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Memphis* | No. 20 | | ESPN2 | W 30–10 | 45,662 |
September 20 | 6:30 pm | No. 18 South Carolina | No. 17 | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| ESPN | L 14–16 | 43,579 |
September 29 | 2:30 pm | at No. 2 Florida | No. 21 | | CBS | L 0–52 | 85,579 |
October 6 | 6:00 pm | at Auburn | | | ESPN2 | L 14–16 | 86,063 |
October 13 | 1:30 pm | Troy State* | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| | L 9–21 | 26,000 |
October 20 | 8:00 pm | LSU | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS (rivalry)
| ESPN2 | L 0–42 | 45,514 |
November 3 | 1:30 pm | Kentucky | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| | W 17–14 | 41,433 |
November 10 | 11:30 am | at Alabama | | | JPS | L 17–24 | 83,818 |
November 17 | 1:00 pm | at Arkansas | | | | L 21–24 | 67,314 |
November 22 | 6:30 pm | Ole Miss | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)
| ESPN | W 36–28 | 51,112 |
December 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 BYU* | | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| ESPN2 | L 38–41 | 43,156 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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