2001 Ohio Bobcats football team

American college football season

2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L	W		L
East Division
Marshall x	6	–	0	8	–	0	11	–	2
Miami (OH)	4	–	2	6	–	2	7	–	5
Bowling Green	4	–	2	5	–	3	8	–	3
Kent State	3	–	3	5	–	3	6	–	5
Akron	3	–	3	4	–	4	4	–	7
Buffalo	1	–	5	1	–	7	3	–	8
Ohio	0	–	6	1	–	7	1	–	10
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$	4	–	1	5	–	2	10	–	2
Northern Illinois x	4	–	1	4	–	3	6	–	5
Ball State x	4	–	1	4	–	3	5	–	6
Western Michigan	2	–	3	4	–	4	5	–	6
Central Michigan	1	–	4	2	–	6	3	–	8
Eastern Michigan	0	–	5	1	–	6	2	–	9
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ohio competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in the East Division. The Bobcats were led by first year Brian Knorr who had previously been the defensive coordinator under Jim Grobe. They played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH		L 29–31	13,532
September 8	1:00 pm	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		L 3–20	52,995
September 22	1:00 pm	Iowa State*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 28–31	24,000
October 6	6:00 pm	No. 23 Toledo	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 41–48	21,918
October 13	1:00 pm	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI		W 34–3	18,010
October 20	3:00 pm	Miami (OH)	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	FSN	L 24–36	23,427
October 27	1:00 pm	Kent State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 14–24	19,415
November 3	1:00 pm	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY		L 0–44	7,419
November 10	1:00 pm	Bowling Green	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 0–17	15,724
November 17	3:00 pm	at No. 24 Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV (Battle for the Bell)		L 18–42	24,932
November 24	1:00 pm	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 7–27	38,025
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

"Brian Knorr". Sports Reference.
"Peden Stadium". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
Jim Spadafore (October 14, 2001). "Ohio stuffs CMU for its first victory". Detroit Free Press. p. 11D – via Newspapers.com.
"OHIOBOBCATS.COM - Ohio Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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Venues	Peden Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall: Battle for the Bell Miami: Battle of the Bricks
Culture & lore	Rufus "Stand Up and Cheer" Ohio University Marching 110
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