2001 SEC Championship Game

For the SEC men's basketball championship, see 2001 SEC men's basketball tournament.

College football game

2001 SEC Championship Game

Conference Championship

2001 SEC Championship logo.

| Tennessee Volunteers | LSU Tigers

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(10-1) | (8-3)
20 | 31
Head coach:
Phillip Fulmer | Head coach:
Nick Saban
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2| 2| 2
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21| 20| NR
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Tennessee | 0| 17| 0| 3 | 20
LSU | 7| 3| 6| 15 | 31
Date| December 8, 2001
Season| 2001
Stadium| Georgia Dome
Location| Atlanta, Georgia
MVP| QB Matt Mauck, LSU
Favorite| Tennessee by 7[1]
Referee| Steve Shaw
Attendance| 74,843
United States TV coverage
Network| CBS
Announcers| Verne Lundquist play-by-play
Todd Blackledge color
Jill Arrington sideline
|  SEC Championship Game

< 2000 |  2002 >
2001 Southeastern Conference football standings

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| Conf. |  |  | Overall

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Eastern Division
No. 4 Tennessee x  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
No. 3 Florida %  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
No. 13 South Carolina |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 22 Georgia |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Kentucky |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Vanderbilt |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Western Division
No. 7 LSU xy$  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
Auburn x  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Ole Miss |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Alabama |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Arkansas |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Mississippi State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Championship: LSU 31, Tennessee 20

* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* % - BCS at-large representative
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* y - Championship game participant

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 SEC Championship Game was won by the LSU Tigers 31–20 over the Tennessee Volunteers. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 8, 2001 and was televised to a national audience on CBS. The loss kept Tennessee from a second appearance in the BCS National Championship Game.

## References

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1. ^ "SEC Championship History". Retrieved November 27, 2012.

## External links

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* Recap of the game from SECsports.com

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