2001 SEC Championship Game

2001 SEC Championship Game
2001 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
	2001 SEC Championship logo.
Tennessee Volunteers	LSU Tigers
(10–1)	(8–3)
20	31
Head coach: ; Phillip Fulmer	Head coach: ; Nick Saban
Date	December 8, 2001
Season	2001
Stadium	Georgia Dome
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
MVP	QB Matt Mauck, LSU
Favorite	Tennessee by 7
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
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2001 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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

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

External links

Recap of the game from SECsports.com

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[1] "SEC Championship History". Retrieved November 27, 2012.

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