2001 SEC Championship Game

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

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.

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 AP Coaches BCS 2 2 2 AP Coaches BCS 21 20 NR
1 2 3 4 Total 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
Referee	Steve Shaw
Attendance	74,843
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Verne Lundquist play-by-play Todd Blackledge color Jill Arrington sideline

2001 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

External links

• Recap of the game from SECsports.com