2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under new head coach Rich Rodriguez the Mountaineers football suffered their worst season since 1978, finishing with a mark of 3–8. The season's lowest point was a home loss to Temple, the school's first loss to the Owls since 1984 and first home loss to the school since 1979.

2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record3–8 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach
  • Rich Rodriguez (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Elmassian (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
2001 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Miami (FL) $#  7 0   12 0  
No. 14 Syracuse  6 1   10 3  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  4 3   8 4  
No. 21 Boston College  4 3   8 4  
Pittsburgh  4 3   7 5  
Temple  2 5   4 7  
West Virginia  1 6   3 8  
Rutgers  0 7   2 9  
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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