2001 Miami RedHawks football team

2001 Miami RedHawks football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	7–5 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	Terry Hoeppner (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jon Wauford (2nd season)
Home stadium	Yager Stadium

2001 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Div							Conf							Overall
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 Miami RedHawks football team represented the Miami University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio and competed as members of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by head coach Terry Hoeppner.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 pm	at No. 12 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN	L 13–31	109,676
September 8	12:00 pm	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN+	L 19–44	58,291
September 22	2:00 pm	Cincinnati*	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio (Battle for the Bell)		W 21–14	25,036
September 29	2:00 pm	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, Indiana		W 28–20	11,519
October 6	2:00 pm	Buffalo	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio		W 31–14	20,108
October 13	2:00 pm	Akron	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio		W 30–27	10,561
October 20	3:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, Ohio (Battle of the Bricks)	FSN	W 36–24	23,427
October 27	2:30 pm	Western Michigan	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio	FSN	W 25–11	15,850
November 3	4:00 pm	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio		W 24–21	22,828
November 10	12:00 pm	Marshall	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio	FSN	L 21–27	24,286
November 17	11:00 pm	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		L 51–52	33,148
November 24	12:00 pm	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, Ohio		L 20–24	5,264
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time