2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Long-term causes
Several assumptions rose to mythical status in the town during the forty-year period between the first Asian migration and the Oldham Riots. Many Asians believed that areas such as Sholver, Abbeyhills, Limeside, and Fitton Hill were no-go areas for them in a similar way that the white community in Oldham feared attack should they be found in the vicinity of Glodwick, Clarkesfield and Westwood, and that the council was racist, holding back the socio-economic development of Asians. This was verified in the Ritchie report, where numerous instances of zones marked with whites-only graffiti were reported. The report notes, however, that no institutional decree to such an effect was issued.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Long-term causes
Many members of the white community believed that more council tax money was spent serving Asian needs, such as mosque building, in substitution for providing for white needs, although over the previous six years, the majority of regeneration grants had gone into white areas: Westwood and Glodwick received £16 million in 1995/96, whereas Hathershaw and Fitton Hill - predominantly white areas - received £53 million. This myth was tagged as wholly untrue in The Ritchie Report. Some minority sects of the Asian community believed that the police were behind the instigation of the Oldham riots, and some in the white community believed that the flag of England was being removed by councillors, in favour of celebrating Asian cultural identity.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Long-term causes
A review of the Oldham riots blamed deep-rooted segregation which authorities had failed to address for generations. Poverty and lack of opportunity was also blamed, with the Oldham wards of Alexandra, Werneth, Hollinwood and Coldhurst in the 5% most deprived in the country, in addition to a further three wards in the 10% most deprived wards overall.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Mid-term causes
In the year leading up to the riots, there were 572 reported ethnicity-related crimes in the Oldham area, and in 60% of these, white persons were recorded as being the victims. These figures alarmed both Asian and white communities, and led to the British National Party announcing it would contest the forthcoming general election, with its leader Nick Griffin to stand as a candidate for the constituency of Oldham West and Royton. The far-right National Front political party also announced its interest in the town, and the intent to provide its own candidates for election.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Mid-term causes
According to a BBC investigation team, much of the violence seen in Oldham was caused by poverty, social disadvantage and a high percentage of young males in the Oldham area. The media, which had little interest in Oldham prior to the troubles, began a period of increased reporting from the area, with the local media such as the Oldham Evening Chronicle, and the Oldham Advertiser placing race-related stories on front page spreads.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Mid-term causes
Prime Minister Tony Blair blamed the riots on the "bad and regressive motive of white extremists" and condemned the actions of the National Front and the British National Party in the Oldham area as inflammatory to the violence.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Short term causes
In the days and weeks before the riots, several violent and racist disturbances occurred in Oldham, which are attributed to provoking the riots.


2001 Oldham riots, Causes, Immediate cause leading to riot
One largely shared and corroborated view of the events which led up to the riots on Saturday 26 May 2001, were the following, based upon eye-witness accounts, media interviews and police evidence:


2001 Oldham riots, Ritchie Report
was a major review both of the Oldham Riots and the inter-ethnic problems that had long existed in the town. It was commissioned by the government, the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the local police authority. It was named after David Ritchie, Chairman of the Oldham Independent Review.


2001 Oldham riots, Ritchie Report
The report, published on 11 December 2001, was a 102-page document, addressed to the people of Oldham and was the sum total of much evidence gathering, including the interviewing of some 915 people and over 200 group meetings with local residents and governmental bodies.


2001 Oldham riots, Ritchie Report
The Ritchie Report largely blamed deep-rooted segregation, which authorities had failed to address for generations, as the cause of the Oldham Riots and its prior and subsequent inter-ethnic problems.


2001 Oldham riots, Ritchie Report
It warned: "Segregation, albeit self-segregation, is an unacceptable basis for a harmonious community and it will lead to more serious problems if it is not tackled".


2001 Oldham riots, Sentencing
On 12 June 2003, 10 people were all jailed for nine months each after being convicted of their part in the rioting.


2001 Oldham riots, Sentencing
They were; Darren Hoy (aged 27 and from Fitton Hill district of the town), his sister Sharon Hoy (aged 38 and from the Raper Street neighbourhood), their cousin Matthew Berry (aged 25 and from the Limedale district of the town), James Clift (aged 24 and from Chadderton), Mark Priest (aged 32 and from Glossop in Derbyshire), Alan Daley (aged 38 and from Failsworth), David Bourne (aged 35 and from Limeside), Steven Rhodes (aged 30 and from the Medway Road neighbourhood), Paul Brockway (aged 39 and from Blackley) and 22-year-old Failsworth man Stephen Walsh. A 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were also convicted of involvement in the riot but avoided prison sentences, instead receiving a supervision order and conditional discharge, respectively.


2001 Oldham riots, Sentencing
Judge Jonathan Geake noted that none of the defendants were responsible for the rioting, and had directed the jury to clear the defendants of the charge of riot, before all 12 pleaded guilty to either affray or common assault.


2001 Oldham riots, The Cantle Report
The Cantle Report was published coincidentally with the Ritchie Report in 2001 and was produced by an Independent Review Team appointed by the Home Secretary. The Team considered all of the disturbances in northern English towns, and created the concept of 'parallel lives' to describe the deep-seated segregation in the areas reviewed. It was not specific to Oldham and made recommendations for national and local government.


2001 Oldham riots, The Cantle Report
Subsequently, Ted Cantle led a team from the Institute of Community Cohesion (now iCoCo Foundation) to review the progress made since 2001. This 64-page Review was published on 25 May 2006, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Oldham riots. It was commissioned by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council to independently review the town'a progress in its efforts to achieve racial harmony and community cohesion.


2001 Oldham riots, The Cantle Report
The report praised the council and town for its considerable progress and efforts, but said much more needed to be achieved, given Oldham's projected increase in ethnic diversity in the decades ahead. According to the report, the review teams were "struck by the extent to which divisions within and polarisation between Oldham's many communities continue to be a feature of social relations and the seeming reluctance of many sections of the community to embrace positive change".


2001 Oldham riots, The Cantle Report
In interviews with both the Oldham Evening Chronicle and BBC Radio, Cantle accused some community leaders of hindering progress because they were worried about losing their political influence. "We did find that a number of the communities, and particularly the community leaders were unwilling to get out of their comfort zones and that's a really big issue now".


2001 Oldham riots, Legacy and impact
The legacy of the riots is broad and still in motion, but has seen increased ethnic-relations and some community-amenity improvements in the town, including the creation of a new Oldham Cultural Quarter (which includes the state-of-the-art Gallery Oldham and Oldham Library), and a number of proposed improvements and investments for the community facilities of the area.


2001 Oldham riots, Legacy and impact
The community facilities currently available in Oldham have been heavily criticised; however, as of 2016 a new ODEON cinema has been constructed in the town.


2001 Oldham riots, Legacy and impact
Some of the bodies and reports which proposed new community and amenity improvements included, Oldham Beyond (April 2004), Forward Together (October 2004), and The Heart of Oldham (May 2004).


2001 Oldham riots, Legacy and impact
Several men, mainly of Bangladeshi heritage were ultimately arrested and charged in connection to the riots.


2001 Oldham riots, Legacy and impact
Immediately after the Oldham Riots, the British National Party received an increase in the share of votes in both local and general elections; however, they have not won a seat to represent any part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in the House of Commons or the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.


2001 Oldham riots, Legacy and impact
In the 2006 local elections, the BNP's share of votes decreased markedly, which was highlighted in The Cantle Report during the same year.


2001 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 2001 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2001 Omagh District Council election
Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.


2001 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, Mid Tyrone
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP


2001 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, Omagh Town
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP1997-2001 Change: Independents (two seats) leave SDLP and Labour Coalition, SDLP gain from Alliance


2001 Omagh District Council election, Districts results, West Tyrone
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2001 Omaha Beef season
The 2001 Omaha Beef season was the team's second season as a football franchise and second in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL). One of five teams competing in the IPFL for the 2001 season. The team played their home games at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.


2001 Omaha mayoral election
The 2001 Omaha mayoral election was held on May 15, 2001. It saw the election of Mike Fahey, who unseated incumbent mayor Hal Daub.


2001 Omloop Het Volk
The 2001 Omloop Het Volk was the 55th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 3 March 2001. The race started in Ghent and finished in Lokeren. The race was won by Michele Bartoli.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash
On 27 January 2001, an Antonov An-70 prototype crashed close to Omsk Tsentralny Airport, Russia during testing of the aircraft. All 33 passengers and crew on board the aircraft survived.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash
The accident involved the sole surviving An-70 prototype, as the first prototype had been destroyed in a mid-air collision six years previously. This placed the future of the An-70 project in doubt; however, the aircraft was later repaired and returned to flight.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Accident
The aircraft arrived at Omsk at 0:30 and was refueled with 38 tons of jet fuel. 5 hours after landing, the four engine propfan lifted off the runway on its way to Yakutsk for cold weather testing. Within seconds of becoming airborne one of the Progress D-27 engines with Contra-rotating propellers reached an over-speed condition and automatically shut down. The forward propeller stopped rotating but due to the nature of the failure the aft propeller kept turning, producing negative thrust.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Accident
At this point the flight crew increased power to the remaining three engines but a problem with the RPM sensors on one of them led to automatic engine shut-off. Thus, the An-70 ended up flying at low speed with only two properly functioning engines, with the third engine generating over 11,000 pounds of negative thrust and disrupting airflow across the wing.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Accident
The crew successfully made a 180-degree turn to head back towards departure airport but crash landed hard in the snow and ice within several hundred yards of the runway. Of the 33 people aboard (11 crew and 22 specialists from Antonov), 4 were injured, 1 seriously. The accident investigators found that the pilots acted with remarkable skill to turn the aircraft around and crash-land it on the field without lowering the landing gear.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Aircraft
UR-NTK was one of two An-70 prototype transport planes produced. Prototype 1 was destroyed in a mid-air collision in 1995. The fuselage of Prototype 2 was completely fractured between the midsection and the tail by the heavy landing during this incident. The plane was insured but only for $1 million - a fraction of its actual cost. The aircraft was disassembled on site and relocated to the local "Polyot" aircraft repair factory in Omsk and restored to flying condition. The damaged airframe required months of repair and as of 2012 is the only AN-70 in existence, still performing important flight testing.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Investigation
Three possibilities for the accident were investigated. Engine/Prop malfunction, fuel or oil defects in sub-zero temperatures leading to fuel starvation due to water in the fuel system freezing, or an act of sabotage or terrorism. Sabotage & terrorism were investigated by Russia's FSB which found no corroborating evidence. The fuel crystallization theory was discounted very early by the team of experts investigating the accident, leaving an engine or a propeller malfunction the only remaining possibility.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Causes
The cause of the crash landing of the An-70 near Omsk remained the subject of much debate for a long time and the reason for heated exchange of accusations between the Antonov Design Bureau and the OAO Motor-Sich - the manufacturer of the D-27 engine. The manufacturer of the SV-27 propeller  - Aerosila - also received some blame.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Causes
A report released by the investigation team in mid-March, by Ukrainian "Aviation and Time" magazine, provided preliminary details into the cause. According to the report, immediately after take-off one of the engines was automatically shut off by its electronic safeguards after it exceeded the safe RPM limit. The front set of blades of the contra rotating propeller assembly stopped but the aft part of the propeller assembly continued turning due to the damaged oil line that powered the blade actuators. This caused the negative air flow estimated at 5,000 kg/11,023 lbs. of thrust.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Causes
At the end of March 2001 Antonov's first deputy designer-general Dmitri Kiva provided further details about the cause announcing that the accident was caused by disintegration of the oil line leading to the propeller hub pitch mechanism that attaches to the engine. Kiva said that the pilots attempted to compensate for the loss of power by increasing the settings of the remaining three engines. At some point another D-27 automatically shut off after the safe RPM limit has been exceeded.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Consequences
The aircraft was repaired for approximately $3 million and made its first flight after the catastrophe on 5 June of the same year. On 7 June 2001, the repaired An-70 made a successful appearance at the VVTV-2001 armaments expo in Omsk.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Consequences
Previously in early May An-70 developers announced that the aircraft will be presented at the 2001 Paris Air Show, but after the VVTV-2001 show in Omsk, France excluded the An-70 from the air show citing the aircraft's alleged poor safety record.


2001 Omsk An-70 crash, Consequences
The engine/propeller problems were compounded on the pages of Russian newspapers by the existing problems in relations between Russia and Ukraine. Much of this negative publicity was instigated by competitors of Antonov, specifically ZMKB "Progress" and OAO Motor-Sich in Russia and in the West. In reality, however, Ukrainian engine designers and manufacturers had little to do with the cause of the accident. The faulty propeller hub pitch mechanism was manufactured in Russia.


2001 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
The 2001 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the 9th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It took place between September 20 and 23, 2001. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competition is named for 1972 Olympic gold medalist Ondrej Nepela.


2001 Ontario Nokia Cup
The 2001 Nokia Cup, southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 5-11 at the Woodstock District Community Complex in Woodstock, Ontario. The winning Wayne Middaugh rink from Toronto would represent Ontario at the 2001 Nokia Brier in Ottawa. This would be the first year that the Page playoff system would be used in provincial playdowns.


2001 Open 13
The 2001 Open 13 was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Palais des Sports de Marseille in Marseille in France and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 12 through February 19, 2001.


2001 Open 13, Finals, Doubles
Julien Boutter /  Fabrice Santoro defeated  Michael Hill /  Jeff Tarango 7–6(9–7), 7–5


2001 Open 13 – Doubles
Simon Aspelin and Johan Landsberg were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Open 13 – Doubles
Julien Boutter and Fabrice Santoro won in the final 7–6(9–7), 7–5 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango.


2001 Open 13 – Singles
Marc Rosset was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Julien Boutter.


2001 Open 13 – Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–2 against Sébastien Grosjean.


2001 Open Championship
The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. David Duval won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Niclas Fasth.


2001 Open Championship, Course layout
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):


2001 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Dixon (−1), Wilson (+5), Hoey (+7), Quinney (+7), Griffiths (+8), Kemp (+12).


2001 Open Gaz de France
The 2001 Open Gaz de France was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, and was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and ran from 6 February until 11 February 2001. Eighth-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title and earned $90,000 first-prize money.


2001 Open Gaz de France, Finals, Doubles
Iva Majoli /  Virginie Razzano defeated  Kimberly Po /  Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 7–5


2001 Open Gaz de France – Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Sandrine Testud were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Open Gaz de France – Doubles
Iva Majoli and Virginie Razzano won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Kimberly Po and Nathalie Tauziat.


2001 Open Gaz de France – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Open Gaz de France – Singles
The 2001 Open Gatz de France Singles was the singles portion of the 2001 Open Gaz de France. Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Amélie Mauresmo.


2001 Open Gaz de France – Singles
Mauresmo won in the final 7–6(7–2), 6–1 against Anke Huber.


2001 Open Gaz de France – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Open SEAT Godó
The 2001 Open SEAT Godó, also known as the Torneo Godó,  was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 23 April until 29 April 2001. Second-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero won the singles title.


2001 Open SEAT Godó, Finals, Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated  Carlos Moyá 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5


2001 Open SEAT Godó, Finals, Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Jared Palmer defeated  Tommy Robredo /  Fernando Vicente 7–6(7–2), 6–4


2001 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles
The doubles competition of the 2001 Open SEAT Godó tennis tournament was held in April 2001. Nicklas Kulti and Mikael Tillström were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer won in the final 7–6 (7–2), 6–4 against Tommy Robredo and Fernando Vicente.


2001 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


2001 Open SEAT Godó – Singles
The singles competition of the 2001 Open SEAT Godó tennis tournament was held in April 2001. Marat Safin was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Open SEAT Godó – Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 against Carlos Moyá.


2001 Open SEAT Godó – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text and the round in which that seed was eliminated is indicated in italic text. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan
The 2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan was contested over 8 race weekends/16 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Coloni chassis (Coloni CN1) and Nissan engines (Nissan 2L). 12 different teams and 33 different drivers competed.


2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan, Final points standings
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 11 race results count, but all additional points count. Five drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().


2001 Oran Park V8 Supercar round
The 2001 Oran Park V8 Supercar round was the eighth round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 28 to 29 July at the Oran Park Raceway in Narellan, New South Wales.


2001 Oran Park V8 Supercar round, Race report
Craig Lowndes achieved pole position in the top-ten shootout, which was his first driving a Ford and the first pole position of the year for the Gibson Motor Sport team. Mark Skaife won both races, taking maximum points whilst doing so. David Besnard achieved his best result of the season of second overall and Lowndes achieved third even after being turned around in race three by Garth Tander.


2001 Orange Bowl
The 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game and BCS National Championship match between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida State Seminoles on January 3, 2001, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Oklahoma defeated FSU 13–2 in a defensive battle to claim the National Championship as head coach Bob Stoops completed just his second season as the coach of the Sooners. The game was part of the 2000–2001 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2001 game represented the 67th edition. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
The only points scored in the first half came after the two teams exchanged turnovers on consecutive plays, which both occurred on the Oklahoma side of the field. First, Sooners receiver Andre Woolfolk fumbled after a 22-yard reception, with Clevan Thomas recovering at the OU 47. Then, a pass by Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke was intercepted by Torrance Marshall, which eventually led to a 27-yard field goal 7:44 into the game.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
On the Sooners' next possession, an interception by Josh Heupel — the Sooners' second and final turnover of the night — did not lead to any Florida State points.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Between the 7:45 mark of the second quarter and the 8:05 mark of the third, the closest each team came to scoring was on a missed field goal. Oklahoma kicker Tim Duncan would then be successful on his next attempt, giving the Sooners a 6–0 lead with 4:24 left in the third quarter.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Throughout the second half, Florida State sustained some drives, but never made it to Oklahoma's red zone. Early in the fourth quarter, however, the Seminoles had at least two shots at a game-tying touchdown (and go-ahead extra-point) on plays that started on the OU 35-yard line. Facing 2nd-and-10 and 4th-and-10, Weinke twice threw deep passes towards the end zone. On second down, Robert Morgan "laid out beautifully" in the end zone, making a diving effort, but had the ball go "through his hands." Then, on fourth down, Weinke aimed for Anquan Bolden inside the OU 5-yard line, but the play was broken up by freshman Derrick Strait, who had also been the defender covering the aforementioned play.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Five minutes later, however, Oklahoma extended its lead, scoring the only touchdown of the game. The play was set up by the Sooners' defense recovering a fumble by Weinke, who was running for a first down at around the Seminoles' 15-yard line. Two plays later, OU running back Quentin Griffin ran the ball in to put the Sooners up 12–0 (13–0 after the extra-point) with 7:46 left to play.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Florida State's only score of the game came with 55 seconds left in the game, when, after a high snap, OU punter Jeff Ferguson alertly ran the ball into his own end zone for a safety to avoid giving Florida State the ball close to the OU goal line in a two-possession game.


2001 Orange Bowl, Game summary
After the Seminoles subsequently received the ball, Weinke's 29-yard pass into the end zone was intercepted by Ontei Jones with 16 seconds left. This allowed the Oklahoma Sooners to run out the clock and celebrate their first national championship in 15 years.


2001 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
Florida State's national dominance officially ended after this night. Their ugly, sloppy performance actually foreshadowed what would follow in the near future. This game marked the ending of a 14-year stretch in which the Seminoles finished in the final AP and or Coaches top four. They would not finish in the top four of the polls again until 2013 when they won the BCS National Championship led by another Heisman winning signal-caller, Jameis Winston.


2001 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
Oklahoma was just in their second season in the Bob Stoops era. Their victory over FSU would just be the beginning of a celebrated 18-year career in which the Sooners appeared in 11 BCS Bowls, which were the second most in that timespan behind Ohio State's 12 (albeit they had three different coaches from 2000 to 2016). The Sooners would return to three more national championship games, but would fall short in all three under Stoops.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2001 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Games were played at Autzen Stadium for its 34th season. The stadium was undergoing its fourth and current renovation and expansion from 41,698 in capacity to 54,000 (with standing room for 60,000).


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
Coming off of a season that produced a 10-win, 2-loss record and a 35–30 Holiday Bowl win over the Texas Longhorns, the 2001 season saw more promise with quarterback Joey Harrington returning for his senior year. The backfield of the Oregon offense was dangerous with running backs Maurice Morris and Allan Amundson returning for yet another year at Oregon. Morris had 1,188 yards on 286 carries and 8 touchdowns in the 2000 season.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Departing players
QB A.J. Feeley, RB Marshaun Tucker, WR Sonny Cook, TE Lacorey Collins, Ks Dan Katz and Josh Frankel, LB Matt Smith, DBs Steve Smith, Ryan Mitchell, Gary Barker, Jermaine Hanspard, and P Kurtis Doerr


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Before the season, Returning starters
QB Joey Harrington, who went 195–375 (comp-att) on 2,694 yards and 20 touchdowns the season before, RB Maurice Morris, who had 1,188 yards on 286 carries, earning 4.3 for average yards/carry, WR Keenan Howry who had 47 receptions for 721 yards, hauling around 15.3 yards/catch, TE Justin Peelle, who, last season, had 20 receptions for 340 yards and 17 yards per catch.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Wisconsin
Prior to Wisconsin coming to Autzen, they were 1–0 to start the season at number 22 (AP). Oregon was number 7 (AP) when they started the season. It was all Oregon in the first quarter, with 10 points scored, making it 10–0 at the start of the 2nd quarter. Wisconsin answered with 7 points of their own in the second quarter to give Oregon a 10-7 halftime lead. Entering the third quarter, both the Ducks and the Badgers would score 14 points to make it a 24-21 ball game before the fourth. Oregon came out victorious in the final stanza of the game, 31–28.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Utah
Utah was 1–0 to start their season following a win against Utah State. Oregon, ranked #7, was rolling high off a victory against #22 Wisconsin at home. Oregon scored first to make it a 7–0 game with 13 minutes in the 1st quarter left to play. Utah cut Oregon's lead to 4 by the time the first was over, making it 7–3. The 2nd quarter saw plenty more action, with Oregon taking a 7-point lead back, 10–3. Utah struck back quickly and tied the game at 10–10 with 11 minutes and 15 seconds left in the half.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Utah
Maurice Morris ran in a score to make it 16–10, but kicker Jared Seigel missed the PAT, leaving the score 16–10 at the half. When the second half commenced, there were no scores between both teams in the 3rd quarter, and in the 4th quarter, Oregon would score, and then complete a 2-point play to make it a 24–10 victory.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, USC
Oregon started conference play with USC on September 22, 2001. The visiting Trojans were 1-1 following a narrow loss to #12 Kansas State, 10–6. Oregon completed a trick play pass from RB Onterrio Smith to TE Justin Peelle for a 35-yard touchdown to give Oregon a 7–0 lead with 4:42 left in the 1st quarter. USC struck back, making it a 7–3 game to end the 1st quarter.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, USC
The 2nd quarter saw USC cut Oregon's lead to one point, making it a 7–6 game before USC QB Carson Palmer was intercepted by linebacker Steve Smith for a 37-yard interception return, making it a 14-6 Oregon lead going into the half. Oregon scored again with 13:50 to go in the 3rd quarter, making it a 21-6 ball game. Between that last score and up to 16 seconds left in the 4th quarter, USC scored 14 straight points to give USC a 22–21 lead. Kicker Jason Seigel nailed a 32-yard field goal to stab the dagger into USC for a 24–22 final score and to move to 3–0 on the year.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Utah State
Ranked #6, Oregon would play Utah State for the first time since 1990, and would be the first time they played at Romney Stadium. It was not until the 2nd quarter that Utah State scored first to give the Aggies a 7–0 lead, before Oregon scored 17 straight points to give Oregon a 17–7 lead entering the half. When the 3rd quarter started, Utah State scored to cut Oregon's lead to 3, 17–14.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Utah State
Oregon then scored again to make it a 24–14 lead with 11:45 to go in the 3rd. Utah State scored again to end the 3rd quarter to cut Oregon's lead once again to 3, 24–21. The 4th quarter saw all Oregon scores, with the Ducks winning the game 38-21 and moving 4–0 on the season.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Arizona
Arizona played host to #6 Oregon for week 5 of college football action. Arizona was 3-1 (0-1 in the Pac-10 conference) coming off of a brutal 30–7 loss to Pac-10 foe Washington State. Oregon remained at #6 for the second week straight, at 4-0 (1-0 Pac-10). Oregon scored on two straight possessions to make it a 14–0 game with 4:11 to go in the 1st quarter. Arizona scored to cut Oregon's lead to 7 points, 14–7, at the end of the quarter.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Arizona
The second quarter saw Arizona tie the game up at 14-14, but this would be the closest Arizona came to overtaking Oregon for the lead. Oregon scored on the next 7 possessions to make it a 63–14 lead with 13:06 left in the 4th quarter. Arizona scored twice to make it 63–28, but that's all Arizona could muster against Oregon. Oregon moved to 5-0 (2-0 Pac-10) on the year, and Arizona dropped to 3-2 (0-2 Pac-10).


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, California
California played host to number 5 Oregon in week 6. California was 0-4 (0-2 Pac-10), having dropped the last four games in embarrassing fashion, and facing Oregon looked like a daunting challenge. Oregon was 5-0 (2-0 Pac-10) entering the game. Oregon scored on six straight possessions to make it a 42–0 game at the start of the 4th quarter. Cal scored one time to make it 42–7, but Oregon scored again to make it 48–7 at the end, dropping California to 0-5 (0-3 Pac-10). Oregon moved on to 6-0 (3-0 Pac-10).


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Stanford
Oregon was ranked #5 to begin week 7 of play against Stanford. Stanford was 3-1 (2-1 Pac-10) entering week 7, and Oregon was 6-0 (3-0 Pac-10). Stanford struck first to make it 7–0 with 14:55 left in the 1st. Oregon would strike back to make it 7–7 with 11:23 to go. Stanford would score again to make it a 14–7 game with 8:24 left in the 1st. Oregon would then score on 2 possessions to make it a 21–14 game going into the 2nd quarter. Stanford scored to open the second quarter, tying the game 21-21.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Stanford
Oregon would score again to give Oregon a 28–21 lead going into the half. When the 3rd quarter started, Oregon scored again to take a 14-point lead, 35–21. Stanford scored again, narrowing Oregon's lead to 7 points, 35–28. Oregon scored again, making it a 42–28 game, ending the 3rd quarter. Stanford held Oregon to no points in the 4th, and Stanford upset #5 Oregon, 49–42, marking their first loss of the season, 6-1 (3-1 Pac-10).


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Washington State
Oregon would drop 8 spots to #13 in week 8 against Washington State. Washington State was #10 in week 8, with a 7-0 (4-0 Pac-10) record. Oregon entered Pullman with a 6-1 (3-1 Pac-10) record. Both teams would go scoreless in the 1st quarter. Washington State would score first on a 34-yard field goal to give them a 3–0 lead. Oregon would score a touchdown to make it a 7–3 game at halftime. Oregon scored to start the 3rd, making it a 14–3 game.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Washington State
Oregon and WSU would score on consecutive possessions, with Oregon coming back on top at the end of the game, 24–17, to continue their winning ways. Oregon would do to WSU what Stanford did to them, handing them their first loss of the season. Oregon would advance to 7-1 (4-1 Pac-10), while Washington State would fall to an identical record.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Arizona State
Oregon would advance to #8 after the win against Washington State, with Arizona State coming to Eugene. Oregon was 7-1 (4-1 Pac-10) entering week 9, and ASU was 4-3 (1-3 Pac-10). Oregon would win this game to a tune of 42–24, improving to 8-1 (5-1 Pac-10), while ASU fell to 4-4 (1-4 Pac-10).


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, UCLA
Oregon (8-1, 5-1 Pac-10) improved to #7 moving into week 10, and played guest to the #17 UCLA Bruins (6-2, 3-2 Pac-10). Oregon would score first on a 5-yard Joey Harrington touchdown run to make it 7–0. UCLA would score again to make it 7–7 to end the 1st quarter. Oregon started the 2nd quarter with a 1-yard Maurice Morris touchdown run, making it 14–7. UCLA would nail a 20-yard field goal to make it 14–10 to end the half. UCLA would nail another field goal, this time from 37 yards, to make it a 14–13 game.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, UCLA
The 4th quarter saw UCLA take the lead from Oregon to make it a 20-14 UCLA lead. Oregon would score with 10:44 left, making it 21–20, and this would be the final score of the game. Oregon would move to 9-1 (6-1 Pac-10), while UCLA would drop to 6-3 (3-3 Pac-10).


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Oregon State
The 105th meeting of the Civil War pitted Oregon, who was already bowl eligible at this time, and Oregon State needed a win to become bowl eligible with the Ducks still in the BCS conversation. Oregon State scored first, nailing a long 43 yard field goal to give OSU a 3–0 lead. Oregon followed up with a 44-yard field goal of their own to tie it 3–3 to end the 1st. Oregon State would score on a 28-yard field goal to make it a 6–3 game at the half.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Oregon State
Going scoreless in the 3rd, Oregon State went 3-and-out to start the 4th quarter, and punter Carl Tobey punted it to Keenan Howry, where he returned it 68 yards for the 10–6 lead. Oregon would score again to make it 17–6. Oregon State returned the favor by scoring and landing a 2-point play, but it was not enough to defeat the #4 Ducks, 17-14 the final from Eugene.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
Prior to Oregon (10-1, 7-1 Pac-10) being placed in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl against #3 Colorado, many people believed that Oregon, now at #2, was going to face off against #1 Miami, however, the BCS had named Nebraska as the contender, despite Nebraska not playing in the Big 12 championship game. However, these events transpired since Nebraska's first loss that year to Colorado: #2 Florida lost to Tennessee, the Colorado Buffaloes went on to win the Big 12 Championship Game over #3 Texas, and in the SEC Championship Game, #2 Tennessee was stunned by LSU.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
This left Miami as the undefeated and undisputed No. 1 team in the country but a host of other teams vying for #2. Oregon played against the 2-loss Colorado Buffaloes on January 1, 2002. Colorado scored first, with a 1-yard touchdown to take the lead, 7–0. Oregon would score after them, tying the game 7-7. Oregon would score on their next 5 possessions, including a 49-yard touchdown run by Maurice Morris, in which Morris sat down on a defender after a failed attempt at a tackle and continued to run, and an 80-yard Joey Harrington pass to WR Samie Parker. Colorado would score twice in the 4th quarter, nailing a field goal and a touchdown with a failed PAT, but Oregon would prevail 38–16, earning their first Fiesta Bowl win under HC Mike Bellotti. This game also marked Bellotti's first 11-win season.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, After the season, Academic All-Americans
The following members of the 2001 team excelled in the classroom as well as the gridiron and were honored as NCAA Academic All-Americans.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, After the season, All-Pac-10 Team
The following members of the 2001 team were honored as All-Pac-10 players.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, After the season, Academic All-Pac-10
The following members of the 2001 team excelled in the classroom as well as the gridiron and were honored as Academic All-Pac-10 team members.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, After the season, Senior postseason games
The following Oregon seniors participated in post-season senior games to audition for NFL scouts.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, After the season, Players drafted
The following members of the 2001 team were selected in the NFL Draft.


2001 Oregon Ducks football team, Team honors
On September 11, 2014, the University of Oregon announced that the 2001 Oregon Ducks football team would be inducted in the University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2001 team set school records for wins in a season and featured Heisman Trophy finalist Joey Harrington, who led the Ducks to a 38–16 win in the Fiesta Bowl over Big 12 champions (and future Pac-12 member) Colorado. The team finished with a school record second-place ranking in the AP Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll. Three players made the all-Pac-10 first team, two were named All-Americans and 14 were eventually selected in the NFL Draft.


2001 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2001 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Dennis Erickson.


2001 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 28th annual (2001) Origins Award, presented at Origins 2002:


2001 Orlando Miracle season
The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.


2001 Outback Bowl
The 2001 Outback Bowl featured the South Carolina Gamecocks, and the Ohio State Buckeyes. It was the 15th edition of the Outback Bowl.


2001 Outback Bowl, Summary
After a scoreless first quarter, South Carolina kicker Jason Corse put the Gamecocks on the board with a 23-yard field goal, giving USC an early 3–0 lead. That score would hold until halftime, with both teams playing terrific defense.


2001 Outback Bowl, Summary
In the third quarter, South Carolina's Ryan Brewer rushed seven yards for a touchdown, increasing the lead to 10–0. South Carolina's defense held again and got the ball back, but fumbled on the ensuing drive, with Ohio State's Mike Gurr recovering the fumble in the end zone for a touchdown, pulling Ohio State to within three points, 10–7.


2001 Outback Bowl, Summary
Early in the fourth quarter, quarterback Phil Petty found Ryan Brewer for a 28-yard touchdown pass, increasing South Carolina's lead to 17–7. With seven minutes left in the game, Brewer again scored from two yards out, making the final score 24–7.


2001 Outback Bowl, Summary
Ohio State's head coach, John Cooper, was fired following the game.


2001 Overseas Final
The 2001 Overseas Final was the twenty-first and last running of the Overseas Final. The Final was held at the Poole Stadium in Poole, England on 17 June and was open to riders from the North American Final and the Australian, British, New Zealand and South African Championships.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup
The 2001 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup was the first conference of the 2001 PBA season. It started on January 28 and ended on May 18, 2001. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals
The 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Barangay Ginebra Kings played for the 78th championship contested by the league.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals
San Miguel Beermen captured their 16th PBA title, winning their finals series against the Barangay Ginebra Kings in six games.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals
Danny Seigle won on his fourth Finals MVP in All-Filipino Cup Finals.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1
San Miguel shot 47 percent on the floor in the first quarter as against only 21 percent for Barangay Ginebra as the Beermen took a double-digit lead in the first half and never let the Gin Kings get into the groove, they held off their fast-paced game and expected rallies. The Beermen were on top by 14 points, 72-58, with five minutes left in the final period.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 2
Danny Ildefonso scored 15 of his career-high 32 points in the third quarter as the Beermen outscored the Gin Kings, 25-14, to take a 68-59 lead at the end of 36 minutes of play.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 3
Ronald Magtulis' two offensive rebounds off missed shots by Vergel Meneses and Bal David with less than a minute left in the game preserve the Gin Kings in securing a two-point victory.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4
From a close third quarter, Ginebra suddenly erupted with fastbreak plays and long-range baskets. Danny Seigle was the biggest letdown for the Beermen, shooting 2-of-24 from the floor and 0-of-17 from the outside in San Miguel's worst loss in the conference. Jayjay Helterbrand made 12 of his 14 points while Jun Limpot hit 7 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5
Danny Ildefonso hit two crucial free throws in the final 16.6 seconds in overtime. After Ildefonso's charities, rookie Mark Caguioa, who made a career-high 30 points, had a chance to push the game into second overtime but his three-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired.


2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6
Danny Seigle, firing from all angles, finished the first half with 19 points. The Beermen took a 50–39 halftime lead and there was no stopping San Miguel from thereon, dominating the boards and pulling away with a flurry of baskets in the third period to open a 19-point spread. The Beermen had their largest lead of 28 points in the fourth quarter at 92–64. Danny Seigle won on his fourth Finals MVP and San Miguel captures won on his championship 16th title.


2001 PBA All-Star Weekend
The 2001 PBA All-Star Game is the annual All-Star Weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The All-Star game was held on July 22, 2001 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.


2001 PBA All-Star Weekend, Skills Challenge winners
Slam Dunk Competition: San Miguel's Joey Mente won the slam dunk title, Mente soared over Olsen Racela's bowed head to deliver the winning slam and the only perfect score of the night as he beat Alaska's John Arigo.


2001 PBA All-Star Weekend, Skills Challenge winners
Buzzer-beating competition winner: Jayjay Helterbrand of Barangay Ginebra, over Olsen Racela, Jason Webb and Patrick Fran.


2001 PBA All-Star Weekend, Skills Challenge winners
Two-Ball Competition: Barangay Ginebra's Jun Limpot and Bal David defeated Mobiline's Victor Pablo and Gherome Ejercito, 63-53, to capture the two-ball competition.


2001 PBA All-Star Weekend, All-Star Game, Game
The Veterans turned back RSJ, 112-105, behind some endgame heroics from Poch Juinio and Kenneth Duremdes after the RSJ's close the gap at 102-105 with two minutes left. Danny Ildefonso, who scored 21 points, sparked the Veterans' breakaway with a slam from a perfect fastbreak pitch by Olsen Racela that gave them a 72-59 lead. Veterans Won defeat RSJ and Danny Ildefonso named on his All Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2001 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) PBA Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the 2001 PBA season. It started on June 2 and ended on August 24, 2001. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Imports
The following is the list of imports with the replacement imports being highlighted. GP is the number of games played in the conference.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
The 2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and sophomore team Batang Red Bull Thunder played for the 79th championship contested by the league.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
Batang Red Bull Thunder won the Commissioner's Cup title in only their second season and fifth conference. The Thunder defeated San Miguel Beermen, winners of five of the last six conferences, in Game Six for a 4-2 series victory.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
Danny Ildefonso won on his Second Back To Back Season MVP in Commissioner's Cup.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
Davonn Harp won on his First Finals MVP in Commissioner's Cup Finals.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1
The Thunder climbed from five points down, 73-78, after allowing the Beermen to dominate most of the second half. Antonio Lang and Davonn Harp hit three of their seven free throws in the final minute. San Miguel was nursing a 78-77 lead with 48 seconds left, after Danny Seigle missed a jumper in the ensuing play, Lang hit an undergoal stab from a Junthy Valenzuela pass and drew Nate Johnson's sixth foul with 5.1 seconds left. Red Bull was holding a 79-78 lead when Lang missed his bonus shot but Harp got the rebound, causing Olsen Racela to foul him with 3.5 seconds remaining, Harp made only his first. After a San Miguel timeout, Danny Seigle missed on a drive as time expired.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 2
Junthy Valenzuela hit seven triples, five of them in the second half, to frustrate San Miguel. Antonio Lang also shone on Red Bull's free-wheeling offense, making 20 points and includes a highlight double-pump that drew a foul from Danny Ildefonso with 1:31 left that gave the Thunder an 85-76 lead. Lang's superb game got the ire of Nic Belasco, who hackled him underneath while taking a shot, causing a near free-for-all with eight minutes left in the game and Red Bull ahead, 74-66.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 3
San Miguel's Danny Ildefonso, Danny Seigle and Olsen Racela hit their free throws in the closing minutes to deflect Junthy Valenzuela's torrid three-point shooting in the third and fourth quarters. Valenzuela's last triple put Red Bull to within 86-88 with 2:08 left, which turned out to be the Thunder's last stand as the Beermen tightened their defenses going into the homestretch.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4
San Miguel rode to a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter, Boybits Victoria sparked the run with a three-pointer with eight minutes left in the game, giving the Beermen a 65-62 lead despite the foul trouble of Nate Johnson, who got his fifth with 7:51 left. The Thunder lost Junthy Valenzuela early in the first quarter as he was thrown out for elbowing Johnson.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5
Red Bull threw a huge defensive blanket on San Miguel in the dying seconds to escape with a pulsating two-point victory. Willie Miller blocked Nate Johnson's point-blank attempt in the last 1.8 seconds, after getting the inbound pass from Dwight Lago in the shaded area. Johnson, who scored the largest output in the series with 43 points, was ganged up by Miller, Antonio Lang and Davonn Harp, confusion erupted after the final buzzer as players from both sides trash-talked their way to the dugout.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6
San Miguel fell behind by 17 points in the second quarter, 18-35, but Danny Seigle orchestrated a comeback to keep the Beermen within striking distance. The Thunder outsteadied the Beermen in the endgame, from a 70-69 lead, Red Bull drew two points apiece from Davonn Harp and Ato Agustin before Antonio Lang's free throw iced Red Bull's title-clinching win. Junthy Valenzuela also stars when he blocked Danny Seigle's three-pointer in the closing seconds and then saved a sideline loose ball to preserve the victory. Davonn Harp won on his first sophomore Finals MVP and Batang Red Bull captures of this first championsip crown title.


2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Occurrences
Red Bull's Junthy Valenzuela was fined P40,000 but escaped suspension following a flagrant foul on San Miguel import Nate Johnson in Game 4 of the finals wherein he was thrown out of the ballgame as early in the first quarter, previous to that, Valenzuela's teammate Kerby Raymundo was suspended for one game in the series.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2001 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third conference of the 2001 PBA season. It started on September 8 and ended on December 16. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


2001 PBA Governors' Cup, Imports
The following is the list of imports with the replacement imports being highlighted. GP is the number of games played in the conference.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
The 2001 PBA Governor's Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2001 PBA Governor's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Sta. Lucia Realtors played for the 80th championship contested by the league.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
Sta. Lucia Realtors captured their first-ever PBA title after 8 years of participation in the league, winning over defending champions San Miguel Beermen in six games.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
Gerald Francisco won his first Finals MVP in Governors Cup Finals.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1
Damien Owens watched his teammates handled the offensive chores in the third quarter where Marlou Aquino, Dennis Espino and Paolo Mendoza shown, when San Miguel's hardworking import Lamont Strothers' shooting suddenly fell silent, the Realtors dealt the finishing blows as Owens drained a shot-clock beating jumper and Gerard Francisco canned a triple in the last three minutes.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 2
Danny Seigle connected mostly from the shaded area in the final quarter and Lamont Strothers knocked in two key straight baskets as the Beermen pulled even in the series.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 3
Damien Owens knocked in a game-high 32 points, 14 of which came in the second half. The Realtors had a big run late in the second period, Gerard Francisco hit a buzzer-beating triple to give Sta.Lucia a 48-35 margin at halftime.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4
Lamont Strothers poured 18 of his game-high 38 points in the second quarter and went 4-of-4 from the three-point range as the Beermen built an insurmountable 58-35 lead at the half. The winning margin was the third most lopsided win in PBA finals history.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5
Struggling and groping for form in the first half, the Realtors recovered at the start of the third quarter. Damien Owens bounced back from a poor performance in Game four, firing 13 points in the endgame to finish with 37 points.


2001 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6
With the score tied at 72-all, only 3.3 seconds remaining, Chris Tan, who went 0-of-8 from the three-point area in the entire best-of-seven series, made the shot of his life, unleashed a triple that swished the net as the Realtors ended a nine-year title-drought and win their first championship. Gerald Francisco won on his first Finals MVP and Sta. Lucia captures win on his 1st championship title.


2001 PBA draft
The 2001 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. It was held on January 14, 2001 at the Glorietta Activity Center at Makati.


2001 PBA season
The 2001 PBA season was the 27th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2001 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2001 PDC World Darts Championship (officially the 2001 Skol World Darts Championship) was a professional darts tournament held from 28 December 2000 and 3 January 2001 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, England. It was the eighth staging of the competition since the 1994 competition. The competition was the first of 34 Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments in the 2001 season. The tournament was broadcast on Sky Sports and was sponsored by Skol.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship
Phil Taylor, the tournament's defending champion, whitewashed the competition's first non-British finalist John Part 7–0 in the final. It was Taylor's seventh consecutive championship and his ninth overall since his first success in the 1990 BDO world championship. He defeated Nigel Justice, Les Fitton, Keith Deller and Dave Askew en route to the final. Taylor achieved the competition's highest checkout of 167 in the third set of the final against Part.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Background
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) was established under the World Darts Council name by the managers John Markovic, Tommy Cox and Dick Allix and the world's top 16 players in January 1992 as a separate body from the British Darts Organisation (BDO). The first edition of the PDC World Darts Championship was the 1994 competition; it is one of two world championships in the game of darts: the other being the BDO World Darts Championship. The 2001 tournament was held between 28 December 2000 and 3 January 2001 in Purfleet, Essex, England, and was the first of 34 PDC-sanctioned events that year. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and featured a 32-player main draw that was played at the Circus Tavern.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Background
32 players automatically qualified for the main draw with eight of them seeded. Peter Manley was seeded first and Alan Warriner was the second seed. Seven players debuted at the world championship; three were required by a tomlin order not to enter any PDC-sanctioned darts competitions for one year. They were Richie Burnett, Roland Scholten and Denis Ovens. Dave Askew, Les Fitton and Gary Spedding were the other three men to qualify for the event. The tournament featured the first woman, Gayl King, to play in a PDC world championship after the organisation invited her to take part.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Background
The maximum number of sets contested in a match increased from five in the first and second rounds to seven in the quarter-finals and eleven in the semi-finals, leading up to the final which was played as best-of-thirteen sets. Sponsored by Skol, it had a total prize fund of £125,000, and the host broadcaster was Sky Sports.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Background
Bookmakers and the press considered the tournament's defending champion Phil Taylor the favourite to retain his title for the seventh successive year. The second favourite to claim the world championship was Shayne Burgess after he was the runner-up in the World Grand Prix two months prior. Taylor expressed confidence he could compile a nine-dart finish after having done so in an exhibition match against Warriner.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 1
The draw for the first round of the championship was made on Sky Sports' website by Tommy Cox, Alex Roy and Sid Waddell on the afternoon of 7 December 2000. The first round of the competition, in which 32 players participated, took place from 28 and 29 December 2000. In this round, eighth seed Askew defeated Mick Manning 3–2. Askew had attempted a nine-dart finish before he missed the triple 19 ring in the third leg of the opening set. Ahead 2–0, Askew lost his advantage when Manning won two sets in a row. The match ended with a sudden death leg in the fifth set that Askew took with a finish of thirteen darts to requite his loss from the World Grand Prix. Askew was the first player to enter the second round.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 1
Roy beat Steve Raw 3–2; the match saw Roy claim two successive sets until Raw won the next two to require a deciding fifth set that Roy took after five legs. The 1995 BDO world champion Burnett had a 103.4 average en route to whitewashing Steve Brown 3–0. Fitton took a 3–1 victory against Ovens. Manley, the world number one, was the highest ranked player to lose in the round when he lost 2–3 to world number 21 Jamie Harvey. His opponent won five legs for the first two sets before Manley took two sets 3–1. Harvey took the concluding set 3–1 to win. After the match Manley attributed his loss to Harvey's slow play and accuracy on hitting the double rings.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 1
John Lowe, a former world champion, defeated Spedding 3–1 after his opponent failed to win the third and fourth sets. Fifth seed Dennis Priestley lost 3–2 against Keith Deller. The first two sets were won by Deller. Priestley won the next two to force a final set decider that Deller won 6–4 on the bullseye ring. Taylor had an average of 94.08 over Nigel Justice and had a 151 checkout in a 3–0 whitewash. Paul Lim averaged 89.49 and made checkouts of 110 and 128 to defeat Dan Lauby 3–1. World number 32 Graeme Stoddart won 3–1 over King after the latter came from two legs down to claim the first set. Stoddart complimented King on her play and the latter said she enjoyed the atmosphere. Warriner and Cliff Lazarenko whitewashed Reg Harding and Scott Cummings respectively 3–0.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 1
Seventh seed John Part whitewashed Colin Lloyd 3–0. The 2000 tournament semi-finalist and world number eleven Dennis Smith won the first set 3–2 over the pre-match favourite Peter Evison. He took the next two sets unchallenged to win 3–0. Bob Anderson, the 1988 BDO world champion, lost 1–3 to the sixth seed and two time World Matchplay champion Rod Harrington. Anderson went two sets behind Harrington after the first seven legs. He scored highly in the third set to go 2–1 behind before Harrington compiled a 119 checkout with a finish on the double 16 ring to win 3–1. In the final first round match, Roland Scholten whitewashed Burgess 3–0 and reached the second round of a PDC tournament for the first time in two prior attempts.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 2
The second round was held on 30 December 2000. Askew took a 3–2 victory over Roy, a match that saw both players compile thirteen maximum scores between them. He converted a 2–1 deficit to win the match after he took the final two sets. Askew said afterwards: "I was really pleased to battle back. Alex is a great player but I'm just pleased that I've won."


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 2
Warriner defeated Lim 3–2 in a game where both players had sub-par performances; Warriner secured the opening two sets before Lim took the third and fourth sets to require the match to conclude with a fifth set due to the scores being tied at 2–2. Lim missed two opportunities to win the match and Warriner took the final set 5–3. In the match between Smith and Part, both players shared the first four sets to force a game-ending fifth set. Smith took the first leg before Part won three successive legs to win 3–2. Scholten whitewashed Lazarenko 3–0 from set victories of 3–2, 3–2 and 3–0.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 2
Harvey averaged a 60 per cent finishing record to whitewash Lowe 3–0 and compiled a series of maximums; Lowe was unable to convert multiple opportunities provided to him and prolong the game. Deller continued his run in the competition as he edged out Burnett 3–2. Both players tied at 2–2 to force a final set decider that Deller won with a 144 checkout. Taylor lost the first set of his match against world number 26 Fitton 3–2 before he secured three consecutive sets and a 3–1 victory with an average of 32.32 points per dart.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Round 2
Taylor said afterwards he was concerned about being eliminated from the tournament. The final match of the second round saw Harrington whitewash Stoddart 3–0 and earn the final berth in the quarter-finals. Harrington did not lose a leg to Stoddart as he won set one. He clinched the second after a final leg decider and then completed the match in set three 3–1.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The four quarter-finals were played to the best-of-seven sets on 1 January 2001. Askew produced a three-dart average finish close to 100 and achieved three maximums to win the first set from Harvey. He then compiled a 161 checkout and three maximums as he took the next three sets to whitewash Harvey 4–0 and was the first player to reach the semi-finals. Askew said him not partaking in celebrations for the start of 2001 allowed for his victory: "Jamie could have pushed me a lot harder. He didn't play as well as he could."


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The second quarter-final saw Harrington beat Scholten 4–2. Harrington took the first set without losing a leg and had a 116 checkout. Scholten took the lead with victories in the following two sets. Harrington made three maximums to level the match after Scholten's  dart did not land in the double 16 ring. Harrington then made a 12-dart finish in set five and won the match in the following set. He commented on his victory: "I really worked hard there. That was a good win and I'm feeling good. I could have gone in the ring with Mike Tyson and I think I would have given a good account of myself because that's how I felt. I was really pumped up."


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
In the third quarter-final, Part defeated Warriner 4–1. The match was tied after two sets before Part took a 2–1 advantage. In the second leg of the fifth set, Part could not complete a nine-dart finish. He then compiled a 69 checkout in thirteen dart throws. Part claimed set five 3–0 and became the third player to progress to the semi-finals. The last quarter-final saw Deller whitewashed 4–0 by Taylor and the latter increased his unbeaten televised game streak to 21. He attained a three-dart finishing average of 103.19 and took the opening leg 3–0.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
He missed hitting the doubles and caused the second set to conclude after five legs. Taylor achieved a 120 checkout in the third set and a finish of ten darts in the fourth set to win the match. Taylor said his performance had improved and that Deller did not play to the best of his ability: "He's a professional darts player so you've got to knock his confidence down a bit because otherwise he can get in front and his confidence goes up."


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Both of the semi-finals were played to the best-of-eleven frames on 2 January 2001. Taylor whitewashed Askew 6–0 with a three-dart finish average of almost 103 and compiled 14 maximums. Taylor won the first four sets and Askew commenced the fifth with a 126 checkout. Taylor then claimed six consecutive legs including an 11-dart finish to win. After the match, Taylor said he felt he could improve his throw because it was out of trajectory and that he had put pressure onto Askew from the beginning of the game.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
He was considered the favourite to win the title the following day and commented that wanted to claim his ninth world championship, "I want to be ten times world champion. This is the biggest chance I've got to make it nine and I can't see anybody beating me. Certainly not tomorrow."


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The other semi-final was contested between Harrington and Part. Both players shared the first two sets before Part extended his lead to 3–1 after he won the fourth set. A finish of eleven darts and misses from Part allowed Harrington to take set five before Part won the following two sets. Harrington then took three more sets to require the match to conclude in a final-set decider. The first leg saw Part win with a 122 checkout before he missed the double 16 ring in the third leg. Harrington tied the set at 2–2 on the double 20 ring.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
This required a player to win the match in a tiebreak. Part achieved checkouts of 161 and 86 to claim a 6–5 win. This made Part the first non-British player to reach the final of the PDC world championship. Part said post-match that he "was almost crying, I really was. I knew Rod was the quality player he is and that I couldn't let him back the way I did. I think I'm really fortunate that I got out of that."


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final between Part and Taylor on 3 January 2001 was held to the best-of-thirteen sets. To reach the 2001 final, Taylor had defeated Nigel Justice, Les Fitton, Keith Deller and Dave Askew, while Part had beaten Colin Lloyd, Dennis Smith, Alan Warriner and Rod Harrington. This was Taylor's tenth world championship final and his eighth consecutive in the PDC. He had previously won the world championship eight times in 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Part had been the BDO world champion in 1994 and appeared in his second career world final. It was the first time Taylor and Part had played each other in professional competition.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The game was attended by 1,000 people. Taylor won the first two legs and Part threw 12 darts to win the third with a 127 checkout. Taylor won the first set 3–1 with a 14-dart finish, then took the second set with a 121 checkout and stopped Part from getting a chance to hit a double ring. In set three, Taylor compiled the tournament's highest checkout, a 167, in its second leg and won the set after Part missed the bullseye ring in the first leg.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Final
He then won six successive legs to go 5–0 ahead with a finish of ten dart throws and an 82 checkout. Part took the first leg of the sixth set with a 120 checkout to stop a loss of 14 legs in a row before Taylor complied three consecutive 13-dart finishes to claim the set 3–1. The seventh set began with Part claiming one leg until Taylor completed a 7–0 whitewash by winning the set 3–1 and the tournament. It was Taylor's ninth world darts championship and his seventh in succession. He had a 72.4 per cent checkout and a three-dart average of 107.46.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Taylor earned £33,000 for winning the tournament and £1,000 for compiling the highest checkout. He commented on his win: "I must admit that I did think John would have given me more of a push but I didn't give him a chance to be fair. My finishing was superb tonight. But you can't give him a chance because otherwise you'll be runner-up." Taylor also stated his belief the result was similar to his defeat of Dennis Priestley at the 1998 tournament. Part said Taylor had defeated him meticulously.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament summary, Final
"Playing Phil is completely oppressive, take Tiger Woods and double it, He really killed me with his outshots, his doubles percentage must have been around 80 per cent, which is ridiculous. It takes away your hope when a guy never misses a double. It was a special performance, unreal, and I just couldn't measure up. ", stated Part.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2001 is shown below.


2001 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw
Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top eight participants in the tournament. The figures to the right of a competitor's name state their three-dart averages in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.


2001 PDL season
The 2001 USL Premier Development League season was the 7th PDL season. The season began in April 2001 and ended in August 2001.


2001 PDL season
Westchester Flames finished the season as national champions, beating Calgary Storm 3-1 in the PDL Championship game. Calgary Storm finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 18 out of their 20 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +38 goal difference.


2001 PDL season, Changes from the 2000 season, New teams
11 teams were added for the season, including 8 expansion teams:


2001 PFC CSKA Moscow season
The 2001 CSKA season was the club's tenth season in the Russian Top Division, the highest tier of association football in Russia.


2001 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 PGA Championship
The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. David Toms won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.


2001 PGA Championship
Toms led after 54 holes on the Highlands Course, two strokes ahead of Mickelson. Paired together in the final group, they battled for the lead back-and-forth throughout the day, both in pursuit of their first major. Toms led by one stroke on the 72nd tee, but put his tee shot in the rough. Faced with a long second shot over water, he decided to lay up on the 490-yard (448 m) par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped 12 feet (3.7 m) left of the pin, and he sank the putt to save par for the win. His 265 total set the record for the lowest score at a major championship.


2001 PGA Championship
Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods finished 14 strokes back at 279 (−1), tied for 29th place. No former champions finished in the top twenty.


2001 PGA Championship
It was the third major at the Highlands Course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1981 and the U.S. Open in 1976. All three victors were from the Deep South of the United States. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 2011.


2001 PGA Tour
The 2001 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 47 official money events, with two events cancelled due to the terrorist attacks on September 11. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments (five) and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


2001 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
Following is the list of 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, the 36 professional golfers who earned their 2002 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2001.


2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2002 Results
*PGA Tour rookie in 2002T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2003 (finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2003, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2003 (finished outside the top 150).


2001 POMIS Cup
The 2001 POMIS Cup was the 15th POMIS cup, an international soccer club tournament held in Maldives. The group stage started on 26 October 2001, and the final was played on 6 November 2001 at the Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives.


2001 POMIS Cup, Teams
Below are the top four teams of the 2001 Dhivehi League and two invited foreign clubs.


2001 Pacific Curling Championships
The 2001 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 6 to 10 at the Jeonju Indoor Ice Rink in Jeonju, South Korea.


2001 Pacific Curling Championships
Japan's Hiroaki Kashiwagi won the men's event over New Zealand's Sean Becker (it was the second Pacific title for the Japanese men's team and the first title for skip Hiroaki Kashiwagi). On the women's side, South Korea's Kim Mi-yeon defeated Japan's Akiko Katoh in the final (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean women).


2001 Pacific Curling Championships
By virtue of winning, the Japanese men's team and the South Korean women's team qualified for the 2002 World Men's and Women's Curling Championships in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States.


2001 Pacific Curling Championships
It was the first appearance at the Pacific championships for the men's and women's teams of Chinese Taipei.


2001 Pacific hurricane season
The 2001 Pacific hurricane season was a relatively near-average Pacific hurricane season which produced sixteen named storms, though most were rather weak and short-lived including one unnamed tropical storm which was operationally as a tropical depression, the first such occurrence since 1996. Only eight hurricanes formed and two major hurricanes. The season officially began on May 15 in the East Pacific Ocean, and on June 1 in the Central Pacific; they ended on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific basin. However, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year.


2001 Pacific hurricane season
The first storm of the season, Hurricane Adolph, formed on May 25 which became the strongest hurricane in the month of May at the time. Tropical Storm Barbara passed just north of Hawaii, bringing minimal impact. The most notable storm that year was Hurricane Juliette, which caused devastating floods in Baja California Peninsula. September was much more active with six systems developing, of which three became hurricanes. Activity decreased appreciably in October and November as most of the storms remained weak and short-lived. The final storm of the season, Hurricane Octave, dissipated on November 3, about twenty-seven days before the official end of the season. Overall, this season was drastically less active and destructive, causing about $401 million in damages and thirteen fatalities.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The season officially began on May 15 in Eastern Pacific and on June 1 in Central Pacific; both ended on November 30. There were sixteen tropical storms in the eastern Pacific basin during the 2001 season. Of those, seven became hurricanes, of which two became major hurricanes by reaching Category 3 intensity or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHS). Four tropical depressions formed and dissipated before reaching the intensity of a named storm.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
In the eastern Pacific proper, the season saw average activity in terms of the number of named systems, but the season also featured seven hurricanes and two major hurricanes, both totals a bit below long term averages. Overall, activity during the season was near normal. The first storm of the season, Hurricane Adolph, formed in late May, slightly ahead of schedule, and at the time was the strongest May hurricane on record.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
This season featured only one named storm in the month of June, followed by three in July and only one during August, including none during the first three weeks of August, a time that usually sees several storms. Activity picked up during the second half of the season, starting in September, when five named storms were observed, before decreasing to three and no storms in October and November respectively.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
On average, two to three tropical storms or hurricanes hit Mexico every year on the Pacific side. However, only one tropical cyclone, Hurricane Juliette, made landfall along the coast of Mexico in 2001. In addition, Adolph, Dalila, Ivo, and Lorena came close enough to land to require tropical cyclone warnings and watches.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Adolph
Hurricane Adolph originated from a tropical wave that left Africa on May 7, and was poorly organized. It was not until May 18 that the storm showed some signs of development in the Atlantic Ocean. On, May 22 the wave crossed over, and on May 25 it intensified into Tropical Depression One-E, about 250 mi (400 km) south-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. The system, after drifting a while, intensified into Tropical Storm Adolph the next day. Later, on May 27 Adolph was upgraded to a hurricane.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Adolph
Intensifying into a hurricane, Adolph rapidly intensified, and reached to Category 4 strength on May 28. Two days after, Adolph went under an eyewall replacement cycle, and weakened to a 115 mph (185 km/h) hurricane, which is minimal category 3 intensity. This trend of weakening continued, and deteriorated into a tropical storm. Passing over cooler waters, and stable air, Adolph dissipated on June 1.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
A tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on June 1. The wave eventually entered the Pacific Ocean on June 10, though no further organization occurred until June 18. The system slowly organized further over the next two days, and became Tropical Depression Two-E early on June 20. Although the depression remained poorly organized, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Barbara. At 12:00 UTC on June 21, the storm attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 997 mbar (29.4 inHg). Shortly thereafter, Barbara began encountering unfavorable conditions, such higher wind shear and cooler sea surface temperatures.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
It weakened to a tropical depression at 18:00 UTC on June 26, while crossing 140°W into the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility. The depression passed north of the Hawaiian Islands on June 25, then weakened to an easterly wave to the northwest of Kauai on June 26. The remnants of Barbara continued west-northwest until being absorbed by a frontal zone near the International Date Line on June 30. Barbara was the first tropical cyclone in the Central Pacific during the month of June, the second being Tropical Storm Boris in 2020.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cosme
A tropical wave crossed Central America and emerged into the eastern Pacific basin on July 6. The wave moved slowly westward from July 6 – July 10. On July 10, the convective pattern began to show signs of organization about 403 mi (649 km) south of Acapulco, Mexico, and the system received its first Dvorak satellite classification. Over the next two days, the system moved generally west-northwestward as multiple competing low-level circulations developed within the broad area of low pressure associated with it.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cosme
During this period, development of the disturbance was hindered by southerly shear from an upper-level trough to the west of the disturbance that caused the system to become elongated north–south. On July 12, the upper trough cut off southwest of the disturbance and the organization improved. By early on July 13, a single low-level circulation center had become established and Tropical Depression Three-E formed about 330 mi (530 km) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cosme
The depression moved west-northwestward, and quickly became Tropical Storm Cosme on July 13, about 425 mi (684 km) south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The forward motion then slowed over the next 12 hours. Cosme's development was hindered by easterly shear; its peak intensity of 45 mph (72 km/h) was reached late on July 13. By early on July 14, convection was limited and well removed from the center. Cosme weakened back to a tropical depression, when it was about 400 mi (640 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas. Cosme produced no more significant convection after about on July 15, at which point the tropical cyclone became a non-convective low center. The low then moved slowly westward until it dissipated on July 18 about 820 mi (1,320 km) west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erick
A poorly defined tropical wave traveled westward across the tropical Atlantic and reached the eastern North Pacific on July 16. The thunderstorm activity associated with the wave increased on July 18 when the disturbance was centered about 808 mi (1,300 km) south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Thereafter, deep convection gradually developed around a large cyclonic gyre which accompanied the wave. It was not until July 20 that a well-defined center of circulation formed and satellite intensity estimates supported tropical depression status.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erick
Moving on a general west-northwest track, the system became Tropical Storm Erick and simultaneously attained peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (64 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mbar (hPa; 29.56 inHg) July 22. It then moved over relatively cooler waters and weakened as the deep convection quickly vanished. By July 24, it was just a non-convective and dissipating swirl of low clouds, although some showers re-developed intermittently.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dalila
Dalila's origin is a tropical wave that moved westward from Africa and over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean on July 10. It crossed northern South America and Central America on the July 15 through July 17 accompanied by vigorous thunderstorm activity, and then entered the Pacific basin on July 18 as an organized area of disturbed weather. Early on July 21, the system acquired a low-level circulation and became Tropical Depression Five-E, about 250 mi (400 km) south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Moving west-northwestward, it became Tropical Storm Dalila with 40 mph (64 km/h) winds 12 hours later.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dalila
Dalila steadily tracked toward the west-northwest at forward speeds fluctuating between five and 17 mph (27 km/h). The center of the cyclone reached its point of closest approach to the coast to the west coast of Mexico between Acapulco and Manzanillo on July 22 and July 23, when it came within about 100 mi (160 km) of the coast. With warm sea surface temperatures and minimal vertical shear, Dalila's winds increased from 40 to 70 mph (64 to 113 km/h) from the 22nd into the 23rd.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dalila
The wind speed briefly reached an estimated 75 mph (121 km/h) on July 24, and Dalila became a hurricane. However, the system quickly weakened back to a strong tropical storm. Passing directly over Socorro Island on July 25, most of the associated deep convection with Dalila dissipated on July 27 as the storm moved over colder water. Reduced to a swirl of low clouds, Dalila dissipated as a tropical cyclone on July 28, while located about 650 mi (1,050 km) west of the southern tip of Baja California.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Six-E
A westward moving tropical wave entered the Pacific from August 12 to 13 after crossing from the Atlantic and Caribbean. At 12:00 UTC on August 22, Tropical Depression Six-E developed from this wave. In addition to lowering sea surface temperatures, the system began to be affected by southerly wind shear, which displaced the mid-level circulation and deep convection from the low-level circulation. The National Hurricane Center later noted the disorganized state of the tropical depression as being only "... a swirl of low clouds with a few showers to the north and northeast of the center". It became elongated, and dissipated at 06:00 UTC on August 24.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic Ocean on August 11 and spawned Atlantic Tropical Storm Chantal three days later. After tracking westward toward the Yucatán Peninsula, the southern portion of the tropical wave split. The southern part crossed Central American and entered the Pacific Ocean on August 21. The system initially struggled to organize; however, a closed circulation developed on August 23. The low-level circulation began to become well-defined as it moved away from Mexico on August 26, while convection consolidated near the center.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
Later that day, it was classified as Tropical Depression Seven-E. Under conditions very favorable for development, and after banding features increased, the system was upgraded to Tropical Storm Flossie later on August 26. While steering currents weakened, Flossie began to develop a cloud-filled eye on August 27, and was upgraded to a hurricane based on that and wind estimates of 75 mph (121 km/h). By early on August 29, further intensification was not expected, but Flossie suddenly deepened to a Category 2 hurricane.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
After peaking with winds of 105 mph (169 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 972 mbar (28.7 inHg), Flossie entered a region with sea surface temperatures less than 26 °C (79 °F). Flossie weakened quickly, and weakened to a minimal hurricane 24 hours after peak intensity; the National Hurricane Center noted an ill-defined eye at the time. Early on August 30, Flossie weakened to a tropical storm. On September 1, Flossie was downgraded to a tropical depression, and after becoming devoid of deep convection, the system degenerated into a remnant low on September 2. The remnants of Flossie moved inland over Baja California, eventually entering the southwestern region of the United States and dissipating.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie
Flossie's remnants caused flash flooding in San Diego and Riverside counties in California, dropping 2 inches (51 mm) of rain in one hour. A strong downdraft knocked a tree onto a house. In addition, four people were struck by lightning, two of them fatally. The total cost of damage caused by Flossie's remnants was $35,000 (2001 USD).


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gil
A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa between August 14 and August 15. The northern part of the wave developed into Tropical Storm Dean on August 22, while the remaining portion entered the Pacific on August 24. The wave organized slowly and did not develop into a tropical depression until September 4. Situated roughly 850 mi (1,370 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the system quickly intensified and became a tropical storm six hours later, and was named Gil.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gil
By early on September 5, banding features became well-defined; the NHC simultaneously noted the possibility for interaction between Tropical Storm Gil and Tropical Depression Nine-E (later Tropical Storm Henriette), which was 865 mi (1,392 km) to the east-northeast. Although outflow from Henriette was predicted to slow or prevent intensification, Gil managed to become a hurricane early on September 6. Late on September 6, Gil intensified into a Category 2 hurricane, peaking with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (160 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 975 mbar (28.8 inHg).


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gil
Gil curved northwestward on September 6 and began to become affected by northeasterly outflow associated with Henriette. By September 7, the storm became noticeably disorganized and weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. After weakening to a Category 1, Gil accelerated northward around the circulation of Henriette. After over a region with sea surface temperatures near 73 °F (23 °C), Gil rapidly weakened, and fell to tropical storm intensity six hours later. Gil continued to weaken and was downgraded to a tropical depression early on September 9. Tropical Depression Gil eventually absorbed the remnants of Henriette, but dissipated by 00:00 UTC on September 10 while about 1,150 mi (1,850 km) east of the Hawaiian islands.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Henriette
A tropical wave crossed over Central America between August 28 and August 29. While south of Acapulco, it began showing signs of development. Visible satellite images early on September 4 revealed a partially exposed, but well defined low-level circulation. While deep convection was confined to the southwestern half of the circulation, the convection was close enough to the center for the system to be classified as Tropical Depression Nine-E on September 4, about 300 mi (480 km) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Henriette
Early on September 5, as the depression headed westward, the separation between the circulation center and the deep convection decreased. Several hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Henriette. The cyclone slowly became better organized on September 6, with the convective pattern becoming more symmetric, while the intensity increase to 60 mph (97 km/h). Henriette turned to the northwest and accelerated somewhat as it began to feel the influence of Hurricane Gil, then located only about 285 mi (459 km) to the southwest.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Henriette
Upper-level easterly flow, which was still evident over the cyclone early on September 6, lessened and a more favorable outflow pattern began to develop. Convective banding near the center became better defined, and Henriette reached its peak intensity of 65 mph (105 km/h) on September 7. The cyclone began weakening due to cold waters and its proximity to Gil. A Fujiwhara interaction between Henriette and Gil occurred on September 8. Henriette soon dissipated after losing its closed low-level circulation. Its remnants were absorbed by Gil.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ivo
Ivo formed from a large tropical wave that moved off the African coast on August 26. The wave was accompanied by a large cyclonic rotation at the low to middle levels and numerous thunderstorms when it entered the eastern Atlantic. On August 28, the wave spawned a northward-moving vortex in the eastern Atlantic, but the wave's southern portion continued westward with very limited convective activity. Once the wave reached the western Caribbean Sea on September 5, the shower activity increased and the whole system continued slowly westward over Central America.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ivo
The cloud pattern gradually became better organized and by September 9, satellite images showed a low to middle-level circulation centered near Acapulco, Mexico. The next day, a portion of the system moved over water and it became a tropical depression about 118 mi (190 km) south-southwest of Acapulco on September 10.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ivo
The center of the depression moved slowly west and west-northwestward with its circulation hugging the southwest coast of Mexico. There was moderate easterly shear over the depression as indicated by the location of the convection to the west of the center. Satellite images and a report from a ship indicated that the depression reached tropical storm status by 06:00 UTC September 11. Thereafter, there was only slight strengthening and Ivo reached its maximum intensity of 50 mph (80 km/h) and an estimated minimum pressure of 997 mbar (hPa; 29.44 inHg) on September 12. The tropical storm moved toward the northwest and then west over increasingly cooler waters, and gradually weakened. It became a low-pressure system devoid of convection by the end of September 14.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression One-C
Tropical Depression One-C formed on September 11 more than 400 mi (640 km) southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii. The system moved west-northwestward to 15°N 153°W initially, and then shifted southwestward shortly thereafter. A poorly organized system, the convection of Tropical Depression One-C dissipated later on September 11, after having been a depression for only 12 hours.


2001 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Juliette
An area of disturbed weather associated with the remnants of Atlantic Tropical Depression Nine organized directly into Tropical Storm Juliette in the East Pacific on September 21. Moving generally northwestward under the influence of a mid-level ridge to the north, Juliette strengthened, aided by a low wind shear environment. It became a hurricane the next day, and rapidly intensified to a Category 4 hurricane on September 23. A pinhole eye appeared on the 24th, and Juliette reached peak intensity on September 25 with 145 mph (233 km/h) winds and a minimum barometric pressure of 923 millibars.