2001 Nations Cup (snooker), Knockout stages, Final
Of the warning about slow play. O'Brien said Chamberlain told him to finish because ITV's coverage of the match would end at 17:00 local time. He added: "If he had used some tact and maybe waited until the end of the frame it would have been different. But to do it in front of the crowd and TV was tactless, especially as I was fighting for myself and my team out there." Doherty called Chamberlain's selection of words "an absolute disgrace" and said he would write a complaint.


2001 Nations Cup (snooker), Knockout stages, Final
Hendry said he thought the incident with O'Brien "unfortunate, to say the least, and unfair", adding: "He isn't a slow player, he flows as much as anyone when he's among the balls." Steve Davis, the six-time world champion, defended Chamberlain's choice, believing there was a straightforward shot based on position of the balls and that O'Brien spent too long examining the situation. A spokesperson for production company ISN commented: "We feel it is important to make it plain that there was no communication or attempted communication between ourselves and any of the match officials."


2001 Nations Cup (snooker), Knockout stages, Final
Chamberlain was deemed by the WPBSA to have applied the rule correctly but ruled his comment not appropriate. He accepted that he did not say the right words and he was reassigned away from the next match involving O'Brien at the first round of the 2001 Masters.


2001 Nations Cup (snooker), Main draw
The teams highlighted in bold text in the table indicate who progressed to the semi-finals. Teams in bold to the right of the tables denote match winners.


2001 Nations Cup (snooker), Main draw, Knockout stages
Numbers to the left of the nations are the tournament seedings. Sides in bold indicate match winners.


2001 Nations Cup (snooker), Main draw, Final
Match winning players and scores are shown in bold. Breaks over 50 are shown in brackets.


2001 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 2001 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Charlie Weatherbie for most of the year. He was replaced by Rick Lantz for the last three games of the season.


2001 Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2001 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between September 4 and 7, 2001 at the Bundesleistungszentrum Oberstdorf. It is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.


2001 Nebelhorn Trophy
It was one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters were entered by their respective national federations, rather than receiving individual invitations as in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, and competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy was presented to the country with the highest placements across all disciplines.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team
The 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Dave Van Horn, serving his 4th year.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team
The Cornhuskers lost in the College World Series, defeated by the Tulane Green Wave.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Rice
Rice at Nebraska, on September 20, 2001 was the first NCAA College Football game following the infamous Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Nebraska finished in a tie for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division and also tied for 1st conference-wide, with a final record of 11–2 (7–1).


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
The events which took place at the end of the season put a strain on the system of college rankings and polls. The Cornhuskers lost their final regular season game to Colorado 36–62, leaving both tied for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division. As Colorado won the head-to-head contest, Colorado then participated in the Big 12 Championship and defeated Texas 39–37.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Despite Colorado's accomplishments, Nebraska's strength-of-schedule component in the Bowl Championship Series selection system resulted in the Cornhuskers being selected to play in the 2002 Rose Bowl for the BCS National Championship Game against Miami, despite the fact that Nebraska had not played in its own conference championship game and technically had not even won its own division.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Nebraska then fell to Miami 14–37 in the Rose Bowl, but the controversy of these events led to more modifications to the BCS formula, which followed a pattern of seasonal tweaks dating back nearly to when the BCS system was implemented.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Senior Cornhusker quarterback Eric Crouch was the 2001 recipient of the Walter Camp Award, the Davey O'Brien Award, and the Heisman Trophy. Coach Solich was also selected Big 12 Football Coach of the Year.


2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season, NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2001 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.


2001 Nedlands state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Nedlands in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 9 June 2001. It was triggered by the resignation of Richard Court, the sitting Liberal member and a former premier, on 27 April 2001. The Liberal candidate at the by-election, Sue Walker, retained the seat with 53.4 percent of the two-candidate-preferred (2CP) vote, a negative swing of 1.5 points from the 2001 state election. The Greens made the final 2CP count for only the second time in their history (the first being at the 1990 Cottesloe by-election).


2001 Nedlands state by-election, Background
Richard Court had held Nedlands for the Liberal Party since winning a 1982 by-election. He replaced his father, Sir Charles Court, and also emulated his father in becoming leader of the Liberal Party (in 1992) and premier (after the 1993 state election). Court's government was defeated at the 2001 state election, and he resigned as leader of the Liberal Party a few weeks later. He resigned from parliament altogether on 27 April 2001, with the writ for the by-election issued on 10 May and the close of nominations on 18 May. Polling day was on 9 June, with the writ returned on 13 June.


2001 Nedlands state by-election, Aftermath
Walker held Nedlands until her defeat at the 2008 state election. She sat as an independent for the last months of her term.


2001 Nepal census
The 2001 Nepal census was conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. According to the census, the population of Nepal in 2001 was 23,151,423. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each district of Nepal. The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation.


2001 Netanya bombing
The 2001 Netanya bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on March 4, 2001 at the center of the business district of Netanya, Israel. Three people were killed in the attack and over 60 people were injured.


2001 Netanya bombing, Attack
On Sunday, March 4, 2001, shortly before 9:00 am, a Palestinian suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt hidden underneath his clothes detonated the explosive device at a busy intersection in the center of the business district of Netanya, Israel. The force of the blast killed three civilians and injured over 60 people.


2001 Netanya bombing, Perpetrators
After the attack, the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the attack was carried out by a 23-year-old Palestinian named Ahmed Alyan who was a resident of the West Bank.


2001 Nevada County shootings
On January 10, 2001, a shooting spree took place in Nevada County, California, when 40-year-old Scott Harlan Thorpe opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol, killing three people and wounding two others in two separate shootings in the Nevada County area. The victims were 19-year-old Laura Wilcox, 68-year-old Pearlie Mae Feldman and 24-year-old Mike Markle. The shooting spree led to the implementation of Laura's Law, a California state law that allows for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment. The law was named after Laura Wilcox, one of the victims of the shooting spree. Michael Moore's 2002 documentary film Bowling for Columbine was dedicated to Wilcox's memory.


2001 Nevada County shootings, Shootings
Just before 11:30 a.m. on January 10, 2001, 40-year-old Scott Harlan Thorpe walked into the Nevada County Department of Behavioral Health in Nevada City, California. Thorpe walked up to the first-floor reception counter armed with a semi-automatic pistol. Thorpe was a client of the outpatient mental health clinic and suffered with paranoia and agoraphobia. At the time, he was seeking treatment at the clinic for help with his illnesses and was undergoing monthly mental health counseling for his agoraphobia.


2001 Nevada County shootings, Shootings
Unhappy with the care he had been receiving, an enraged Thorpe fired through a glass panel with his gun and fatally shot temporary receptionist, 19-year-old Laura Wilcox. He then opened fire on others around him and shot two other people, one of whom was 68-year-old Pearlie Mae Feldman, a mental health caregiver. She was fatally wounded by Thorpe.


2001 Nevada County shootings, Shootings
Thorpe then fled the scene in a blue van and drove for three miles towards Lyon's Restaurant in nearby Grass Valley. Less than ten minutes later Thorpe arrived at the restaurant and headed inside. He then fatally shot the manager, 24-year-old Mike Markle, who had begun work at the restaurant just days before. He also shot the restaurant cook a total of seven times and injured him badly. Thorpe then fled the scene.


2001 Nevada County shootings, Aftermath
After the shootings, Thorpe returned to his home in Smartsville where he lived alone. Thorpe made a phone call to his brother who was a Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy and confessed over the phone to him about what he had done. Thorpe's brother notified Nevada County authorities and helped them in apprehending his brother. Authorities arrested Thorpe at his home around 9 p.m. later that day, where he surrendered peacefully after a three-hour standoff. Thorpe carried out the shooting as he was unhappy with the care he was receiving at the clinic.


2001 Nevada County shootings, Aftermath
He also said he carried out the shooting at the restaurant because he was convinced they had been poisoning him. Thorpe was found incompetent to stand trial and was declared not guilty by reason of insanity. He was initially sent to Atascadero State Hospital but was later transferred to California's Napa State Hospital for the mentally ill where he currently resides.


2001 Nevada County shootings, Laura's Law
As a result of the shooting, Laura's Law was implemented. It is a California state law that allows for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment. To qualify for the program, the person must have a serious mental illness plus a recent history of  psychiatric hospitalizations, jailings or acts, threats or attempts of serious violent behavior towards [self] or others.


2001 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 2001 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by second–year head coach Chris Tormey and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


2001 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 2000 season 2–10 and 1–7 in WAC play to finish in sixth place and did not qualify for a bowl game.


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum
A referendum on video lottery terminals was held on 14 May 2001 (to coincide with municipal elections) in 103 municipalities in New Brunswick. According to the chief electoral officer's report, "229,814 voters" or"44% of eligible provincial voters, cast referendum ballots"


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum, Background
According to the Canada West Foundation, New Brunswick was the first province to allow video lottery terminals in 1990. The terminals create large profits for the provincial government, with the New Brunswick government alone receiving $53.4 million from the machines between 1999 and 2000. The private businesses that house these machines also make a profit, with 47% ($47 million) of the revenue going to the private sector.


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum, Background
Despite the economic benefit, there is a strong social backlash against the terminals, and gambling in general, especially in Atlantic Canada, according to a 1999 survey by the Canada West Foundation. The survey found that 60% of those surveyed wanted more restrictions on gambling, 56% knew a problem gambler, and 62% agreed that "VLT gambling should be banned in your province".


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum, Background
During the 1999 New Brunswick election, Progressive Conservative leader Bernard Lord promised to hold a referendum on the terminals if elected Premier.


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum, Referendum question
Should the Province of New Brunswick continue to permit the legal and regulated operation of video gamingdevices (commonly referred to as video lottery terminals or VLT’s)?


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum, Results
The vote was, in several regions, close to within dozens of votes. The "Yes" side won by just over 53%:


2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum, Results
The municipal electoral officer's report showed that, regionally, the areas who largely voted against the VLT's were located in Anglophone sections of the province, or Central and Western New Brunswick (Carleton, York, Victoria, Charlotte, Sunbury and Kings counties) while largely francophone and Acadian areas, such as Moncton, Bouctouche, Bathurst, Miramichi, and Northern New Brunswick (Madawaska and Campbellton) were more in favour of the Terminals.


2001 New England Patriots season
The 2001 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League and 42nd season overall. They finished with an 11–5 record and a division title before advancing to and winning Super Bowl XXXVI.


2001 New England Patriots season
Coming off a fifth-place finish in the AFC East during head coach Bill Belichick’s first season in 2000, the Patriots were not expected to fare much better in 2001. On August 6, quarterbacks coach Dick Rehbein died of cardiomyopathy at the age of 45. In the second game of the regular season, nine-year starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who had received a 10-year contract extension in March, was injured on a hit by New York Jets linebacker Mo Lewis, causing backup Tom Brady, a sixth-round draft pick in 2000, to enter the game.


2001 New England Patriots season
The Patriots lost the game to fall to 0–2, but Brady started the final 14 games of the season and compiled an 11–3 record as a starter, helping the Patriots clinch the 2nd seed in the AFC playoffs and a first round bye. As a result, the Patriots became the 1st team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl after starting the season 1–3, and only the 2nd team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl after starting the season 2–3, after the 1980 Oakland Raiders.


2001 New England Patriots season
With the second seed in the AFC playoffs, the Patriots faced the Oakland Raiders at home following a first-round bye in the final game at Foxboro Stadium; in a snowstorm, a Patriots drive late in the fourth quarter was kept alive in an application of the now-famous tuck rule that was used in overturning a Brady fumble into an incomplete pass. Shortly after, a 45-yard Adam Vinatieri field goal through the snow, considered one of the most clutch field goals in NFL history, sent the game into overtime, when another Vinatieri field goal won it.


2001 New England Patriots season
After defeating the top-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game, the Patriots faced the heavily favored St. Louis Rams, known as "The Greatest Show on Turf", in Super Bowl XXXVI. Once again, Vinatieri kicked a game-winning field goal; the 48-yard kick sailed through the uprights as time expired, and gave the Patriots their first ever Super Bowl victory in what has been considered by many to be a "Cinderella" season.


2001 New England Patriots season
As it would turn out, the 2001 season served as a launching pad for the team. In the next 18 seasons, they would win 16 more division titles, win  8 more AFC Championship out of their next 12 appearances, win 5 more Super Bowl titles out of their next 8 appearances, and achieve an undefeated regular season (followed by a 2–1 playoff record) in 2007.


2001 New England Patriots season, Roster, Opening training camp roster
At the time of the first public training camp practice at Bryant College on July 26, they had the NFL maximum of 80 players signed to their roster. The Patriots received seven roster exemptions for the NFL Europe allocations of Michael Bishop, Brad Costello, Tony George, Sean Morey, Josh Rawlings, Kato Serwanga, and Tony Simmons. Additionally, the Patriots allocated wide receiver Tony Hamler and linebackers John Eskridge and Marc Megna to NFL Europe and received roster exemptions for them, but those players were waived before the start of training camp. Finally, injured draft pick Brock Williams had not yet signed a contract at the start of camp and did not count against the roster limit.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 1 at Cincinnati Bengals
The season got off to a discouraging start as the Patriots visited Paul Brown Stadium and were beaten by the Bengals 23–17, surrendering 361 yards of offense, 104 of them on the ground by Corey Dillon. Drew Bledsoe failed to complete a pass in the game's final two minutes; he also failed earlier in the game on a quarterback sneak on fourth down.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 2 vs. New York Jets
This was the first game played by any team since the September 11 attacks. During the fourth quarter of a 10–3 loss to the Jets, Bledsoe was hit hard while running to the sidelines by Jets linebacker Mo Lewis. The injury to his chest would send Bledsoe to the hospital following the game. Tom Brady substituted for Bledsoe following the collision, completing five of ten passes for 46 yards, and was elevated to starter for the following week. During the game, the Jets appeared to lose a fumble to the Patriots, but the fumble was reversed based on a rule that would become controversial in the subsequent playoffs – the Tuck Rule.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 3
The 2–0 Colts were crushed 44–13 following a brutal hit on receiver Jerome Pathon by Patriots linebacker Bryan Cox in the first quarter. From there Colts receivers shied away from contact with Patriot defenders and Peyton Manning’s pass from the Patriots 22-yard line late in the first half was intercepted by Otis Smith and returned for a touchdown.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 3
The Patriots led 23–0 late in the third quarter before Manning ran in a ten-yard score, then in the fourth the Colts collapsed entirely, surrendering 21 points (including a 23-yard Ty Law interception return touchdown) while managing just a touchdown to future Patriot Marcus Pollard. Tom Brady threw for 168 yards in his first start. This was the first matchup of the storied Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry that lasted for the next 15 years.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 4
The Patriots scored first on Antowain Smith’s 9-yard running touchdown before the Dolphins tied it up. Miami then took a 10–7 lead in the second quarter, before Adam Vinatieri kicked a 37 yard field goal to tie it. However, the Dolphins then retook the lead at 16–10 and shut down the Patriots offense the rest of the way and New England went on to lose 30–10, which made their record 1–3.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 5
The game that decisively turned the 1–3 Patriots season around came against former and future Patriot Doug Flutie along with the 3–1 Chargers' vaunted rookie LaDainian Tomlinson. Unruly receiver Terry Glenn, making his first start of the season after being benched for the opening four games, caught a 21-yard score from Tom Brady and had seven catches for 110 yards total.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 5
The Patriots led 16–13 but were struggling on special teams (Bill Belichick said, “That’s the worst we’ve played in the kicking game in a year and a half”); Adam Vinatieri had missed a field goal try and the extra point off Glenn's touchdown, but the real special teams breakdown occurred with less than seven minutes remaining; forced to punt with his team trailing 19–16, Patriots punter Lee Johnson botched the kick and running back Derrick Harris ran in a six-yard score (the miscue cost Johnson his punting job as he was replaced by Ken Walter).


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 5
But despite being down 26–16, Brady took over, directing a field goal drive, then throwing the game-tying touchdown in the final minute to Jermaine Wiggins. A last-second Wade Richey field goal try fell short, and in overtime Brady picked up a Chargers blitz and led a drive that ended in Vinatieri's 44-yard field goal and a 29–26 Patriots final.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 6
In what turned out to be their last trip to the RCA Dome until the post-realignment 2003 season, the Patriots followed up their September rout of the Colts with a 38–17 thrashing highlighted by the one-man scoring explosion of David Patten, who ran in a 29-yard touchdown following the return of a blocked Mike Vanderjagt kick, caught a 91-yard bomb from Tom Brady, then on a flea-flick play threw a 60-yard strike to Troy Brown, all in the first half. Despite outgaining the Patriots in total yards (484 to 385) the Colts lost two fumbles, saw two Mike Vanderjagt field goal attempts blocked (the second came at the end of the first quarter), and Peyton Manning was sacked four times as the Colts' season began spiraling into collapse.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 7
The Patriots led 17–10 at halftime against the Broncos. However, the Broncos came back and held the Patriots to just three points in the second half and handed the Patriots their fourth loss of the year. Tom Brady threw an interception for the first time his career, which ended a streak of 162 consecutive pass attempts without an interception thrown.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 8
Former Patriot Shawn Jefferson caught a 19-yard touchdown from Chris Chandler, but Chandler was sacked six times and knocked out of the game; rookie Michael Vick threw for 56 yards and rushed for 50 more but was sacked three times. The most bizarre score of the game came in the third as a Tom Brady pass for David Patten was deflected by Ashley Ambrose and caught at the 30-yard line by Troy Brown for a 44-yard touchdown; Belichick and Brown compared the play to The Immaculate Reception, as did the CBS telecasting crew. The Patriots won 24–10.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 9
The Patriots were up 7–3 at halftime against the Bills, and went on to win 21–11 as the New England defense held the Bills to eight points in the second half.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 10
The Patriots squandered a goalline opportunity when they fumbled to the Rams late in the second quarter; the Rams drove downfield and scored. The Patriots' defense was unable to stop Kurt Warner and get the ball back late in the game, as the Rams salted away a 24–17 win. The win proved costly, as five Rams starters were knocked out of the game, and coach Mike Martz prophetically said afterward that the Patriots were a Super Bowl-caliber team. Oddly enough, this was the last loss for the Patriots during the 2001 season.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 11
Drew Bledsoe was medically cleared to return to the field, but Bill Belichick ruled that Brady would remain the starter. Brady responded with four touchdowns in a 34–17 triumph. Ricky Williams, soon to leave the Saints for the Miami Dolphins, rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown in his first encounter with the Patriots.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 12
The Jets bullied the Patriots en route to a 13–0 halftime lead, but the Patriots stormed back, scoring 14 third-quarter points en route to a 17–16 win.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 13
The  Browns held a 10–3 lead after one quarter, but the Patriots were able to rally for 24 points in the final three quarters as the defense held the Browns to just six points in the second half as New England improved their record to 8–5.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 14
Field goals ruled the day as the Buffalo Bills' Shayne Graham and the Patriots' Adam Vinatieri kicked seven combined in a 12–9 overtime Patriots win. The most controversial play came in overtime when David Patten caught a pass and was knocked out of bounds; the ball bounced off his feet and was recovered by the Bills, but the play went to review and referee Mike Carey determined that Patten, momentarily unconscious, had his head out of bounds when the ball touched his feet; by rule the ball was dead. The Patriots thus retained possession enough for the game-winning 23-yard field goal.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 15
The Patriots defeated the Dolphins 20–13 for the first time since November 23, 1998 in the final regular season game for Foxboro Stadium. During halftime, Patriot greats of the past and present were paraded with each commemorating a season of the stadium's 31-season existence – John Hannah represented 1973 (the year he was drafted by New England), Steve Grogan represented 1976 (the year of the infamous "Ben Dreith game" against Oakland), Drew Bledsoe represented 1996 (the Super Bowl XXXI season), and so forth. During the game itself, Tom Brady caught a 23-yard pass from Kevin Faulk and threw for 109 yards himself, as the Patriots raced out to an early lead and held off a late Dolphins rally to earn sole 1st place in the AFC East.


2001 New England Patriots season, Season summary, Week 17
After the bye week, in the final regular season game, the Patriots beat the Panthers 38–6 and finished the regular season with an 11–5 record as they clinched the AFC East and a first round bye.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Oakland Raiders
The game, the final one in the history of Foxboro Stadium, played in a heavy snowfall, will be remembered for a call near the end of the game, in which the referees initially ruled that New England quarterback Tom Brady had fumbled on a pass attempt, with Oakland protecting a three-point lead. Invoking the "tuck rule", where a ball is ruled an incomplete pass after the quarterback starts any forward motion, the referee overturned the decision after reviewing the instant replay, calling the drop an incomplete pass rather than a fumble.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Oakland Raiders
Both teams struggled in the heavy snow storm during the first half, combining for the same number of punts as first downs (11) and converting only one of 13 third downs. However, Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon was efficient, completing 10 of 14 passes for 87 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown pass to James Jett early in the second quarter.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Oakland Raiders
In the second half, things began to open up, especially for New England, who almost completely abandoned their running game and relied on Brady. He ended up completing 26 of 39 passes for 238 yards in the second half. On the opening drive of the third quarter, he led the Patriots 62 yards in 12 plays to the Raiders' 5-yard line, where Adam Vinatieri made a 23-yard field goal to cut the score, 7–3. Oakland responded with a 10-play, 43-yard drive, and scored a 38-yard field goal from Sebastian Janikowski. Then after forcing a punt, a 22-yard reception by receiver Jerry Rice set up Janikowski's second field goal, giving the Raiders a 13–3 lead with 2 minutes left in the third quarter.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Oakland Raiders
In the fourth quarter, Brady led the Patriots on a 10-play, 67-yard drive, completing 9 consecutive passes for 61 yards and finishing it with a 6-yard touchdown run. Later in the quarter, the infamous "tuck" incident occurred. As Brady dropped back to pass, he lost the ball while being tackled by former college teammate Charles Woodson, and Oakland linebacker Greg Biekert recovered it with 1:43 left. However, an instant replay challenge caused referee Walt Coleman to overturn the fumble, ruling Brady's arm had been moving forward while being tackled and making the play an incomplete pass. Taking advantage of his second chance, Brady led the Patriots inside the Raiders' 30-yard line where Vinatieri made a 45-yard field goal with 27 seconds left, a dramatic kick through heavy snowfall that barely cleared the crossbar, sending the game into overtime.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Oakland Raiders
New England won the coin toss and drove for the winning field goal on a possession that featured a risky fourth down and 4 conversion attempt from Brady, who threw a 6-yard pass to David Patten at the Raiders' 22-yard line to keep the drive alive. While Vinatieri's game-tying kick had the wind at his back, this drive was into the wind and the Patriots wanted to move closer.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Oakland Raiders
Following five runs from Antowain Smith and one from Brady, and after a drive of more than eight minutes, Vinatieri and holder Ken Walter cleared snow away from where the ball would be spotted. Vinatieri then gave New England its first lead of the game, making a 23-yard field goal to win.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Patriots' storybook season continued as Drew Bledsoe came into the game in the second quarter in place of an injured Tom Brady – who replaced Bledsoe himself early in the season when he suffered a sheared blood vessel. The game was officiated by Ed Hochuli and the frequency of penalties in the game was criticized by both teams and by some media afterward.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
Patriots receiver Troy Brown opened up the scoring with a 55-yard punt return touchdown with 3:42 left in the first quarter. Pittsburgh responded by driving 65 yards in 10 plays and scoring with a 30-yard field goal from Kris Brown. Later in the quarter, Brady completed a 28-yard pass to Brown at the Steelers 40-yard line, but was knocked out of the game on the play. Bledsoe took over without missing a beat, rushing for four yards and completing three passes to David Patten for 37 yards, the last one an 11-yard touchdown to give the Patriots a 14–3 lead.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
On the first drive of the second half, New England linebacker Tedy Bruschi recovered a fumbled snap on the Steelers 35-yard line. But the Patriots gained only two yards on their next 4 plays and ended up turning the ball over on downs. Pittsburgh subsequently drove 52 yards to the 16-yard line to set up Brown's second field goal attempt, but this time his kick was blocked by defensive tackle Brandon Mitchell and Troy Brown recovered the ball. After returning it 11 yards, Brown threw a lateral pass to Antwan Harris, who took the ball the remaining 45 yards for a touchdown to increase New England's lead to 21–3.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers struck back with quarterback Kordell Stewart completing a 24-yard pass to Hines Ward and a 19-yard screen pass to Amos Zereoué on an 8-play, 79-yard drive. Jerome Bettis finished it off with a 1-yard touchdown run, cutting the score to 21–10 with 5:11 left in the third quarter. New England was forced to punt after linebacker Jason Gildon sacked Bledsoe on third down, and Troy Edwards returned the punt 28 yards to the Patriots 32-yard line. Five plays later, Zereoue scored with an 11-yard touchdown run, making the score 21–17.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
Early in the fourth quarter, Adam Vinatieri's 44-yard field goal increased New England's lead to 24–17. Later in the period, the Patriots made two key stops to clinch the victory. First, safety Tebucky Jones intercepted a pass from Stewart and returned it 19 yards to the Steelers 34-yard line.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh's defense managed to prevent a first down and Vinatieri missed a 50-yard field goal attempt that would have sealed the game, giving the Steelers the ball back on their own 40-yard line, but a few plays later, Lawyer Milloy intercepted a pass from Stewart with 2:02 left to seal the game, and the Patriots were able to run out the rest of the clock.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh Steelers
The win was the 300th career victory, encompassing the regular season and postseason, in Patriots franchise history.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
The Rams scored first midway through the first quarter, driving 48 yards in 10 plays to set up a 50-yard field goal by kicker Jeff Wilkins. At the time, the field goal was the third longest in Super Bowl history. The rest of the quarter was scoreless.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
Early in the second quarter, the Rams drove to New England's 34-yard line, but quarterback Kurt Warner threw an incompletion on third down, and Wilkins' subsequent 52-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
With 8:49 left in the second quarter, New England cornerback Ty Law intercepted a pass intended for receiver Isaac Bruce and scored on a 47-yard return to give the Patriots a 7–3 lead. With less than two minutes left in the first half, Warner completed a pass to receiver Ricky Proehl at the Patriots 40-yard line, but New England defensive back Antwan Harris forced a fumble while tackling him, which was recovered by Patriots defensive back Terrell Buckley.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
New England quarterback Tom Brady would lead a drive that culminated with an 8-yard touchdown pass to receiver David Patten with 31 seconds left in the half to give New England a 14–3 halftime lead. This was the first time in the 2001 season that St. Louis fell behind in a game by more than eight points.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
The Patriots took the opening kickoff of the second half, but could only reach the St. Louis 43-yard line before being forced to punt. Aided by a 20-yard reception by wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim, a 22-yard reception by Bruce, and a defensive pass interference penalty on Patriots defensive back Otis Smith, the Rams advanced to the New England 41-yard line. However, on the next play, linebacker Mike Vrabel and defensive lineman Richard Seymour sacked Warner for a 9-yard loss. Warner then threw 2 consecutive incomplete passes, which resulted in the Rams punting.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
Later in the third quarter, Otis Smith intercepted a pass intended for Rams wide receiver Torry Holt after Holt slipped while coming off the line of scrimmage, and returned the ball 30 yards to the Rams 33-yard line. Though St. Louis' defense did not give up a touchdown to the Patriots, kicker Adam Vinatieri made a 37-yard field goal to increase New England's lead to 17–3.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
The Rams responded by driving to the Patriots' 3-yard line on their ensuing drive. On fourth-and-goal, the Rams attempted to score a touchdown, calling for a quarterback sneak by Warner. Warner fumbled the ball while being tackled by linebacker Roman Phifer, which was recovered by defensive back Tebucky Jones who returned it 97 yards for a touchdown that would have increased the Patriots lead to 23–3. However, the play was nullified by a holding penalty on linebacker Willie McGinest, which in turn gave the Rams a first down on the 1-yard line instead. On second down, Warner scored on a 2-yard touchdown run to make the score 17–10, Patriots.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
After Warner's touchdown, the Rams defense forced the Patriots to a three-and-out. St. Louis then drove from their own 7-yard line to the New England 36-yard line, aided by a 30-yard reception by Proehl. However, McGinest sacked Warner for a 16-yard loss on second down, pushing the Rams back to their 46-yard line. St. Louis ended up punting after Warner's third down pass was incomplete.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
The Rams forced New England to another three-and-out, and got the ball back on their own 45-yard line with 1:51 left in the game. Warner threw three consecutive completions: an 18-yard pass to Hakim, an 11-yard one to receiver Yo Murphy, and finally a 26-yard touchdown completion to Proehl that tied the game 17–17 with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
The Patriots had no timeouts left for their ensuing drive, which resulted in color commentator John Madden initially suggesting that the Patriots should run out the clock and attempt to win in overtime. Instead, New England attempted to get the winning score in regulation on the final drive. Brady opened the drive with three completions to running back J.R. Redmond, which moved the ball to their 41-yard line with 33 seconds left.


2001 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XXXVI vs. St. Louis Rams
After an incomplete pass, Brady completed a clutch 23-yard pass to wide receiver Troy Brown, and followed it up with a 6-yard completion to tight end Jermaine Wiggins to advance to the Rams' 30-yard line. Brady then spiked the ball with seven seconds left, which set up Vinatieri's 48-yard field goal attempt. Vinatieri's game-winning kick was successful, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that a game was won by a score on the final play.


2001 New Hampshire 300
The 2001 Kroger Supermarkets 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup race held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The race was originally scheduled for September 16 but was postponed to November 23 due to the September 11 attacks of that year. New Hampshire was the season finale as a result.


2001 New Hampshire 300
This was the last NASCAR race in the top division without Jimmie Johnson until the 2020 Brickyard 400 when Johnson tested positive for COVID-19.


2001 New Hampshire 300, Summary
NASCAR did not want to cancel the event, but there were no scheduled off weeks from the September 16 date. This left NASCAR with only one option: Thanksgiving weekend. The race was rescheduled for Friday, November 23 to allow for two potential weather reschedulings if necessary.


2001 New Hampshire 300, Summary
The postponement would be a challenge for Goodyear, as they were not expecting a race at the Magic Mile in November. As a result, Goodyear brought a tire they hoped would suit the cold conditions. NBC carried the broadcast live except for the Pacific Coast, which was on tape delay to allow the third hour of Today.


2001 New Hampshire 300, Summary, Qualifying
NASCAR did not conduct qualifying for the race. Instead, the points standings following the race at Richmond International Raceway the weekend before 9/11 were used to set the field. This put the 2001 series champion, Jeff Gordon, on the pole for the event, as he had been in the points lead at the time of the postponement, with Richmond winner Ricky Rudd alongside him on the front row as he had been second in the points standings at the time. Forty-one other drivers qualified for the race, with the final row filled by Petty Enterprises' Buckshot Jones and Kyle Petty. The forty-third spot would have gone to the entry fielded by Eel River Racing. However, after driver Rick Mast and sponsor Duke's Mayonnaise both left the team in October, the team folded operations.


2001 New Hampshire 300, Summary, Qualifying
The race saw Robby Gordon, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, pick up his first career win.


2001 New Hampshire 300, Summary, Qualifying
However, it was a controversial win, as he and Jeff Gordon, who had been up front all day, were facing each other, which would put Robby in the lead during the final caution of the race. Jeff would retaliate under yellow and be black flagged. This did not affect Jeff's title hopes, as he had already clinched the title at Atlanta Motor Speedway the week before.


2001 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 2001 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its third year under head coach Sean McDonnell, the team compiled a 4–7 record (2–7 against conference opponents) and finished tenth out of eleven teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2001 New Jersey State Senate election
The 2001 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 6.


2001 New Jersey State Senate election
The election took place alongside Jim McGreevey's landslide election as Governor of New Jersey and were held in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which killed 750 New Jerseyans and impacted many others. Under a newly redrawn map, Democrats gained five seats to split control of the Senate evenly. A power-sharing agreement was reached with John O. Bennett and Richard Codey as co-Presidents of the Senate.


2001 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
As required, the New Jersey legislature redistricted its state legislative districts in advance of the 2001 election. Most Senators remained in their existing districts, though Senator Kevin J. O'Toole was redistricted to the 40th district and chose not to challenge.


2001 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
The new map was based on a revised Democratic map chosen by Professor Larry Bartels of Princeton University, the non-partisan member of the reapportionment commission.


2001 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
Republicans challenged the district map under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, arguing that by shifting some African-American and Hispanic voters out of three predominantly minority districts in and around Newark and spreading them to other, mostly white districts, the plan diluted minority voting strength. The case was rejected by the U.S. Court for the District of New Jersey. The Republican suit was dismissed partly under the influence of the near-unanimous support of New Jersey's incumbent minority legislators for the Democratic claim that their map would result in more minority representation, rather than less.


2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election was a race for the Governor of New Jersey. It was held on November 6, 2001. Primaries took place on June 25. Democrat nominee Jim McGreevey won the general election with 56% of the vote — the first majority-elected governor since James Florio in 1989. His Republican opponent in that race was Bret Schundler. This is also the most recent statewide election in which the Democrat won Monmouth and Ocean Counties.


2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
Towards the end of his tenure as mayor, Schundler served as chairman of the Hudson County Republican Committee, and in 2001, Schundler won the Republican gubernatorial nomination, facing former Congressman Bob Franks, a considerably more moderate Republican who was favored by the party establishment. Franks entered the race in April, two months before the primary, after Gov. Donald DiFrancesco dropped out of the race because of an unending series of newspaper stories highlighting ethics concerns. He was backed by Gov. DiFrancesco's political organization and endorsed by every county Republican committee except Schundler's base in Hudson County.


2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
Schundler employed a more grassroots style of campaigning, visiting many local GOP organizations and forming close relationships with the Young Republicans and the College Republicans, as well as with conservative groups, including those active in homeschooling issues. The grassroots support he built up enabled him to win the nomination by a robust 15-point margin.


2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
After winning the primary, Schundler tried to reunite the party by reaching out to the figures who had endorsed Franks. This included having a unity lunch with Franks which was hosted by former Gov. Thomas Kean, and retaining New Jersey State Senator Joe Kyrillos as state party chairman. Kyrillos had been appointed by DiFrancesco as state party chairman six weeks before the primary, and he had supported Franks in the primary. However, the party remained split. Jim McGreevey, the Democratic candidate, exploited this division by painting Schundler as too conservative for New Jersey.


2001 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 2001 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. New Mexico competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW), and played their home games in the University Stadium. The Lobos were led by fourth-year head coach Rocky Long.


2001 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 2001 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference.


2001 New Orleans Bowl
The 2001 New Orleans Bowl featured the North Texas Mean Green and the Colorado State Rams. It was the inaugural playing of the bowl game. North Texas became the first team in NCAA college football history to play in a bowl after starting their season 0–5. They were the Sun Belt Conference co-champions (5–1 in conference), which gave them bowl eligibility despite having an overall losing record (5–6).


2001 New Orleans Bowl
Running back Brad Svoboda got Colorado State on the board first with a 2-yard touchdown run, to give them a 7–0 lead. Kent Naughton later connected on a 46-yard field goal to increase CSU's lead to 10–0. Quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jose Ochoa to give CSU a 17–0 lead.


2001 New Orleans Bowl
Quarterback Scott Hall threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Dustin Dean to get North Texas on the scoreboard, 17–7. Bradlee Van Pelt rushed 6 yards for a touchdown, and a 24–7 Colorado State lead. Scott Hall threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Ja'Mel Branch to cut the lead to 24–14. In the third quarter, Justin Gallimore recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown and a 31–14 lead.


2001 New Orleans Bowl
In the fourth quarter, Chad Dixon rushed for a 2-yard touchdown, to increase the lead to 38–14. Running back Michael Vomhof rushed 20 yards for a touchdown to increase the lead again to 45–14. Back-up quarterback Michael Bridges threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Andy Blount, making the final score 45–20.


2001 New Orleans Saints season
The 2001 season was the New Orleans Saints' 35th in the National Football League and their 26th playing home games at the Louisiana Superdome. The Saints failed to improve on their 10–6 record and NFC West division championship from 2000 and finished 7–9, thus missing the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons.


2001 New Orleans Saints season
The Saints were outscored 160–52 in their final four games, including losses of 40-10 and 38-0 in their last two games, against Washington and San Francisco.


2001 New Year Honours
The 2001 New Year Honours List is one of the annual New Year Honours, a part of the British honours system, where New Year's Day, 1 January, is marked in several Commonwealth countries by appointing new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours. Awards for 2001, announced on 30 December 2000, included the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Barbados, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize and Saint Christopher and Nevis.


2001 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 2001 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2000 and the beginning of 2001. They were announced on 30 December 2000.


2001 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2001 New Year Honours (New Zealand), New Zealand Order of Merit, Principal Companion (PCNZM)
Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering CBE – of Wellington. For services to religious studies.


2001 New York City Marathon
The 2001 New York City Marathon was the 32nd running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 3. The men's elite race was won by Ethiopia's Tesfaye Jifar in a time of 2:07:43 hours while the women's race was won in 2:24:21 by Kenya's Margaret Okayo. Both these times were race records. Tesfaye Jifar was the first Ethiopian to win in New York and Okayo was the second Kenyan to win the women's race (after Tegla Loroupe).


2001 New York City Marathon
In the wheelchair races, America's Saúl Mendoza (1:39:25) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (2:11:57) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Israel's Ziv Bar-Shira (1:27:49) and America's Helene Hines (1:46:22) were the winners.


2001 New York City Marathon
A total of 23,648 runners finished the race, 16,810 men and 6838 women.


2001 New York City Marathon
The race was held in the wake of the September 11 attacks, thus the course was altered and mass participation was significantly down on previous years. Around 2800 police officers were present to ensure security, a no-fly zone was instituted above the race route, and runners were discouraged from accepting water from spectators on the route. The race adopted the slogan "United We Run" and the city's mayor, Rudy Giuliani, was given the number 1 bib, which is typically reserved for the men's defending champion.


2001 New York City mayoral election
The New York City mayoral election of 2001 was held on November 6, 2001.


2001 New York City mayoral election
Incumbent Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani could not run again due to term limits. As Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a five-to-one margin in the city, it was widely believed that a Democrat would succeed him in City Hall. Businessman Michael Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat, changed his party affiliation and ran as a Republican. Mark J. Green narrowly defeated Fernando Ferrer in the Democratic primary, surviving a negative contest that divided the party and consumed the vast majority of the Green campaign's financial resources. After a campaign that was largely overshadowed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Bloomberg won the general election with 50.3% of the vote to Green's 47.9%.


2001 New York City mayoral election, Background
The primaries originally began on September 11. However, the September 11 attacks caused the primary to be postponed until September 25 (votes cast on September 11 were not counted), and the run-off occurred on October 11.


2001 New York City mayoral election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Late in the primary, Green was roundly criticized for the actions of supporters that were construed as racist, involving literature with New York Post caricatures of Ferrer and Al Sharpton distributed in white enclaves of Brooklyn and Staten Island. Green stated that he had nothing to do with the dissemination of the literature. An investigation by the Brooklyn District Attorney came to the conclusion that "Mark Green had no knowledge of these events, and that when he learned of them, he repeatedly denounced the distribution of this literature and sought to find out who had engaged in it."


2001 New York City mayoral election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Nevertheless, the incident is thought to have diminished minority turnout in the general election and helped the Republican candidate win in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. (Village Voice columnist Peter Noel wrote that "Mark Green... may have replaced [Giuliani] as the most hated white man in the African American community," an ironic twist for someone who had been so popular in that community for so long.)


2001 New York City mayoral election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Green made a controversial decision during the primary run-off to support Giuliani's unprecedented attempt to extend his own mayoral term, in the name of the emergency of 9/11. Ferrer opposed Giuliani's ultimately unsuccessful attempt at term self-extension, and was able to accuse Green of being rolled over by Giuliani.


2001 New York City mayoral election, Democratic primary, Results
Green clearly led among Manhattan's Democrats, Ferrer among The Bronx's and Vallone among Staten Island's. Ferrer and Green were evenly matched in Brooklyn, while all three candidates were essentially tied in Queens.


2001 New York City mayoral election, General election, Campaign
Rudy Giuliani, who was riding high approval ratings following the 9/11 attacks, publicly endorsed Bloomberg.


2001 New York City mayoral election, General election, Campaign
Unlike his cash-poor Democratic rival, who had just emerged from an expensive primary and expected to rely on traditionally reliable free media coverage that never materialized, Bloomberg continued to spend $74 million on TV ads and direct mail in the weeks after the attacks, which was a record amount at the time for a non-presidential election (Bloomberg would break his own record in 2005).


2001 New York City mayoral election, General election, Campaign
The Economist wrote, "The billionaire businessman [Bloomberg] is usually seen as one of the post-September 11th winners (if such a word can be so used): he would probably have lost the mayoralty to Mark Green, a leftish Democrat, had the terrorist strike not happened. Yet it is also worth noting that his election probably spared New York city a turbulent period of score-settling over Rudy Giuliani's legacy."


2001 New York City mayoral election, General election, Campaign
Green posed on the steps of City Hall with Hasidic Jewish leaders and issued a statement saying that "leaders from the Satmar Congregations of New York City, the largest of the three major Hasidic groups in the city with some 100,000 followers" supported his mayoral campaign. But many of the Satmars at that photo op led an upstate Satmar community ineligible to vote in New York City, and were also "at odds with the Satmar establishment" based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose leaders were in Europe at the time and unaware that Green had claimed their endorsements.


2001 New York City mayoral election, General election, Campaign
The election was also notable for two non-politician semi-celebrities running on third-party tickets: Bernhard Goetz, who had achieved fame in 1984 as the "subway vigilante" for shooting four young men who tried to rob him, on the Fusion Party ticket, and Kenny Kramer, who was the inspiration for the character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld, on the Libertarian Party ticket.


2001 New York City mayoral election, General election, Results
Bloomberg secured victory in a close election, with 744,757 votes. Although he lost in three of the five boroughs, he was able to collect enough votes in Staten Island and Queens to prevail. Under New York's electoral fusion rules, candidates were allowed to run representing multiple parties.


2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 67th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2001, were announced on 13 December 2001 and presented on 6 January 2002 by the New York Film Critics Circle.


2001 New York Giants season
The 2001 season was the New York Giants' 77th in the National Football League and the fifth under head coach Jim Fassel. They were returning as Super Bowl runners-up from the 2000 season, after losing Super Bowl XXXV to the Baltimore Ravens. The Giants tried to improve on their 12–4 record from the previous year, instead they finished 7–9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1999. However, Michael Strahan was named Defensive Player of the Year for the 2001 season.


2001 New York Giants season
He broke the NFL single season sack record with 22.5, surpassing Mark Gastineau's total of 22, by sacking Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers at Giants Stadium in the final regular-season game. Following the season, defensive coordinator John Fox left to become the head coach of the Carolina Panthers, a team he would take to the Super Bowl just two years later.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
The Giants began their NFC title defense on Monday Night Football in the first game at the Denver Broncos' new stadium, Invesco Field at Mile High (now known as Empower Field at Mile High). This was an unusual practice for the NFL because at the time, it was customary for the defending Super Bowl champion to host the first Monday night game.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
The Broncos opened the scoring with quarterback Brian Griese finding tight end Patrick Hape for a 1-yard touchdown to make the score 7–0. The teams then went back and forth, with Kerry Collins hitting Amani Toomer for two touchdown passes (one from 43 yards and the other from 11 yards), while Griese threw another touchdown to Ed McCaffrey. However, in the third quarter Griese threw his third touchdown of the day with a 25-yard strike to Rod Smith to give the Broncos a lead they would not relinquish. A 9-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter by running back Mike Anderson clinched the game.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
While Kerry Collins went 19 of 34 for 258 yards and 3 touchdowns with no interceptions, the Giants defense allowed 473 yards of total offense and failed to register a sack or force a turnover.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week of Sunday, September 16:  No Games
The Giants were initially scheduled to host the Packers in their home opener the following week, but due to the September 11th attacks, the games were cancelled and rescheduled for Week 17 of the season. Numerous Giants, including Michael Strahan, were instrumental in having the games postponed out of respect for those whose lives had been impacted by the terrorist attacks.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs
The first game the Giants played after 9/11, and the first game either New York City team played after the attacks, was an interconference game at Kansas City. Chiefs players joined Giants players before the game to honor those who had lost their lives and those who had been seriously impacted by the crisis.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs
When the two teams got back to football, what ensued was a sloppy and low-scoring game. Running back Ron Dayne scored the game's only touchdown with a 7-yard run in the second quarter, and the Giants led 13–0 at the half. Kerry Collins reversed his performance from his last game with no touchdowns and 3 interceptions, but the Chiefs failed to turn any of his turnovers into points. The Giants finally clinched the game with a 13-play drive that took up the remaining 7:21 of the clock.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Giants' home opener of the 2001 season came against New Orleans. It was the first NFL game held in the New York City metropolitan area after 9/11.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
After a scoreless first quarter, the Giants opened the scoring in the second quarter with Ron Dayne running in for a 6-yard touchdown. Tiki Barber added his first touchdown of the year on their next drive, a 14-yard run which made the score 14–3 at the half. In the fourth quarter, Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Willie Jackson to make the score 14–10, but the Giants answered with Kerry Collins finding Joe Jurevicius for a 46-yard touchdown to make it 21–10 with 6:05 to go.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
Saints kicker John Carney kicked a 30-yard field goal to narrow the score to 21–13 with 4:36 remaining, then Collins lost a fumble to give the Saints the ball back at their own 30-yard line with 3:17 to go. Brooks drove the Saints to the 9-yard line with 15 seconds left. After spiking the ball, two incomplete passes brought up 4th and Goal from the 9-yard line on the final play of the game. Brooks completed a pass to Jackson for what appeared to be a touchdown, but the officials ruled that Jackson had committed pass interference in order to make the catch, and the game ended.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Giants won despite being outgained 330–253. Ron Dayne ran for 111 yards on 19 carries with a touchdown while Michael Strahan registered his first three sacks of his record-breaking season.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins
With the Giants hosting a Washington team that had been blasted by their first three opponents by a combined score of 112–16, this game had all the makings of an easy win. However, the score was tied at 9–9 at the end of three quarters with Giants kicker Morten Andersen and Washington kicker Brett Conway trading three field goals apiece. In the fourth quarter, the Giants finally took over. With 12:59 to go, Kerry Collins found tight end Dan Campbell for a 1-yard touchdown pass to give the Giants the lead. Then with 2:57 to go, Jason Sehorn intercepted a Tony Banks pass and returned it 34 yards for the game-clinching score.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins
The two teams combined for a whopping 9 turnovers, with the Giants committing 4 and Washington committing 5. However, the Giants also held Washington to just 181 yards of total offense.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins
Amani Toomer led the offense with 7 receptions for 97 yards, while Jason Sehorn intercepted two passes including the aforementioned touchdown. Due to an injury by Tiki Barber and Ron Dayne's disappointing play, reserve running back Damon Washington received considerable playing time in the second half and contributed a career-high 90 yards rushing.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 5: at St. Louis Rams
The Giants then went on the road for a nationally televised day game against the 4–0 Rams. The Greatest Show on Turf had outscored their opponents 127–53 in their first four games and were favored by 10.5 points to win.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 5: at St. Louis Rams
To the surprise of many, the Giants' defense held the Rams in check, holding them to a season-low 15 points. They forced 4 turnovers while also sacking Kurt Warner 6 times. Michael Strahan was particularly masterful for the Giants defense, sacking Warner 4 times.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 5: at St. Louis Rams
The Giants opened the game with an 80-yard drive that ended with a Ron Dayne 4-yard touchdown run. The Rams answered with three Jeff Wilkins field goals, the last one of which came as time expired in the first half to give St. Louis a 9–7 lead heading into the locker room. After a scoreless fourth quarter, the Giants capitalized off a Marshall Faulk fumble with Kerry Collins finding Ike Hilliard for a 25-yard touchdown to make the score 14–9 with 13:33 remaining. However, after three quarters of great defense, the team could not hold when it mattered most.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 5: at St. Louis Rams
The Rams went on a 77-yard drive and advanced to the Giants' 1-yard line after a Sam Garnes pass interference penalty, on a play where Kurt Warner was temporarily knocked out of the game with an injury. Backup Jamie Martin entered the game for one play, which was a 1-yard touchdown run by Trung Canidate to give the Rams a 15–14 lead with 4:17 to go. After a three-and-out, the Giants forced a three-and-out to give their offense one more chance to win the game with 1:51 to go. However, Collins was intercepted by defensive end Grant Wistrom to finally clinch the game for the Rams.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants' next game was a loss to the division-rival Eagles in a Monday Night game. The Giants dominated the first half, but failed to get in the end zone despite two goal-to-go situations and were forced to settle for three Morten Andersen field goals and a 9–0 halftime lead. With 1:52 remaining, Donovan McNabb threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to James Thrash, and the ensuing extra point gave the Eagles their first lead of the night, 10–9. On the next drive, Kerry Collins was sacked and forced to fumble by Jeremiah Trotter, and the Eagles recovered the ball to clinch the game.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Washington Redskins
After two losses by a point each, the Giants were expected to get back on track at Washington. However, they faced a completely different team than the one they beat in Week 4.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Washington Redskins
On the second play from scrimmage, Kerry Collins lost a fumble on a snap, and Washington capitalized with Tony Banks finding rookie receiver Rod Gardner for a 12-yard touchdown pass. Later in the quarter, Washington punt returner Eric Metcalf returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown to make it 14–0. The Giants came back to tie the game in the second quarter, with Collins finding Amani Toomer for a 6-yard touchdown and then finding Ike Hilliard for a 27-yard touchdown to tie the score. A 43-yard field goal by Washington kicker Brett Conway made the score 17–14 at the half.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Washington Redskins
In the third quarter, the Giants were hit hard by a trick play. Receiver Kevin Lockett threw a 31-yard touchdown to Derrius Thompson on an option pass play to make the score 24–14 Washington, and another field goal made the score 27–14 heading into the final quarter. Kerry Collins threw a 1-yard touchdown to fullback Greg Comella to narrow the deficit to 27–21, but Washington clinched the game with Tony Banks finding Michael Westbrook for a 76-yard touchdown.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Washington Redskins
Although Kerry Collins threw for 346 yards and 3 touchdowns with an interception, Washington outgained the Giants on the ground 157–42.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
The Giants initially appeared to be on their way to a defeat against a Cowboys team that not only was 2–4 heading into the game but was playing without their first- and second-string quarterbacks as well as star running back Emmitt Smith. However, the Giants were able to come back from a 17-point deficit to finally end their three-game losing skid.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
The Giants, who were 10.5 point favorites to win the game, played poorly in the first half. Late in the first quarter, the Giants allowed Cowboys third-string quarterback Clint Stoerner to throw a 16-yard touchdown to Joey Galloway to make it a 10–0 game. In the second quarter, Kerry Collins self-destructed. He began the quarter by throwing an interception to linebacker Dexter Coakley, who returned Collins' errant pass 29 yards for a touchdown to make it 17–0.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
With 3:22 to go in the half, the Giants finally got on the board with Collins throwing a 4-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jurevicius, and they had another chance to score late in the half after a Cowboys punt. However, Collins threw a second interception, this time to Mario Edwards, who returned it 71 yards for a touchdown with 39 seconds left in the half to give the Cowboys a 24–7 lead heading into the locker room.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
The second half was a different story. The Cowboys began to play poorly, and the Giants were able to capitalize. Clint Stoerner was particularly terrible, throwing four interceptions in a five-drive span.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
The first interception was by rookie cornerback Will Peterson to set up a 34-yard touchdown from Kerry Collins to Joe Jurevicius to narrow the score to 24–14, the second interception was made by Jason Sehorn, the third interception was made by Dhani Jones to set up a Morten Andersen field goal to make it a one-score game at 24–17, and Brandon Short was the recipient of Stoerner's fourth interception.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
Finally, in between the third and fourth interceptions, Thabiti Davis blocked and recovered a Cowboys punt to set up a Collins touchdown to Ike Hilliard to tie the game at 24–24 with 8:19 to go. However, a Ron Dayne fumble and a missed 59-yard field goal by Andersen as time expired prevented the Giants from completing the comeback in regulation, and the game went into overtime.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys coach Dave Campo benched Clint Stoerner after his fourth interception, and with the first three quarterbacks on the team out, Ryan Leaf came in for his first appearance as a Dallas Cowboy, as well as his first game after his disastrous tenure with the Chargers. His appearance in this game brought more of the same as a Micheal Barrow sack of Leaf forced a Cowboys punt on overtime's first possession.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
A 33-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Ike Hilliard put the Giants in Cowboys territory, and problems almost happened when Tiki Barber fumbled after catching a 10-yard pass from Collins, but he recovered his own fumble and the Giants were in field goal range. Morten Andersen this time came through on a more manageable 42-yard attempt, and the Giants completed their double-digit comeback win.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Dallas Cowboys
Despite the 17 point deficit, few analysts considered this game a great comeback win, and considered it more of an unimpressive win given the Cowboys' 4 second-half interceptions and the 5 Giants turnovers in the game. However, the win put the Giants back at .500.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Arizona Cardinals
The Giants next traveled to the desert to take on the Arizona Cardinals. Held just one week after the 2001 World Series concluded, the media had a field day comparing the Giants to the Yankees and the Cardinals to the series-winning Diamondbacks. However, the Giants would assure that this contest would have a different ending.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Arizona Cardinals
The Giants opened the scoring with Ron Dayne running in for a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Giants extended their lead with Kerry Collins throwing a 27-yard touchdown pass to Ike Hilliard. However, the Cardinals struck back with Jake Plummer throwing a 38-yard touchdown pass to star receiver David Boston to make it a 14–7 game heading into the locker room. The Giants clinched the game with a fourth-down stop with 4:11 remaining.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
The Giants' third and final Monday Night game of the season was at Minnesota for a rematch of the 2000 NFC Championship game. However, Randy Moss would ensure that this game would have a different outcome.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings scored on just the fourth play from scrimmage, with Daunte Culpepper hitting Randy Moss for a 28-yard touchdown to make it 7–0. The Giants came back at the end of the quarter with Morten Andersen kicking a 43-yard field goal and Tiki Barber running in for a 1-yard touchdown to make the score 10–7 Giants heading into the second quarter. However, in that quarter, Randy Moss caught his second touchdown of the game from Culpepper and the Vikings regained the lead, holding a 14–13 lead heading into the intermission.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
Andersen kicked a 51-yard field goal to give the Giants a 16–14 lead heading into the final quarter, but a 1-yard touchdown pass from Culpepper to Cris Carter gave the Vikings a 21–16 lead with 9:03 to go. Then with 6:32 to go, Culpepper hit Moss over the middle on a crossing route, who then headed upfield and outran the Giants secondary for a 57-yard touchdown to complete the scoring.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
Randy Moss caught 10 passes for 171 yards and 3 touchdowns. Cris Carter also caught 10 passes. Daunte Culpepper threw for 277 yards and 4 touchdowns, albeit with 2 interceptions.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
The Giants next went home to take on the red-hot Raiders, who came into this game with a 7–2 record. In the first quarter, the Giants again allowed an opening drive touchdown, capped off by running back Zack Crockett running in for a 1-yard touchdown. The Giants' misery continued in the second quarter with Rich Gannon throwing two touchdown passes. The first was to running back Charlie Garner for a 21-yard score, then the second was to Tim Brown on a post pattern for a 46-yard touchdown to make it 21–3 Oakland heading into the locker room.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
In the second half, a rainstorm ravaged Giants Stadium as both teams struggled to gain footing on the grass surface. Initially the Giants did better under the new conditions, with Tiki Barber running in for a 12-yard touchdown to make it 21–10 heading into the final quarter. However, in the fourth quarter, Rich Gannon found Tim Brown for his second receiving touchdown of the day on a 19-yard pass.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders
In the losing effort, Tiki Barber ran for 124 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. But the Giants were back below .500 with a 5–6 record.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys
The Giants turned out yet another poor performance after their bye week, losing to the Cowboys for the only time during the three-year span Dave Campo coached the team.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys
For much of the first half, the Giants were in control of the game. They led 13–6 at the half, with the key score being Kerry Collins' 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Marcellus Rivers. However, in the second half, Emmitt Smith ran in for a 1-yard touchdown to tie the score, then rookie quarterback Quincy Carter found tight end Jackie Harris for a 3-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys
Tiki Barber ran for 110 yards on 18 carries. However, with a 5–7 record, the Giants would now have to win out just to have a chance to make the playoffs and have a shot at defending their NFC crown.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals
The Giants' first game to avoid potential elimination from the NFC playoff race was a Saturday afternoon game at home against the Cardinals.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals
In the first quarter, Kerry Collins hit Ron Dixon for a 26-yard touchdown pass, and the Giants held a 7–6 lead at halftime. After a 39-yard field goal by Morten Andersen made it a 10–6 game in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals took the lead with 4:04 to go with Jake Plummer finding Tywan Mitchell for a 24-yard touchdown. The Giants then marched slowly but surely down the field on an 11-play drive featuring two third down conversions. With just 25 seconds remaining, Collins found Amani Toomer for the game-winning touchdown on a 4-yard touchdown pass. Two Hail Mary attempts by Plummer failed at the end of the game.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Regardless of the last-minute win and the importance the game had in the Giants avoiding elimination, the game will forever be best known for Cardinals kicker Bill Gramatica's catastrophic celebration in the first quarter. After kicking a 42-yard field goal to open the scoring, Gramatica jumped in the air to celebrate (as was customary for him and his brother Martin), but upon landing, he fell awkwardly on his right leg (his planting leg as he was left-footed) and tore his ACL.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals
What few remember is that Gramatica stayed in the game and kicked another field goal and extra point, but the injury rendered him completely ineffective for kickoffs and safety Pat Tillman (playing in his final NFL season before retiring to join the military) replaced him for the remainder of the game. After the game, Gramatica was ruled out for the remainder of the season.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Giants' home matchup with the Seahawks started with the two teams trading touchdowns in the first quarter. Shaun Alexander opened the scoring with a 29-yard touchdown run for the Seahawks, but Ron Dayne answered with a 31-yard touchdown to tie the score. In the second quarter, linebacker Micheal Barrow sacked Matt Hasselbeck and forced him to fumble, with Michael Strahan recovering the loose ball and returning it 13 yards for a touchdown to give the Giants their first lead of the day, 14–10. However, later in the quarter, the Seahawks also scored a defensive touchdown. Antonio Cochran sacked Kerry Collins and forced him to fumble, with defensive tackle John Randle recovering the ball in the end zone for the Seahawks to regain the lead. A Morten Andersen 32 yard field goal tied the score at 17–17 for halftime.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the fourth quarter, Shaun Alexander scored another touchdown, this one a 16-yard pass from Matt Hasselback, to make the score 24–17 Seattle with 12:41 remaining. With 2:52 remaining, the Giants were at their own 4-yard line, needing to drive 96 yards for a game-winning touchdown down 24–20. Kerry Collins drove the Giants to the 7-yard line for a goal-to-go situation with 33 seconds left, when two incomplete passes brought up third down. Collins then found Ike Hilliard for the game-winning score with just 20 seconds remaining.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Amani Toomer caught 8 passes for 124 yards while Ike Hilliard caught 7 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
Now 7–7, the Giants were in a must-win game at Philadelphia. A loss for the Giants would result in the team being officially eliminated from the NFC playoff race just one season after representing the conference in the Super Bowl. What ensued was a wild game with an even more outrageous finish that stands head-to-toe with Giants-Eagles games that have gained far more notoriety.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
That being said, few notable events happened in the first half. The only score of the half was a 6-yard touchdown from Donovan McNabb to tight end Chad Lewis to give the Eagles a 7–0 lead. In the third quarter, the game started to pick up. The Giants ran a flea flicker, with Kerry Collins going deep and hitting Amani Toomer for a 60-yard touchdown to tie the game. A 25-yard field goal by Morten Andersen made the score 10–7 Giants heading into the final quarter.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
A defensive battle all but dissipated as the two offenses erupted for 28 points in the fourth quarter. Less than a minute into the quarter, Donovan McNabb found his favorite target, James Thrash, for a 57-yard touchdown and the Eagles regained the lead, 14–10. Another Morten Andersen field goal followed to make the score 14–13. Then with 2:43 remaining, Ron Dayne broke through for a go-ahead 16-yard touchdown, and a successful two-point conversion made the score 21–14 Giants.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
However, the lead would not last. Donovan McNabb drove the Eagles on a 67-yard drive after the ensuing kickoff, complete with a 32-yard pass to James Thrash. On the next play, McNabb found Chad Lewis for his second touchdown of the day, a 7-yard touchdown that tied the score 21–21 with 1:49 remaining. The Giants' next drive went nowhere, with two incomplete passes stopping the clock, and the Eagles got the ball back with 58 seconds remaining. McNabb hit Thrash for a 25-yard gain.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
Then, after McNabb gained a first down on a running play, Michael Strahan committed a costly error by refusing to let McNabb up after he had touched him down, resulting in a clock-stopping delay of game penalty. After one more 11-yard run by McNabb, David Akers kicked a 35-yard field goal with just 7 seconds remaining, making the score 24–21 Eagles.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
With David Akers' ensuing kickoff going into the end zone for a touchback, virtually everyone watching assumed the game had finally been decided. However, the Giants had one more play, and Jim Fassel called 86 Lambuth Special - a hook and lateral play named after Ron Dixon's number and the small college in Tennessee he attended, and a play the Giants hadn't even practiced since training camp. Kerry Collins dropped back and threw to Tiki Barber on an angle pattern over the middle, who then acted as he was going right.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
However, Barber then abruptly lateraled the ball to Dixon, who cut to the left sideline. To the shock of nearly all watching, Dixon took off down the sideline and appeared to have a chance at a touchdown. However, upon reaching field goal range he began running out of room, and safety Damon Moore avoided problems for the Eagles by knocking Dixon out of bounds just 6 yards short of the end zone. The relieved Eagles then celebrated their NFC East title and the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
Kerry Collins threw for 303 yards and a touchdown, while Tiki Barber gained 156 all-purpose yards. Michael Strahan dominated Eagles tackle Jon Runyan, sacking Donovan McNabb 3.5 times. This total put him at 21.5 sacks for the year, half a sack short of former Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau's single-season record.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
Although the Giants ultimately failed to win in stunning fashion on the final play, the 86 Lambuth Special play captured the imagination of the football world for the remainder of the season. The Giants would run the play again a week later, and even the Eagles would adopt the play and run it in the final play of the NFC Championship against the Rams in a last-ditch effort to score a game-winning touchdown.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
With the Giants out of playoff contention heading into the final week of the season, Giants Stadium was roughly half-filled for the season finale against the Packers even though official attendance was 78,601. Just about the only factor of interest regarding the game for many was Michael Strahan's chance at achieving the single-season sack record. With 21.5 sacks, he was half a sack short of former Jet Mark Gastineau's single season record of 22 sacks, and needed a sack to break the record. Gastineau was among those in attendance for the game.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
In general, however, the Giants didn't look like a playoff team for the first three quarters of this contest. The defense was particularly terrible, as they allowed Brett Favre to throw for 315 yards on just 15 completions, Ahman Green to run for 101 yards, and two receivers (Corey Bradford and Bill Schroeder) to have 100-yard days receiving. This defensive futility negated the 524 yards of total offense the Giants amassed during the contest.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
In the first quarter, the Packers got on the board with Brett Favre finding Bill Schroeder for a 26-yard touchdown. On the next Packers drive, a 25-yard touchdown run by Ahman Green made it 14–0 Packers. The Giants were able to score before the end of the quarter with Kerry Collins finding Ike Hilliard for an 8-yard touchdown. At halftime, the score was 17–10 Packers.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
However, the Packers dominated the third quarter. Another Ahman Green touchdown made the score 24–10. Then later in the quarter, Brett Favre went deep and found Corey Bradford for a 54-yard touchdown to make it a 34–10 game heading into the final quarter. The Giants did have moments in the fourth quarter, with Tiki Barber running in for a 10-yard touchdown, then with Ron Dayne running in for a 1-yard touchdown and two-point conversion to narrow the score to 34–25 with 2:50 remaining.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
But the scoring hardly mattered as the Packers had been in control from the outset of the game. The final play of the game was another execution of 86 Lambuth Special – the hook and lateral play from the previous week against the Eagles – but the play went for 29 yards rather than 74.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
Throughout the game, Michael Strahan did come close to getting his record-breaking sack, but Brett Favre got the ball away each time he threatened. Finally, on the first play of the Packers' drive after the Giants' final touchdown, Strahan got his sack on a controversial play. Favre dropped back, and with Strahan closing in, simply fell to the ground and let Strahan sack him so he could break the record.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
In the days after the game, numerous analysts criticized the play and went as far as to state that Strahan did not deserve the record due to the intentional nature of the sack. They further noted that Strahan came in largely unblocked, leaving many to believe that the Packers had simply run a designed play so the record could be broken. Despite the criticisms however, Strahan's new mark of 22.5 was ultimately recognized as the sack record and remains unbroken as of today.


2001 New York Giants season, Season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
With this loss, the Giants concluded their season at 7–9.


2001 New York Jets season
The 2001 New York Jets season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League (NFL), the 42nd season overall, and the first under new head coach Herman Edwards. The team improved upon its 9–7 record from 2000 and the Jets finished 10–6 and qualified for the final Wild Card position in the American Football Conference. They lost in the Wild Card round to the Oakland Raiders, with the score of 38–24.


2001 New York Jets season, Schedule, Regular season
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Jets’ players made a unanimous vote not to play against the Oakland Raiders in Week 2. This game was made up on January 6, 2002.


2001 New York Liberty season
The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the New York Liberty. The team attempted to reach the WNBA Finals, but they failed in the conference finals, losing in three games to the Charlotte Sting.


2001 New York Mets season
The New York Mets' 2001 season was the 40th regular season for the Mets. They went 82-80 and finished 3rd in the NL East. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.


2001 New York Mets season, Regular season
The Mets played the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. The game was played on September 21 and it was a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.


2001 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2001 New York Underground Film Festival
These are the films shown at the 8th New York Underground Film Festival, held from March 7–13, 2001.


2001 New York Yankees season
The New York Yankees' 2001 season was the 99th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 95-65 finishing 13.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Roger Clemens had sixteen straight wins, tying an American League mark shared by Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, and Smoky Joe Wood. Clemens would finish the season with the AL Cy Young Award and become the first pitcher to win six Cy Young Awards.


2001 New York Yankees season
Another chapter was written in the story of the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry. On September 2, 2001, Mike Mussina came within one strike of a perfect game before surrendering a bloop single to Carl Everett. This was Mussina's third time he has taken a perfect game to or beyond the 8th inning. Coincidentally, it would have been the 3rd perfect game in for the Yankees in a span of 4 seasons and could have been the 4th perfect game in franchise history.


2001 New York Yankees season
In the emotional times of September 2001 in New York City, following the September 11 attack on New York's World Trade Center, the Yankees defeated the Oakland A's three games to two in the ALDS, and then the Seattle Mariners, who had won 116 games, four games to one in the ALCS. By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998–2001 Yankees joined the 1921–1924 New York Giants, and the Yankee teams of 1936–1939, 1949–1953, 1955–1958 and 1960–1964 as the only dynasties to reach at least four straight pennants.


2001 New York Yankees season
The Yankees had now won eleven consecutive postseason series over a four-year period. However, the Yankees lost the World Series in a dramatic 7 game series to the Arizona Diamondbacks, when Yankees star closer Mariano Rivera uncharacteristically lost the lead – and the Series – in the bottom of the ninth inning of the final game.


2001 New York Yankees season
With the loss, this marked the second time in five years that a team lost the World Series after taking a lead into the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 (following the Cleveland Indians in 1997) and the first time since 1991 that the home team won the seventh game of a World Series.


2001 New York Yankees season
Despite the loss in the series, Derek Jeter provided one bright spot. Despite a very poor series overall, batting under .200, he got the nickname, "Mr. November", for his walk-off home run in Game 4, though it began October 31, as the game ended in the first minutes of November 1. In calling the home run, Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay said "See ya! See ya! See ya! A home run for Derek Jeter! He is Mr. November! Oh what a home run by Derek Jeter!" He said this after noticing a fan's sign that said "Mr. November".


2001 New York Yankees season
Also, during the emotional times following the attacks, Yankee Stadium played host to a memorial service, just before the Yankees played their first home game following the attacks. The service was titled "Prayer for America".


2001 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2001 New York Yankees season, ALDS
Yankees win series 3-2, becoming the first team in MLB history to win the ALDS after dropping the first two games at home.


2001 New York Yankees season, World series, Game 1
October 27, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 New York Yankees season, World series, Game 2
October 28, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 New York Yankees season, World series, Game 3
October 30, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City


2001 New York Yankees season, World series
October 31, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City


2001 New York Yankees season, World series, Game 5
November 1, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City


2001 New York Yankees season, World series, Game 6
November 3, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 New York Yankees season, World series
November 4, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 New Zealand NBL season
The 2001 NBL season was the 20th season of the National Basketball League. The Waikato Titans won the championship in 2001 to claim their first league title. The Titans set an NBL record with a 15-game winning streak during the season, a streak that was not broken until the 2015 Southland Sharks squad recorded a 16-game winning streak.


2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election
The New Zealand National Party leadership election was an election for the National leadership position in 2001.


2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Background
In October 2001, after months of speculation, Jenny Shipley resigned as leader of the National Party after being told she no longer had the support of the party caucus. Bill English was elected as her replacement unopposed (with Roger Sowry as his deputy), and consequently became Leader of the Opposition. However, he did not openly organise against Shipley, and according to The Southland Times "there was almost an element of 'aw, shucks, I'll do it then' about Mr English's ascension".


2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Background
Aged 39 when he was elected, English became the second-youngest leader in the National Party's history, after Jim McLay (who was 38 when elected in 1984). He also became only the third Southlander to lead a major New Zealand political party, after Joseph Ward and Adam Hamilton.


2001 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 2001 New Zealand National Club Championship, also known, due to naming-rights sponsorship, as the Qantas National Club Championship was the second season of a nationwide club competition in New Zealand football. The competition was won by Central United.


2001 New Zealand National Soccer League
The league was played during winter, with matches played from April to September, and was run in two stages. In the first stage, each team in the ten-team league played every other team home and away. In the second stage, the top four teams entered a knockout competition, with third place playing fourth place in one match and first playing second in the other, with home advantage being decided by final league position. The winners of the first against second match progressed straight through to the final; the losers of that match met the winners of the other match to decide the other finalist.


2001 New Zealand National Soccer League
The bonus point system used during the 2000 season was not used for the 2001 and subsequent seasons.