2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Game 6 paralleled Game 1 for the Avalanche. The Devils tested the Avalanche early with a barrage of shots on goaltender Patrick Roy. After stopping them all, and with two minutes remaining in the first period, Colorado defenceman Adam Foote scored an unassisted goal to give the Avalanche the lead on just their fourth shot. Early in the second period, Avalanche winger Ville Nieminen scored a power-play goal, and late in the second period, Drury scored his 11th goal of the playoffs to give the Avalanche a commanding lead entering the third period. Alex Tanguay scored the only goal of the third period and the Avalanche won to force a deciding Game 7 in Denver. Despite Colorado's high number of penalty minutes, the Devils were unable to put anything past Roy.


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Around eight minutes into Game 7, the Avalanche started the scoring through Alex Tanguay, the period's only goal. Colorado then scored two consecutive goals in the second period: another by Tanguay, his sixth of the playoffs, and a power-play goal scored by Joe Sakic, his 13th of the playoffs. Shortly after Sakic's goal, Petr Sykora and the Devils sprang into life when he scored a power-play goal. It left the Devils with only two goals to overcome, but Roy and the Avalanche would prove too much for the Devils in the third period as Colorado defensively shut the door on New Jersey to win the game and the series.


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup made this the second straight year that the defending champions lost in the Finals, as the Devils themselves defeated the 1999 Cup champion Dallas Stars the year before. This was the first and only Stanley Cup championship for defenceman Ray Bourque who, after being traded from the Boston Bruins to Colorado in 2000, retired from the NHL after the Avalanche's 2001 Cup win.


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Team rosters
Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 2001 Stanley Cup was presented to Avalanche captain Joe Sakic by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Avalanche's 3–1 win over the Devils in game seven


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Avalanche players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving
† Bryan Muir was called up from the minors mid-season. He played eight regular season games (plus ten games for the Tampa Bay Lightning) and three playoff games. Colorado was given permission to include Muir's name on the Stanley Cup because one of his three playoff games was played in the conference finals. ^ Six players also won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 1996: Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Jon Klemm, Stephane Yelle, Patrick Roy and Adam Foote.


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Broadcasting
In Canada, the series was televised on CBC. In the United States, ESPN aired the first two games while ABC broadcast the rest of the series.


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Quotes
On the power play, Sakic fakes it, takes it, SCORES! JOE SAKIC, POWER PLAY GOAL! 3-0 COLORADO!


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Quotes
The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup! Raymond Bourque, a dream has come true!


2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Quotes
Joe Sakic will come out to receive it as captain. The Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche, and after 22 years, RAYMOND BOURQUE!


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 11, 2001, and ended on June 9, 2001, when the Western Conference champion  Colorado Avalanche defeated the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils to win its second Stanley Cup.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs
Defenceman Ray Bourque, who had a 21-year tenure in Boston, won his first Stanley Cup in his final professional year. Joe Sakic, Swedish center Peter Forsberg, defenceman Rob Blake, and goalkeeper Patrick Roy claimed the Stanley Cup for the final time in their careers. Roy was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy, his third, the most by any player. No hat tricks were scored in the 2001 playoffs, and goaltenders combined for a record 19 shutouts. This was the first of ten consecutive seasons the Florida Panthers missed the playoffs, the longest playoff drought in NHL history.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Carolina Hurricanes
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Carolina Hurricanes
In their next four playoff appearances the Hurricanes did not lose a series in the first two rounds of the playoffs again until 2020.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Ottawa Senators vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Their only previous series was in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Toronto won in six games. Ottawa won all five games during this year's regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the second consecutive postseason meeting and the seventh playoff match-up between these two rivals; with Pittsburgh winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in five games. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and seventh postseason match-up between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Quarterfinals which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won all four games during this year's regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
In the first period of game one, Dominik Hasek made a save on Mark Recchi's penalty shot opportunity.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1996 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Colorado won in six games. Colorado won three of the five games during this year's regular season series. This was Vancouver's first playoff appearance since 1996.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the previous year's Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Detroit won in a four-game sweep. These teams split this year's three-game regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Dallas Stars vs. (6) Edmonton Oilers
This was the fifth consecutive playoff meeting and seventh overall postseason match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning four of the six previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in five games. Dallas won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) San Jose Sharks
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. San Jose won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in seven games. St. Louis won the four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. New Jersey won last year's Eastern Conference Semifinals in six games. These teams split this year's three-game regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
In game one, Nik Antropov scored the game-winning goal in the second period, while Curtis Joseph saved all 32 shots by the Devils. In game two, the Leafs led by one goal going into the second period. The Devils scored four consecutive goals against Joseph, one each by Gomez, Rafalski, Mogilny and Madden. The Maple Leafs' Sundin scored a short-handed goal 29 seconds into the third period, and the Devils' Mogilny scored a power-play goal 38 seconds after that.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
The Leafs' Thomas and Sundin combined to score three goals, and the game required overtime, during which the Devils' Randy McKay scored the game-winning goal. In game three, Rafalski scored the game-winning goal off a deflection in overtime. The Devils recorded 17 more shots than Toronto. In game four, Toronto's Corson scored in the first period, and Berezin and Mats Sundin scored in the second. The Devils' Elias scored a power-play goal in the second period. Maple Leafs' forward Tie Domi checked Devils defenceman Scott Niedermayer, who left the ice rink on a stretcher.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs
In game five, Leafs' defenceman Cory Cross initiated scoring early in the second period, and Devils' right winger Petr Sykora and center Jason Arnott scored one goal each. In the third period, Toronto's Tomas Kaberle scored a goal. In game six, Brian Rafalski scored the game-winning goal for the Devils. In game seven, the Devils' Patrik Elias scored two goals in the second period.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning the only previous meeting in the 1979 Preliminary Round in three games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
In game one, Penguins centre Mario Lemieux scored the game-winning goal in the first period. Centres Wayne Primeau and Jan Hrdina also scored. Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, who assisted on the Lemieux goal in the first period, injured his leg in the third period and did not play in game two. In game two, the Penguins' Robert Lang, Ference and Kovalev scored goals. Sabres centre Stu Barnes scored. In game three, Sabres defenceman Jason Woolley scored the game-winning goal. His teammates Curtis Brown, Miroslav Satan and James Patrick also scored.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
In game four, Stu Barnes scored two goals, including the game-winning goal. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Curtis Brown also scored. The Penguins' Martin Straka and Janne Laukkanen scored. In game five, Stu Barnes scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Chris Gratton and Curtis Brown also scored goals. The Penguins' Jaromir Jagr and Aleksey Morozov scored. Martin Straka had an unsuccessful penalty shot. In game six, Martin Straka scored the game-winning goal in overtime. His teammates Mario Lemieux and Alexei Kovalev also scored. Buffalo's Maxim Afinogenov and Donald Audette scored for the Sabres. In game seven, Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Pittsburgh's Andrew Ference and Robert Lang also scored. Buffalo's Jean-Pierre Dumont and Steve Heinze scored for the Sabres.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split this year's four-game regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings
In game one, the Avalanche took two minor penalties, one of which led to the game-winning power play goal by Kings defenceman Jaroslav Modry. In game three, Avalanche centre Joe Sakic injured his shoulder and would sit out part of the series. Game six featured 65 shots and one goal, scored by Kings winger Glen Murray in the second overtime.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (3) Dallas Stars vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
This was the twelfth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning six of the eleven previous series. They last met in the 1999 Western Conference Semifinals, which Dallas won in six games. St. Louis won this year's three-game regular season series earning four of six points.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (3) Dallas Stars vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
Dallas was swept for the first time since relocating from Minnesota; the franchise had not been swept since 1984 when the Minnesota North Stars were swept by the Edmonton Oilers. Game two was the last game played in the Reunion Arena.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning three of the four previous series. They last met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Pittsburgh won in seven games. This was New Jersey's second consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games in the previous year's Eastern Conference Final. This was Pittsburgh's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1996, where they lost to the Florida Panthers in seven games. Pittsburgh won this year's five-game regular season series by earning seven of ten points.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Game three was Martin Brodeur's eleventh career postseason shutout, and it was also the first home shutout loss for the Penguins since 1975. In game four, Martin Brodeur recorded his twelfth career playoff shutout.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. This was Colorado's third consecutive and seventh overall appearance in the Conference Finals; they lost to the Dallas Stars in seven games during the previous year's Western Conference Final. St. Louis made their second Conference Finals appearance; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1986 where they lost to the Calgary Flames in seven games. Colorado won this year's four-game regular season series by earning six of eight points.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) St. Louis Blues
In game one, Joe Sakic's penalty shot goal was awarded when Blues goaltender Roman Turek was ruled to have thrown his stick.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado made its second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Florida Panthers in a four-game sweep in 1996. New Jersey made its second consecutive and third overall Finals appearance after defeating the Dallas Stars the year before. It was the first Finals match-up to feature both regular season conference champions since 1989. New Jersey won both games in this year's regular season series.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff statistics, Skaters
Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic led the playoffs in scoring for the second time in his career. Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils finished second in playoff scoring with 23 points. The table lists the top 10 point producers.


2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff statistics, Goaltenders
The following table lists goaltenders with at least 420 minutes.


2001 Star World Championships
The 2001 Star World Championships were held in Medemblik, Netherlands between August 2 and 12, 2001.


2001 Star World Championships, Results
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; RAF – Retired after finishing;


2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic
The 2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States and was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and ran from February 26 through March 4, 2001. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $90,000 first-prize money.


2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Kim Clijsters /  Meghann Shaughnessy by walkover


2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic – Doubles
In the 2001 State Farm Women's Doubles Tennis Classic, Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won the final on a walkover against Kim Clijsters and Meghann Shaughnessy.


2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic – Singles
Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Meghann Shaughnessy.


2001 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top five seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 State of Origin series
The 2001 State of Origin series was the 20th year that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. The series was notable for marking the first time an England-based player was selected for State of Origin: Maroons legend Allan Langer was asked to make his comeback for the third and deciding match of the series and did so, helping Queensland re-claim the shield in Brisbane.


2001 State of Origin series, Game I
Queensland stalwart coach Wayne Bennett made it a personal mission to regain the great loss of credibility suffered from the 2000 series whitewash and 40 point last game defeat and decided he wanted his old Maroon coaching job back after a two-year sojourn.


2001 State of Origin series, Game I
In game I Queensland blooded no less than ten new players and Wayne Bennett gambled on the likes of Brisbane Broncos forward Carl Webb and North Queensland Cowboys John Buttigieg and John Doyle who were relative unknowns. But they each announced their representative arrival in dramatic style with a try each in the first game, won 34-16 by the Maroons in the last match played at the "old" Suncorp Stadium. The most spectacular was Webb's two minutes before half-time when he brushed off three defenders before powering his way across the line.


2001 State of Origin series, Game II
Queensland went into game 2 without captain Gorden Tallis who was out with a neck injury.


2001 State of Origin series, Game II
Played before 70,000 at Telstra Stadium, Blues skipper Brad Fittler scored two tries in what was to be his last match for NSW on home soil and inspired his side to a 26-8 victory. Man of the match was Trent Barrett playing halfback for the first time due to injuries to Brett Kimmorley and Andrew Johns. Debutante Mark O'Meley was particularly impressive, setting up Fittler's first try after 53 minutes with a smashing run that sent defenders skittling.


2001 State of Origin series, Game III
The lead up to Game III was dominated by emotion regarding Brad Fittler's pending retirement from representative football after 29 Origin appearances. But with the series tied at one game apiece Queensland needed some special emotion of their own to avoid a loss.


2001 State of Origin series, Game III
Without inspirational captain Tallis and an established halves pairing, coach Bennett undertook furtive negotiations with Maroon's veteran Allan Langer, then in his second English season and captain of the Warrington Wolves, and the rumours were only confirmed after Langer had boarded a plane (under a false name) for the flight home, bound for his 31st career Origin appearance. At almost 35 years of age, Langer was named in his famous No.7 jersey for the first time since leaving Australia part-way through the 1999 NRL season.


2001 State of Origin series, Game III
Despite NSW centre Ryan Girdler scoring the fastest try in Origin history after 39 seconds, Queensland took a 28-8 lead into the break with Langer heavily involved in three of the Maroons' first half tries.


2001 State of Origin series, Game III
Alongside Darren Lockyer who created his own form of havoc, Langer tore New South Wales to shreds and capped his comeback in the 54th minute when he scored a trademark solo try from close range to sentence the Blues to a series-deciding loss and Fittler to his own bittersweet representative farewell (although he would make a comeback three years later and help his state to a victory in his final year before retirement).


2001 State of Origin series, Game III
Sydney's The Daily Telegraph reacted to the New South Wales team's Origin loss with this headline on the front of its paper on July 2, 2001: "BLOODY ALF".


2001 Stella Artois Championships
The 2001 Stella Artois Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 99th edition of the tournament and was held from 11 June until 17 June 2001. Third-seeded Lleyton Hewitt won his second consecutive singles title at the event.


2001 Stella Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Eric Taino /  David Wheaton 6–3, 6–2


2001 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Woodbridge competed that year with Wayne Ferreira.


2001 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Ferreira and Woodbridge lost in the quarterfinals to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.


2001 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
The Bryans won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Eric Taino and David Wheaton.


2001 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


2001 Stella Artois Championships – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion and won in the final 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) against Tim Henman.


2001 Stella Artois Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Stewiacke Via derailment
The Stewiacke Via train derailment was a derailment that occurred 12 April 2001 in downtown Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada resulting in 24 people being injured. The train was Via Rail's Ocean (train #15) travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec carrying 123 passengers and a crew of nine at the time of the incident. The derailment occurred approximately where the old Stewiacke station once stood and was the result of a 13-year-old boy tampering with a railway switch. At the time of the derailment the train was travelling at 77 kilometres per hour (48 mph). The locomotives, baggage car and first coach remained on the main line. Nine following cars up to number 8205 derailed. The crash resulted in the destruction of the dining car and a farm supply outlet.


2001 Stewiacke Via derailment
The train consisted of:1. F40PH-2 Diesel-electric locomotive number 64052. F40PH-2 Diesel-electric locomotive number 64553. Baggage car number 86194. Coach number 81195. Coach number 81346. Coach number 81307. Coach number 81368. Skyline dome car number 85039. Dining car "Wascana" number 8417 (destroyed)10. Sleeper car Château Rouville number 822511. Sleeper car Château Denonville number 820612. Sleeper car Château Latour number 821213. Sleeper car Château Verchères number 822814. Sleeper car Château Closse number 820515. Sleeper car Burton Manor number 831116. Laurentide Park car number 8709


2001 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
The 24th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 2002 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2001. Freddy Got Fingered received the most nominations with seven. All nominees and winners, with respective percentages of votes for each category, are listed below. Dishonourable mentions are also featured for Worst Picture (29 total).


2001 Strabane District Council election
Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.


2001 Strabane District Council election, Districts results, Derg
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2001 Strabane District Council election, Districts results, Glenelly
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Strabane District Council election, Districts results, Mourne
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist


2001 Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election
The Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, 2001 was a by-election held for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden on 7 June 2001, the same day as the UK general election and also a Scottish Parliament by-election in Banff and Buchan. It was caused by the resignation for health reasons of the constituency's MSP, Sam Galbraith.


2001 Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election
The Labour Party retained the seat with Brian Fitzpatrick winning for them. He faced a strong challenge from Dr. Jean Turner who stood as an "independent" candidate trying to save the local Stobhill Hospital. Turner would later stand against Fitzpatrick at the 2003 election for the Scottish Parliament and defeat him.


2001 Stuttgart Masters
The 2001 Stuttgart Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event known that year as the Tennis Masters Series–Stuttgart or Stuttgart Masters, and was part of the Tennis Masters Series events of the 2001 ATP Tour. It took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, from 15 to 22 October 2001. Tommy Haas won the singles title.


2001 Stuttgart Masters, Finals, Doubles
Max Mirnyi /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Ellis Ferreira /  Jeff Tarango, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4)


2001 Stuttgart Masters – Doubles
Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jeff Tarango.


2001 Stuttgart Masters – Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Sandon Stolle won in the final 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–4) against Ferreira and Tarango.


2001 Stuttgart Masters – Singles
Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Lleyton Hewitt.


2001 Stuttgart Masters – Singles
Tommy Haas won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 against Max Mirnyi.


2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles
Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti.


2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles
Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler won in the final 4–6, 7–6 (7–1), 6–4 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango.


2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


2001 Stuttgart Open – Singles
Franco Squillari was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Guillermo Cañas.


2001 Stuttgart Open – Singles
Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 against Cañas.


2001 Stuttgart Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Sudirman Cup
The 2001 Sudirman Cup was the 7th tournament of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships of Sudirman Cup. It was held from May 28 to June 2, 2001 in Seville, Spain.


2001 Sudirman Cup, Teams
53 teams around the world took part in this tournament. Cyprus, Jordan, Mauritius and Nigeria withdrew from the competition.


2001 Sudirman Cup, Notes
Gibraltar competed as the neutral IBF Team in this competition due to Gibraltar dispute. An appeal by Gibraltar Badminton Association to compete with its own name and flag was rejected by Court of Arbitration for Sport.


2001 Suffolk County Council election
Elections for Suffolk County Council as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections were held on 7 June. 80 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 1997. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2001 Suffolk County Council election
As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Suffolk took place on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election.


2001 Suffolk County Council election, Government Formation
The incumbent Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition continued in government with Labour group leader Chris Mole (Ipswich Town) remaining as council leader until he won a parliamentary by-election in November 2001. He succeeded by Jane Hore (Lowestoft Central), however in May 2003 she was replaced by deputy Bryony Rudkin (Priory Heath).


2001 Sugar Bowl
The 2001 Sugar Bowl was a 2000–01 BCS game played on January 2, 2001. This 67th edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the Florida Gators, and the Miami Hurricanes, in an in-state rivalry game. Miami came into the game ranked 3rd in the BCS, 2nd in both the Coaches and AP Poll, at 10–1, whereas Florida came into the game ranked 7th in the BCS at 10–2.


2001 Sugar Bowl
Florida started the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Florida quarterback Rex Grossman to tight end Kirk Wells. Miami responded with a 44-yard Todd Sievers field goal to trim the lead to 7–3. Later in the quarter, quarterback Ken Dorsey fired an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeremy Shockey, and Miami took a 10–7 lead after 1 quarter.


2001 Sugar Bowl
Todd Sievers kicked a 29-yard field goal in the second quarter to extend the lead to 13–7. Florida kicker Jeff Chandler kicked a 51-yard field goal before halftime to get the Gators to 13–10. In the third quarter, running back Earnest Graham rushed 36 yards for the go-ahead touchdown, and Florida took a 17–13 lead.


2001 Sugar Bowl
Ken Dorsey later fired a 19-yard touchdown pass to running back D.J. Williams, and Miami reclaimed the lead, 20–17. A Ken Dorsey touchdown later in the quarter increased the lead to 27–17. Florida got within 27–20 following a Jeff Chandler field goal, but Miami scored the game's final 10 points to close the scoring.


2001 Sugar Bowl
The game featured a rare penalty incurred by a mascot. Sebastian the Ibis received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for excessive celebration when he celebrated a Miami touchdown with Najeh Davenport.


2001 Sugar Bowl
Many believe the Hurricanes were worthy of a national title shot against Oklahoma. After all, the Canes did defeat the Noles earlier in the season and the debate was a serious discussion. Ultimately, Miami would have their day going on to win the title the following season. They had a shot at a repeat in the 2002-03 season, but lost in a classic double overtime thriller against Ohio State.


2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The 2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 11th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.


2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 116 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.


2001 Sultan of Selangor Cup
The 2001 Sultan of Selangor Cup (The Regent of Selangor's Cup) was played on 4 August 2001, at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor.


2001 Sultan of Selangor Cup, Veterans
A match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.


2001 Summer Deaflympics
The 2001 Summer Deaflympics (Italian: Olimpiadi estive 2001 per non udenti), officially known as the 19th Summer Deaflympics (Italian: 19° Olimpiadi estive per sordi), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 16 to August 1, 2001 in Rome, Italy.


2001 Summer Universiade
The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports. The hosts, China, topped the medal table for the first time, with a total of 103 medals and 54 gold medals (more than twice the number of runners-up the United States).


2001 Summer Universiade
The event was also considered a rehearsal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to the announcement that Beijing would host the 2008 Olympic Games, which was made one month before the Opening Ceremony of the Universiade.


2001 Summer Universiade, Sports
Events in a total of twelve sports were contested at the Universiade.


2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–6 at the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama.


2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Western Kentucky defeated hosts South Alabama  in the championship game, 64–54, to win their third Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.


2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.


2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The Sun Belt added three new teams prior to the 2000–01 season: Middle Tennessee State (Ohio Valley), New Mexico State (Big West), and North Texas (Big West). The conference's total membership increased to twelve.


2001 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The tournament field expanded once again, increasing from nine to eleven teams (NMSU did not compete). With all eleven participating Sun Belt members seeded based on regular season conference records, the five highest-seeded teams were awarded byes into the quarterfinal round while the six lowest-seeded teams entered the bracket in the preliminary first round.


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season
The 2001 Sun Belt Conference football season was the inaugural college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2001 season, seven schools competed in Sun Belt football: Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State and North Texas.


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season
The conference title was won by Middle Tennessee and North Texas.


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season, Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
Start times for non-conference games are local for the Sun Belt team; for conference games, starting times are local for the home team. The following list are the teams in their respective time zones: Arkansas State, Louisiana–Monroe, Louisiana–Lafayette, Middle Tennessee, North Texas are located in the Central Time Zone; New Mexico State is in the Mountain Time Zone and Idaho is in the Pacific Time Zone.


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season, Regular season, Week 4
All games scheduled for Week 4 were postponed or canceled as a result of the September 11 attacks.


2001 Sun Belt Conference football season, Bowl games
In 2001, the Sun Belt Conference placed one team in bowl games through their tie-ins: 5-6 North Texas, who became the first team to play in a bowl game with a losing record. Middle Tennessee was also bowl-eligible but did not receive a bowl invitation.


2001 Sun Bowl
The 2001 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl edition to the Sun Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars, and the Purdue Boilermakers.


2001 Sun Bowl
Washington State's Jason David scored the game's first touchdown on a 45-yard interception return for a 7–0 WSU lead. Washington State quarterback Jason Gesser later threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Mike Bush to increase the Cougar's lead to 14–0. In the second quarter, Purdue running back Montrell Lowe scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 14–7.


2001 Sun Bowl
Kicker Travis Dorsch kicked a 28-yard field goal to pull Purdue to within 14–10. Washington State's Drew Dunning answered with a 47-yard field goal of his own, to move the lead back to 17–10. Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton found wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield for a 3-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 17. Travis Dorsch's 50-yard field goal before halftime gave Purdue a 20–17 halftime lead.


2001 Sun Bowl
In the third quarter, Drew Dunning kicked the tying 34-yard field goal. Jason Gesser's subsequent 1-yard touchdown run gave Washington State a 27–20 lead. Drew Dunning added field goals of 30 and 37 yards to give WSU a 33–20 lead. With 1:53 left, Kyle Orton connected with Taylor Stubblefield with a 51-yard touchdown pass to make the final margin 33–27.


2001 Sunamganj bombing
The 2001 Sunamganj bombing was a bomb attack on 26 September 2001 at a meeting of Bangladesh Awami League in Sullah Upazila, Sunamganj, Bangladesh that resulted in the death of 4 people.


2001 Sunamganj bombing, Background
The caretaker government was in charge and responsible for holding the general elections. The government had deployed 50 military personnel for extra security during the election. A Bangladesh Awami League election rally on 23 September 2001 was bombed in Bagerhat District.


2001 Sunamganj bombing, Attacks
Bangladesh Awami League were campaigning for the 2001 Bangladeshi general election. Bangladesh Awami League is a secular political party. On 26 September 2001, a Bangladesh Awami League rally in Sunamganj District was bombed killing 4 and wounding 10 people. The rally was led by Bangladesh Awami League politician Suranjit Sengupta.


2001 Sunamganj bombing, Trial
The Sunamganj bomb attack remains unsolved as of 2008. The government of Bangladesh believes Mufti Abdul Hannan, the leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, was responsible for the attack. He was executed on 12 April 2017.


2001 Super 12 season
The 2001 Super 12 season was the sixth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 2001, with each team playing all the others once. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams entered the playoff semi finals, with the first placed team playing the fourth and the second placed team playing the third. The winner of each semi final qualified for the final, which was contested by the ACT Brumbies and the Coastal Sharks at Bruce Stadium, Canberra. The ACT Brumbies won 36 – 6 to win their first Super 12 title, and became the first Super Rugby champions from outside New Zealand. This was the first year where a New Zealand team failed to make the playoffs.


2001 Super League Grand Final
The 2001 Super League Grand Final was the Fourth official Grand Final and the conclusive and championship-deciding match of Super League VI. The match was held on Saturday 13 October 2001 at Old Trafford, Manchester, and was contested by Bradford Bulls and Wigan Warriors. Refereed by Stuart Cummings, 60,164 saw Bradford Bulls win 37 - 6.


2001 Super League Grand Final, Background
Tetleys Super League VI was the fourth and final time the top five playoff system would be used and the first season relegation was reintroduced with Huddersfield Giants again finishing bottom and relegated. Bradford Bulls finished top for a third time.


2001 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Bradford Bulls
Bradford finished first in the table so they automatically qualified for the play-off semi-finals where they had a home time against Wigan at Odsal Stadium. Bradford won 24–18 to qualify for the Grand Final.


2001 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Wigan Warriors
The play-off system in use only gave the league leaders a bye to the semi-finals. Wigan had finished second so had to play a qualifying play-off first. Drawn at home to Hull F.C. Wigan won a close game 27–24 to go through to the semi-final. This was an away fixture to Bradford where they were beaten 24–18. However this loss did not end their season. The losers of the qualifying semi-final got another chance by playing the winners of the other semi-final in a final eliminator. Therefore Saints' third play-off game was a home tie against St Helens where they won through 44–10.


2001 Superbike World Championship
The 2001 Superbike World Championship was the fourteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 11 March at Valencia and finished on 30 September at Imola after 13 rounds.


2001 Superbike World Championship
Troy Bayliss won the riders' championship and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.


2001 Supercopa de España
The 2001 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 19 August and 22 August 2001. It was contested by Zaragoza, who were Copa del Rey winners in 2000–01, and Real Madrid, who won the 2000–01 La Liga title. Real Madrid won the Supercopa de España 4–1 on aggregate.


2001 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2001 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by 2000–01 Serie A winners Roma and 2000–01 Coppa Italia winners Fiorentina.


2001 Supercoppa Italiana
The match took place on 19 August 2001 in Stadio Olimpico, Rome and resulted in a 3–0 victory for Roma. The goals were scored by Vincent Candela, Vincenzo Montella and Francesco Totti. It was the first time that Roma won this trophy.


2001 Supercupa României
2001 Supercupa României was the 5th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition, Supercupa României. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Naţional on 2 March 2002, and was contested between Divizia A title holders, Steaua and Cupa României champions, Dinamo. The super cup final was held in mid season just before the start of its second half. This final was the most attended Supercup final in Romania with over 50,000 spectators. Steaua won the trophy for the 4th time after a double from Trică, Niculescu's goal for Dinamo being insufficient to change the outcome of the game.


2001 Superettan, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Kalmar FF won the championship.


2001 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 2001 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 23rd edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match took place on the 4 August 2001 at the Estádio do Rio Ave FC in Vila do Conde, and was contested between 2000–01 Primeira Liga winners Boavista, and 2000–01 Taça de Portugal winners Porto.


2001 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP. Porto would defeat Boavista 1–0. A 22nd minute headed goal from central defender Jorge Andrade was sufficient for the Dragões to defeat Os Axadrezados and claim the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira for a 12th time in their history.


2001 Surfers Paradise state by-election
A by-election was held in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Surfers Paradise on 5 May 2001. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting National Party member Rob Borbidge.


2001 Surfers Paradise state by-election, Background
Rob Borbidge first entered parliament as the National member for Surfers Paradise at the 1980 state election. He became leader of his party in 1991 and Premier of Queensland in 1996, following the Mundingburra by-election. Borbidge's government was defeated at the 1998 state election, but Borbidge remained National Party leader, leading his party to landslide defeat at the 2001 state election. Subsequent to that defeat, Borbidge announced his retirement from politics.


2001 Surfers Paradise state by-election, Results
The by-election was a resounding win for Gold Coast City councillor Lex Bell. Also of note was the performance of the Liberal Party, who performed considerably better than their coalition partner, the National Party; even though this had been a National Party seat since 1980. However, voters were outraged at being forced to the polls for the second time in three months, and took out their anger on Borbidge's replacement as National candidate Susie Douglas; the Nationals' primary vote plunged to only eight percent.


2001 Surfers Paradise state by-election, Results
After this election, the Nationals effectively ceded Surfers Paradise to the Liberals, and would never contest the seat again before the merger of the Queensland National and Liberal parties into the Liberal National Party.


2001 Surfers Paradise state by-election, Aftermath
Lex Bell was defeated by Liberal candidate John-Paul Langbroek in a rematch at the 2004 state election.


2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season
The 2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season was Suwon Samsung Bluewings's sixth season in the K-League in Republic of Korea. Suwon Samsung Bluewings is competing in K-League, League Cup, Korean FA Cup, Asian Club Championship and Asian Super Cup.


2001 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 Swansea East by-election
The Swansea East by-election 2001 is a by-election that was held for the Welsh Assembly constituency of Swansea East on Thursday 27 September 2001, following the death of its sitting Assembly Member, Val Feld.


2001 Swansea East by-election
The election was the first by-election to be held for a seat in the Welsh Assembly, taking place two years after the inaugural elections in 1999.


2001 Swedish Football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 2001 season.


2001 Swedish Golf Tour
The 2001 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden.


2001 Swedish Golf Tour
A number of the tournaments also featured on the 1999 Challenge Tour (CHA) and the Nordic Golf League (NGL).


2001 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 14 events played between May and September.


2001 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
The 2001 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.


2001 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
Maria Bodén and Pernilla Sterner both won two events, with Bodén winning the Order of Merit ahead of Sterner on account of three runner-up finishes.


2001 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule
The season consisted of 9 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was held in Finland.


2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship
The 2001 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 6th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total ten racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising two races, making a twenty-round competition in total.


2001 Swedish football Division 2
The following are the statistics of the Swedish football Division 2 in the season of 2001.


2001 Swiss Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Swiss Figure Skating Championships (officially named German: Schweizermeisterschaften Elite Kunstlaufen und Eistanzen and French: Championnats Suisses Elite Patinage Artistique et Danse sur Glace) were held in Genève from January 12 through 13th, 2001. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and Ice dancing.


2001 Swiss referendums
Eleven referendums were held in Switzerland during 2001. The first three were held on 4 March on popular initiatives on joining the European Union, lowering medicine prices and lowering the urban speed limit to 30 km/h in most places. All three were rejected by voters. The next three referendums were held on 10 June on two separate amendments to the federal law on the Swiss army and on a federal resolution on abolishing the requirement for a permit to establish a diocese, all of which were approved.


2001 Swiss referendums
The final five referendums were held on 2 December on federal resolution on expenditure, which was approved, and four popular initiatives, all of which were rejected. The popular initiatives were "for an assured Aged and Bereaved insurance - tax on energy instead of work," "for an authentic security policy and a Switzerland without army," "Solidarity creates security: for a voluntary civilian peace service" and "for a capital gains tax."


2001 Swisscom Challenge
The 2001 Swisscom Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2001 WTA Tour. It took place at the Schluefweg in Zürich, Switzerland, from 15 through 21 October 2001. Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.


2001 Swisscom Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 Swisscom Challenge, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2001 Swisscom Challenge, Finals, Singles
It was the 6th title of the year for Davenport and the 36th title in her singles career.


2001 Swisscom Challenge, Finals, Doubles
It was the 31st title for Davenport and the 26th title for Raymond in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 2nd title for the pair during the season.


2001 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles
Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw as Hingis suffered an ankle injury.


2001 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles
Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond won the title by defeating Sandrine Testud and Roberta Vinci 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 in the final.


2001 Swisscom Challenge – Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but had to withdrew due to an ankle injury.


2001 Swisscom Challenge – Singles
Lindsay Davenport won the title by defeating Jelena Dokic 6–3, 6–1 in the final.


2001 Swisscom Challenge – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. Martina Hingis, the first seed, dropped out of the tournament. Her bye was given to number nine seed Sandrine Testud.


2001 Sybase Open
The 2001 Sybase Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Compaq Center at San Jose in San Jose, California in the United States that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 112th edition of the tournament and was held from February 26 through March 4, 2001. Eighth-seeded Greg Rusedski won the singles title.


2001 Sybase Open, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Brian MacPhie defeated  Jan-Michael Gambill /  Jonathan Stark 6–3, 7–6(7–4)


2001 Sybase Open – Doubles
Jan-Michael Gambill and Scott Humphries were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Gambill with Jonathan Stark and Humphries with Justin Gimelstob.


2001 Sybase Open – Doubles
Gimelstob and Humphries lost in the quarterfinals to Simon Aspelin and Johan Landsberg.


2001 Sybase Open – Doubles
Gambill and Stark lost in the final 6–3, 7–6 (7–4) against Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie.


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


2001 Sybase Open – Singles
Mark Philippoussis was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Juan Balcells.


2001 Sybase Open – Singles
Greg Rusedski won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Andre Agassi.


2001 Sybase Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, was the 57th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2001 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 2001), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.


2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 2001 Race was also part of Leg 3 of the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race which started in Sydney and finished in Auckland.


2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 2001 fleet comprised 75 starters of which 57 completed the race and 18 yachts retired.


2001 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 2001 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented  Syracuse University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Orange were coached by Paul Pasqualoni and played their home games in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.


2001 São Paulo FC season
The 2001 season was São Paulo's 72nd season since club's existence. São Paulo won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo for the first time beating Botafogo in an aggregated score by 6-2 (4-1 Away; 2-1 Home). In Campeonato Paulista the club finished in 8th place. Tricolor reach the Quarter-finals at the Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil losing to Atlético Paranaense in the league and to Grêmio at the cup. São Paulo was eliminated at the group stage in the Copa Mercosur and became a runners-up at the Copa dos Campeões after was defeated by Flamengo.


2001 São Paulo FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 São Toméan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in São Tomé and Príncipe on 29 July 2001. They were the nation's third presidential elections since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1990. Incumbent Miguel Trovoada was constitutionally barred from participating in the election having served the maximum of two five year terms. The two top contenders for the position were Fradique de Menezes, a wealthy businessman, and Manuel Pinto da Costa, former President and founder of the former single-party, the MLSTP/PSD. The elections, deemed free and fair by international observers, were won in the first round by Menezes. He was sworn in as the third president of São Tomé and Príncipe on 3 September 2001. Voter turnout was 70.7%.


2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 28–March 3 at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the final tournament before the TAAC changed its name to its current moniker, the Atlantic Sun.


2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Georgia State defeated Troy State in the championship game, 79–55, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.


2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Panthers, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.


2001 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With no teams joining or leaving the conference, the field remained set at ten. All teams were eligible for the tournament, seeded based on their conference records.


2001 TAC Cup season
The 2001 TAC Cup season was the 10th season of the TAC Cup competition. Calder Cannons have won there 1st premiership title after defeating the Bendigo Pioneers in the grand final by a 37 points.


2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. TCU finished with a 6–6 (4–3 C-USA) record. The team was coached by Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth.


2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team
A game with Marshall was originally scheduled for September 15, but was canceled in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks earlier that week


2001 Taiwanese legislative election
The 2001 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 1 December 2001. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportional representation based of the nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the Taiwanese aboriginal populations. Members served three year terms from February 1, 2002 to February 1, 2005.


2001 Taiwanese legislative election, Background
The first national election to be held after Chen Shui-bian's victory in the 2000 presidential election, the election resulted for the first time in the Kuomintang (KMT) losing its majority and President Chen's Democratic Progressive Party to emerging as the largest party in the legislature. However, the Pan-Blue Coalition developed between the Kuomintang, the People First Party and the New Party, enabled the Chinese reunificationist and conservative opposition to muster a slim majority over the pro-Taiwan independence Pan-Green Coalition formed between the Democratic Progressive Party and the Taiwan Solidarity Union. This resulted in much of President Chen's agenda being derailed or deadlocked for the following three years.


2001 Taiwanese legislative election, Results
The KMT lost its majority for the first time, losing 46 seats and falling to 68 seats. The largest party had become the DPP with 87 seats, followed by the KMT, and the PFP with 46 seats. Various parties and independents held the remainder. The New Party which lost all of its seat except the one seat on Quemoy while the newly formed Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) captured 13 seats, with independents holding on to 10 seats. Overall the pan-blue opposition got 115 seats, while the government pan-green got 100 seats. The pan-blue remained majority.


2001 Taiwanese legislative election, Results
Part of the KMT's loss could be attributed to defections to both the People First Party and Taiwan Solidarity Union. The People First Party formed by James Soong and his supporters after the 2000 presidential elections. Soong had been expelled from the KMT after launching an independent bid for the presidency and narrowly lost the race to Chen Shui-bian. The Taiwan Solidarity Union was formed by supporters of former President and KMT Chairman Lee Teng-hui, who took the title of "spiritual leader" in the party. For this, Lee was also expelled from the KMT.


2001 Taiwanese legislative election, Results
Though the both offshoots of the Kuomintang, the People First Party advocated a more conservative position than the KMT while the Taiwan Solidarity Union took on a radical pro-independence stance. After Lee's expulsion, the KMT and PFP had a warming of relations and cooperated in the election. The more moderate pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party cooperated with the Taiwan Solidarity Union likewise, leading to the formation of the pan-blue and pan-green coalitions.


2001 Taiwanese legislative election, Results
The KMT's loss in the election could also be attributed partly to the single non-transferable vote scheme in place. Though the DPP won 40% of the seats they only polled 36% of the vote because of the inability of the KMT, PFP, and New Party to coordinate their electoral strategies. This led to more stringent vote allocation strategies by pan-blue in 2004, which helped prevent pan-green from gaining a majority.


2001 Tajik League
Tajik League is the top division of the Tajikistan Football Federation, it was created in 1992. These are the statistics of the Tajik League in the 2001 season.


2001 Talladega 500
The 2001 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on April 22, 2001, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. A prize purse with a grand total of $3,233,740 was used ($4,669,202.11 when adjusted for inflation); with $173,855 being used as the winner's portion of the earnings ($251,029.5 when adjusted for inflation).


2001 Talladega 500, Race report
Kenny Wallace, Kyle Petty, Rick Mast, Hut Stricklin and Andy Hillenburg would fail to qualify for this race.


2001 Talladega 500, Race report
Stacy Compton would be credited with a last-place finish due to engine failure on lap 116 of the 188-lap race. All 43 of the drivers that appeared on the grid were American-born. Bobby Hamilton would defeat Tony Stewart (who drove the No. 20 Pontiac for Joe Gibbs Racing at that time) by 2/10ths of a second after racing a completely caution-free race for almost three hours. The last-place finisher, Compton, qualified for the pole position with a speed of 184.661 miles per hour (297.183 km/h). Other notable drivers in this race included: Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte, Joe Nemechek, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton.


2001 Talladega 500, Race report
Sterling Marlin had the best car in the race but finished in 23rd place; leading 51 laps and overtaking competitors like Michael Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Burton, and Stacy Compton. While Marlin was the class of the field it appeared, he made all the wrong moves late in the race and got shuffled way back. Marlin should have adapted to the changing ways of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series as opposed to using the same old racing strategies that brought him success back in 1995.


2001 Talladega 500, Race report
This was the only time Andy Houston led a cup race. Mike Skinner, finished 29th crossed the finish line less than 4 seconds behind winner Bobby Hamilton.


2001 Talladega 500, Race report
It was amazing that a pack of 30 cars could run 4 sometimes 5 wide and not make a mistake. All 43 drivers who were involved in the event competed with the greatest level on competency. This is one of a just a few races that could have entertained audience members even if it had gone on for an extra 100 miles.


2001 Talladega 500, Race report
Despite the lack of a big crash in the crucial moments of the race, there were still some exciting parts in the race for NASCAR fans in the form of lead changes and drivers leading multiple laps. The last event to end without any caution periods was in 1999. It would be Hamilton's last win. He died 6 years later from head and neck cancer.


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
The twelfth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 10 May 2001. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led front won the elections and its general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister, even though she could not legally run as MLA in this election. She was unanimously nominated as Chief Minister by her party and was ready to serve her second term.


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
But due to criminal and corruption charges from her first term, on 21 September 2001, a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India ruled in a unanimous verdict that "a person who is convicted for a criminal offense and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years cannot be appointed the Chief Minister of a State under Article 164 (1) read with (4) and cannot continue to function as such".


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Thereby, the bench decided that "in the appointment of Dr. J. Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister there has been a clear infringement of a Constitutional provision and that a writ of quo warranto must issue". In effect, her appointment as Chief Minister was declared null and invalid with retrospective effect. Therefore, technically, she was not the Chief Minister in the period between 14 May 2001 and 21 September 2001. After her resignation on 21 September 2001, she put in O. Panneerselvam, as the official 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, until she could clear up the charges from her first term, so she can take up the mantle of Chief Minister officially, on 2 March 2002.


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Background and Coalition
The incumbent party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, finished its full 5 terms, for the first time since winning the 1967 state assembly election. According to various sources and exit polls, the incumbent party was supposed to retain power, due to the popularity of its leader M. Karunanidhi.


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Background and Coalition
Due to the anti-incumbency factor, problems of development cited by the people in many areas of Tamil Nadu, and a broad coalition formed by AIADMK, including Tamil Maanila Congress, who left the alliance of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), because they joined BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress and the left parties, the AIADMK led front, with its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa, won by a landslide, sweeping across the state.


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Background and Coalition
The coalition at the AIADMK led-center would prove to be short-lived, since in less than a year, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and its leader Dr. Ramdoss, left the coalition, citing authoritarian type rule by J. Jayalalithaa. Also the Tamil Maanila Congress, who proved to be an important ally for the victory of AIADMK, would later merge with Indian National Congress, who would later support DMK led front in future elections. The left parties would also end up joining the DMK led front, leaving the AIADMK coalition after this election.


2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Results, Results by Pre-Poll Alliance
Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of India and Rediff Newspaper


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The 2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The season began with the team trying to improve on a 10–6 season. Quarterback Shaun King was benched, and Brad Johnson was brought in from free agency. Johnson broke Tampa Bay team records for passing yards (3,406), completions (340), and attempts (540). However, the team stumbled out of the gate, and started the season with a 3–4 record. The team rallied in the second half of the season, however, improving to finish 9–7 and clinched a playoff spot.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
In the Wild Card playoffs, however, Tampa Bay was routed by Philadelphia for the second year in a row. Two days later, head coach Tony Dungy was fired by the management.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Preseason (1–3)
The Ryan Leaf experiment ended about as fast as it started. Tampa Bay signed the troubled quarterback during the offseason. The Buccaneers were intrigued by his physical talent and planned to develop his abilities more slowly by having him watch and learn. However, Leaf's wrist still had not healed, and he refused to have surgery despite doctors' strong recommendations. After mediocre performances in the Buccaneers' four preseason games, the club asked Leaf to accept a lower salary. He refused, and the club released him just five days before the start of the 2001 season.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys (won 10–6)
Brad Johnson started his first game for the Buccaneers, and led them to a 10–6 victory. Despite holding a poor Cowboys club to only 127 yards, a fourth-quarter touchdown run by Johnson was needed to seal the victory. It was the Bucs' first ever victory in Dallas.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles
Initially the game was a highly anticipated rematch from last season's wild card round. However, after 9/11, all week 2 games were postponed and eventually rescheduled to become week 18.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: Bye
The NFL resumed play in week 3, but Tampa Bay was scheduled for their bye week.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Minnesota Vikings (lost 16–20)
After 21 days, the Buccaneers finally played their second game of the season. Three Martin Gramatica field goals and a Warrick Dunn touchdown run gave the Buccaneers a 16–13 lead in the fourth quarter. However, Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper capped off a 96-yard drive with an 8-yard touchdown run with 1:03 remaining, and Minnesota took the victory 20–16.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: Green Bay Packers (won 14–10)
Tampa Bay finally played their first home game, five weeks into the season. Shelton Quarles intercepted Brett Favre and returned the ball 98 yards for a touchdown, the longest such in franchise history. The Buccaneers intercepted Favre a total of three times, and Mike Alstott clinched the victory with a 39-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Tennessee Titans (lost 28–31, OT)
Brad Johnson passed for 287 yards and three touchdown passes (including two in the final 6 minutes) and forced overtime. However, the Titans kicked a field goal and won the game on their first possession of overtime.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: Pittsburgh Steelers (lost 10–17)
The Steelers sacked Brad Johnson ten times, and Jerome Bettis rushed for 143 yards, as the Buccaneers fell to 2–3 on the season. After trailing 17–3, Tampa Bay finally got into the endzone with 28 seconds to go, but the result was not as close as the score indicated.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: Minnesota Vikings (won 41–14)
After slumping for several weeks, the Buccaneers rolled over their division rivals, the Minnesota Vikings. Mike Alstott rushed for 129 yards, and three touchdowns, while Brad Johnson threw two touchdown passes and no interceptions.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Green Bay Packers (lost 20–21)
Tampa Bay looked to break a winless streak against Green Bay at Lambeau Field that dated back to 1989. Brad Johnson connected on two touchdown passes, and Martin Gramatica scored two field goals for a 20–14 lead late in the fourth quarter. The Buccaneer defense also performed, intercepting Brett Favre twice. With 3:03 to go, however, Allen Rossum scored a game-winning 55-yard punt return touchdown to foil the Buccaneers' chances at victory.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Detroit Lions (won 20–17)
Tampa Bay traveled to the Silverdome for the final time to take on a pitiful 0–9 Lions team. With 4 seconds to go, Martin Gramatica scored a 35-yard field goal to pull out the victory, and avoid the upset. Tampa Bay improved to 4–4.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: Chicago Bears (lost 24–27)
Tampa Bay trailed 24–16 entering the fourth quarter, but Brad Johnson rallied the Buccaneers to a 3-point deficit. As time expired, Martin Gramatica attempted a 48-yard game-tying field goal to force overtime. The ball hit the upright and fell no good, and Chicago held on for a 27–24 win.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: St. Louis Rams (won 24–17)
Tampa Bay traveled to St. Louis on Monday night. It was the second rematch of the 1999 NFC Championship, and the latest installment of an increasingly popular rivalry between the Buccaneers and Rams. The game went back and forth, and was tied 17–17 after three quarters. Warrick Dunn scored a 21-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, which proved to be the winning margin.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cincinnati Bengals (won 16–13, OT)
Following the short week, Tampa Bay traveled to Cincinnati to take on the less-than-mediocre Cincinnati Bengals. Despite the poor opposition, Tampa Bay's only touchdown came from a blocked punt. Martin Gramatica scored two field goals, and the Buccaneers held a 13–6 lead, With 8 seconds left in regulation, Jon Kitna connected with Corey Dillon for a game-tying 6-yard touchdown pass, and forced overtime.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cincinnati Bengals (won 16–13, OT)
In the overtime period, Tampa Bay won the toss and received. They drove to the Cincinnati 35-yard line, where they punted. Punter Mark Royals pinned the Bengals at their own 4-yard line. On the first play of the Bengals drive, Dillon fumbled the ball, and it was recovered by John Lynch at the 3-yard line. Without hesitation, Gramatica came on to the field, and kicked a chip-shot 21-yard field goal to win the game.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: Detroit Lions (won 15–12)
The Lions came into the game 0–11 and were led by rookie quarterback Mike McMahon. The Lions never managed to reach the endzone, however, Tampa Bay's offense struggled all day and found themselves trailing 12–7. With just over a minute to go, the Buccaneers faced 4th & 8 at the Detroit 28-yard line. Brad Johnson completed a 15-yard pass to Keyshawn Johnson to keep the drive alive. With 45 seconds to go, the Johnson and Johnson duo connected again, this time for a game-winning touchdown pass.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Chicago Bears (lost 3–27)
Tampa Bay gave up 27 unanswered points, and was swept by the Bears. It was the Buccaneers final game against an NFC Central team.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: New Orleans Saints (won 48–21)
After hitting their low point the previous week, Tampa Bay rebounded during Christmas week with a record-setting performance against the visiting Saints. Aaron Stecker took back the opening kickoff a then-franchise record 86 yards, but failed to make the endzone, continuing the Buccaneers' then-streak of never having a kickoff returned for a touchdown. Though he was tackled, the long return was not for naught, as two plays later, Brad Johnson connected with Karl Williams for a 14-yard touchdown, and a lead the Buccaneers never surrendered.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: New Orleans Saints (won 48–21)
In the first half, Williams, Mike Alstott and Warrick Dunn each scored touchdowns, while Martin Gramatica added three field goals. The Buccaneers took a 30–0 lead into halftime. The scoring continued into the second half, and the Saints finally got onto the board. With 2 minutes remaining in the game, Ronde Barber intercepted Aaron Brooks pass, and returned it 36 yards for a "icing-on-the-cake" touchdown. Adding a little insult to injury, back-up quarterback Shaun King attempted a two-point conversion, and with its success, the Buccaneers tied the franchise record for most points in a game at 48.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: New Orleans Saints (won 48–21)
The win improved Tampa Bay's record to 8–6, and put them in control of a wild card spot. One win in the final two games (coupled with an Atlanta loss) would send the Buccaneers to the playoffs.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 17: Baltimore Ravens (won 22–10)
Though it was part of the Monday Night Football schedule, the game was held on a Saturday night due to New Year's Eve. The Tampa Bay defense intercepted Elvis Grbac twice, and held the Ravens to under 100 yards rushing. The victory game Tampa Bay their third consecutive win against a defending Super Bowl champion: (Broncos- XXXIII, Rams- XXXIV, Ravens- XXXV)


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 18: Philadelphia Eagles (lost 13–17)
Originally this game was to be played back in week 2 and was thought to be a highly anticipated rematch from last season's wild card round. But due to 9/11, it was rescheduled for week 18. With possible playoff implications on the line, the game was moved to Sunday Night Football. Going into the game though, both teams found themselves locked into their respective playoff seeds. Regardless of the outcome of this game, Tampa Bay would be the #6 seed in the NFC, and Philadelphia would be the #3 seed, and they would meet six days later at Veterans Stadium. Therefore, both teams rested many of their starters, and the game was considered largely inconsequential and lost a lot of its luster.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 18: Philadelphia Eagles (lost 13–17)
With several players inactive, such as Keyshawn Johnson, Warrick Dunn, Martin Gramatica, and with quarterback Brad Johnson playing only in the first drive, the offense sputtered. Tampa Bay held a 13–3 lead deep into the fourth quarter. With 2:19 to go, Eagles back-up quarterback A. J. Feeley connected with Dameane Douglas for their first touchdown, and narrowed the lead to 13–10. On the ensuing kickoff, Karl "The Truth" Williams fumbled the return at the Tampa Bay 24-yard line, and it was recovered by Philadelphia. Two plays later, Feeley and Douglas took the lead with their second touchdown. Philadelphia managed to score 14 points in 25 seconds, and held on to win the unusual, rather lackadaisical game.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card: at Philadelphia Eagles (lost 9–31)
Eagles QB Donovan McNabb threw for 194 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also rushing for 54 yards, as Philadelphia dominated Tampa Bay from start to finish. Bucs quarterback Brad Johnson was intercepted four times, twice by Damon Moore. It was the second consecutive season in which Philadelphia eliminated Tampa Bay from the playoffs during the wild card round, and two days later, Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy was fired.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card: at Philadelphia Eagles (lost 9–31)
On the Eagles first drive of the game, Buccaneers safety Dexter Jackson intercepted a pass from McNabb and returned it 9 yards to the Eagles 36-yard line, setting up a 36-yard field goal from Martin Gramatica. But McNabb made up for his mistake with a 39-yard run on third down and 5 on Philadelphia's ensuing possession, setting up a field goal for David Akers that tied the game, 3–3.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card: at Philadelphia Eagles (lost 9–31)
In the second period, McNabb completed 4 of 4 passes for 70 yards on a 73-yard drive, including a 41-yard completion to Todd Pinkston, that ended with a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chad Lewis. Tampa responded with a 10-play, 65-yard drive, but once again could not dent the end zone and had to settle for another Gramatica field goal, cutting their deficit to 10–6. Later in the quarter, Eagles punter Sean Landeta pinned the Buccaneers back at their own 5-yard line and Tampa Bay could not get a first down with their next drive.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card: at Philadelphia Eagles (lost 9–31)
After receiving Mark Royals' short 28-yard punt at the Buccaneers 31-yard line, McNabb threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Duce Staley with 35 seconds left in the half. But Tampa bay managed to respond with Gramatica's third field goal before halftime, set up by a 46-yard reception from Keyshawn Johnson, cutting their deficit to 17–9.


2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card: at Philadelphia Eagles (lost 9–31)
But Tampa Bay was completely dominated in the second half. Moore recorded his first interception from Brad Johnson at the Eagles 38-yard line on the Buccaneers opening drive of the third quarter. Later on, the Eagles drove 60 yards in six plays and scored on a 25-yard touchdown run from rookie Correll Buckhalter. Johnson tried to rally his team back with a pair of drives deep into Eagles territory, but both of them were ended with interceptions. First, defensive back Troy Vincent picked off a pass from Johnson in the end zone with 4:09 left in the third quarter. Then late in the fourth quarter, safety Brian Dawkins intercepted Johnson on Philadelphia's 3-yard line. Following a punt, Moore put the game away by recording his second interception and returning it 59 yards for a touchdown.


2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season
The 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their fourth since the franchise was created. This season, they finished last in the AL East division, finished the season with a record of 62–100. Their managers were Larry Rothschild and Hal McRae, the latter of whom replaced Rothschild shortly after the season began.


2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season, Citrus Series
The annual interleague games between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were played in June and July. They are known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the series 4-2.


2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny season
The 2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny season was the club's seventh year of existence, as well as their sixth season in Major League Soccer, and their sixth consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer. It was also the Mutiny's last season, and the last season of pro soccer in Tampa Bay until 2010, when FC Tampa Bay joined the USSF Division 2 Professional League.


2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny season
In addition to several international friendlies, the Mutiny and other MLS clubs participated in three matches of an 18-game Spring Training tournament in South Florida. Tampa Bay began the 2001 regular season by winning two of their first three games before entering the worst slump in franchise history. After a two-month winless streak, head coach Alfonso Mondelo was fired and former Tampa Bay Rowdies player Perry Van der Beck took over for the team's last 11 games. On September 9 the Mutiny played their last ever match, a 2–1 home loss to the Columbus Crew; The Mutiny still had several games scheduled, but the MLS regular season was cut short after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the Mutiny did not qualify for the playoffs.


2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny season
Despite renewing their lease with Raymond James Stadium for at least five more years, Don Garber and the MLS were unable to find new ownership for the Mutiny and the team was contracted in January 2002.


2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny season, U.S. Open Cup
The Mutiny entered the 2001 U.S. Open Cup in the Second Round. In their first game, the Mutiny lost to the Connecticut Wolves of the second division A-League.


2001 Tamworth state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Tamworth on 8 December 2001 because Tony Windsor (Independent) resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of New England at the 2001 election.


2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season
The 2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season was the final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season, Occurrences
Purefoods coach Derrick Pumaren didn't renew his contract with the Hotdogs and has moved over to become the new head coach of Tanduay Rhum Masters, replacing Alfrancis Chua.


2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season, Occurrences
During the off-season, Tanduay tendered an offer sheet to the league's two-time MVP, San Miguel center Danny Ildefonso. The contract stipulated P96 million in 16 years which was met by stiff criticisms from the PBA Commissioner's Office. The Rhum Masters were ordered to rework the deal but instead of coming up with a revised offer sheet, Tanduay simply gave up in their bid to get Ildefonso.


2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season, Occurrences
Purefoods guard Dindo Pumaren, who played eight games with the Hotdogs during the All-Filipino Cup, was acquired by Tanduay upon his desire to play alongside his brother-coach, Purefoods shipped him to the Rhum Masters in favor of a future trade pick.


2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season, Occurrences
Fil-Am Eric Menk was not allowed to play in the first two conferences as he awaits a confirmation from the Department of Justice regarding his status.


2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters season, Occurrences
Tanduay sold its franchise to Airfreight 2100 the following year, giving away their top players first by trading them to other teams.


2001 Tangerine Bowl
The 2001 Visit Florida Tangerine Bowl was the 12th edition to the college football bowl game, succeeding the MicronPC.com bowl. It featured the NC State Wolfpack and the Pittsburgh Panthers. This was the first year since 1982 that the Tangerine Bowl was played; the original version is now known as the Citrus Bowl.


2001 Tangerine Bowl, Game summary
Scoring began in the first quarter with the two teams trading field goals. Early in the second quarter, Pittsburgh wide receiver Antonio Bryant caught a touchdown pass on an 80-yard drive to take the lead 10-3. On their next possession, Bryant caught another touchdown on a 99-yard drive. North Carolina State countered with a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Gregory Golden, but the Panthers then scored another touchdown as time expired to go into halftime with a 24-10 lead.


2001 Tangerine Bowl, Game summary
Coming out of the half, Pittsburgh scored another field goal for the only points of the 3rd quarter to make it 27-10, but the Wolfpack put together two scoring drives for a touchdown and a field goal to make it 27-19 in the 4th. NC State had one last opportunity to tie or take the lead on a late possession, but quarterback Philip Rivers was sacked, lost the football, and Pittsburgh scooped it up for a score, winning 34-19.


2001 Targa Tasmania
The 2001 Targa Tasmania was the tenth running of the Tarmac Rally event and saw the event extended to a six-day format to mark the decade milestone. It was held between 18 April 2001 and 24 April 2001 on 54 competitive closed road stages in the state of Tasmania, Australia.


2001 Target Grand Prix of Chicago
The 2001 Target Grand Prix, known informally as the 2001 Grand Prix of Chicago, was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on July 29, 2001 at Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Illinois, USA. It was the 12th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Kenny Bräck won his third race of the season and of his CART career for Team Rahal ahead of Patrick Carpentier and Gil de Ferran.


2001 Target Grand Prix of Chicago
Bräck's quick pace allowed him to make up ground in the second half of the race and ultimately win the race itself, further distancing himself from second place Hélio Castroneves in the drivers' standings. Carpentier and Forsythe Racing were in the middle of a powerful surge in form, with teammates earning podiums at Cleveland and Toronto and Carpentier taking his first career win just a week earlier at the Michigan 500. de Ferran was also beginning an improvement in form and consistency that would make him a championship contender at the end of the season.


2001 Target Grand Prix of Chicago
The race saw much clean on-track action and multiple lead changes, something that was not common for open-wheel cars on oval tracks. Only three cars retired from the race, and only one was a result of contact with the barriers.


2001 Tashkent Open
The 2001 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on hard courts at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 11 June through 17 June 2001. Sixth-seeded Bianka Lamade won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


2001 Tashkent Open, Finals, Doubles
Petra Mandula /  Patricia Wartusch defeated  Tatiana Perebiynis /  Tatiana Poutchek, 6–1, 6–4


2001 Taça de Portugal Final
The 2001 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2000–01 Taça de Portugal, the 61st season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 10 June 2001 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides Marítimo and Porto. Porto defeated Marítimo 2–0 to claim their eleventh Taça de Portugal.


2001 Taça de Portugal Final
As a result of Porto winning the Taça de Portugal, the Dragões qualified for the 2001 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira where they took on 2000–01 Primeira Liga winners Boavista at the Estádio do Rio Ave FC.


2001 Team Ice Racing World Championship
The 2001 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 23rd edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on ?, 2001, in Berlin, in Germany. Russia won the title.


2001 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey
The 2001 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on March 11, 2001 at Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico in front of a crowd of 116,000 people. It was the first round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season and the inaugural open-wheel race at Monterrey (not to be confused with the Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in California). It was the first time CART had raced in Mexico since 1981. Newman/Haas Racing driver Cristiano da Matta led 32 laps of a timed race en route to his second career victory and his first with the team. Defending series champion Gil de Ferran finished 2nd and Paul Tracy finished 3rd.


2001 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey
Despite leading much the first half of the race and starting on pole, Team Rahal driver Kenny Bräck finished 5th after he first experienced engine difficulties and then brake problems later on. Multiple drivers and teams experienced difficulties with their cars as this was the first full race of the season.


2001 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey
The race distance was shortened from 80 to 78 laps to comply with the two-hour time limit. There were five lead changes and three cautions. The race was considered a huge success for an inaugural event, and it remained on the CART calendar until 2006; its success inspired a second event in Mexico City from 2002 to 2007.


2001 Teen Choice Awards
The 2001 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 12, 2001, at the Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, California. The event had no designated host but David Spade introduced the show with Aaron Carter and Nick Carter, Usher, Eve and Gwen Stefani and Shaggy as performers. Sarah Michelle Gellar received the Extraordinary Achievement Award.


2001 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election
A by-election for the Islamic Consultative Assembly's constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr was held on 8 June 2001, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after he had won in the election held the previous year. The voters in Tehran cast their ballots along with the 2001 Iranian presidential election.


2001 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election, Results
The top nine candidates who ran for the seats, were:


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open
The 2001 Telenordia Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad in Sweden and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 54th edition of the tournament and ran from 9 July until 15 July 2001. Andrea Gaudenzi won the singles title.


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles
Karsten Braasch /  Jens Knippschild defeated  Simon Aspelin /  Andrew Kratzmann 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open – Doubles
Nicklas Kulti and Mikael Tillström were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open – Doubles
Karsten Braasch and Jens Knippschild won in the final 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5) against Simon Aspelin and Andrew Kratzmann.


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open – Singles
Magnus Norman was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Bohdan Ulihrach.


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open – Singles
Andrea Gaudenzi won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Ulihrach.


2001 Telenordia Swedish Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Temple Owls football team
The 2001 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Temple competed as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Bobby Wallace and played their home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit
The 2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race that was held on June 17, 2001 on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan for the final time for CART. It was the seventh race of the 2001 CART season. The race was won for the second consecutive year by Hélio Castroneves for Team Penske. Dario Franchitti finished second, and Roberto Moreno clinched third.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit
There were four cautions, totaling 14 laps during the race. It was Castroneves's second victory of the 2001 season, and the fifth of his CART career. Of the 25 drivers that started, 13 were listed as running at the end of the race; six retired after contact, and six retired with mechanical issues.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, Report
Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) returned to the site of his first victory in CART. After securing pole position he led every lap during the race to win the Detroit Grand Prix. Castroneves scored the maximum of 22 Championship points (20 for first place, 1 for Pole, 1 for leading most laps) which moved him within 5 points of Kenny Bräck (Team Rahal), series leader at that time. Dario Franchitti (Team Green) finished second. It was his first podium finish in 2001. Roberto Moreno (Patrick Racing) completed the podium to finish in third position. Michael Andretti (Team Green/Motorola) and Christian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing) followed in fourth and fifth position respectively.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, Report
The race ended early for Alex Zanardi (Mo Nunn) and Michel Jourdain, Jr. (Bettenhausen Racing) after a collision in lap 3. Zanardi later expressed in an interview during ABC's coverage that he was not very happy with handling of the car and did not see Jourdain coming. Zanardi's teammate Tony Kanaan was withdrawn prior to the race after suffering a concussion during qualifying.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, Report
Max Wilson (Arciero-Blair Racing) and Scott Dixon (PacWest) suffered from gearbox problems which ended their race in lap 36 and 37 respectively . Alex Tagliani (Forsythe) collided with the wall in lap 39. He later reported that his brake did not work which resulted in a heavy impact. His foot got stuck between the pedals of his car.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, Report
Ganassi drivers Minassian and Junqueira also suffered from mechanical damage on their Toyota Lolas after the first round of pit stops, Minassian was fired from Chip Ganassi Racing after race being replaced by Memo Gidley from the stage of Portland. Jimmy Vasser (Patrick Racing) lost control of his car while trying to get heat in the tires during the pace car period in lap 43. Also, Oriol Servià (Sigma Autosport) and Bryan Herta (Forsythe Racing) made contact with the wall which ended their races effectively in laps 56 and 61 respectively.


2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, Report
In the penultimate lap Paul Tracy (Team Green) ran out of fuel after having stopped earlier than any of his competitors which dropped him out of any point scoring position finishing in 14th position.


2001 Tennessee Titans season
The 2001 Tennessee Titans season was the Titans' 42nd season and their 32nd in the National Football League. The team won only seven games, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1998. After going 13-3 in the two prior seasons, defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was hired as the new head coach of the Buffalo Bills. Williams' departure contributed to the dropoff in wins, as the Titans went from second in scoring defense in 2000 to 25th in 2001.


2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Phillip Fulmer. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Vols finished the season 10–2, 7–1 in SEC play and won the Florida Citrus Bowl, 45–17, over Michigan.


2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team, 2002 NFL Draft
The 2002 NFL Draft was held on April 20–21, 2002 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The following UT players were selected: