NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game, L 6–13 vs. Montana
Conference
Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network
No. 2
Record
12–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Bobby Johnson (8th season)
Captain
Louis Ivory, Chris Stewart, Will Bouton, Shelvis Smith
Home stadium
Paladin Stadium
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Southern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 2 Furman $^
7
–
1
12
–
3
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^
7
–
1
12
–
2
No. 6 Appalachian State ^
6
–
2
9
–
4
Western Carolina
5
–
3
7
–
4
East Tennessee State
4
–
4
6
–
5
Wofford
3
–
5
4
–
7
The Citadel
2
–
6
3
–
7
Chattanooga
1
–
7
3
–
8
VMI
1
–
7
1
–
10
$ – Conference champion
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll
The 2001 Furman Paladins football team represented the Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Bobby Johnson in his eighth and final year as head coach, the Paladins compiled an overall record of 12–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the SoCon title with Georgia Southern. Furman advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Western Kentucky in the first round, Lehigh in the quarterfinals, and Georgia Southern in the semifinals before losing to Montana in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game.
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