2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
OVC champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 9
Record9–2 (6–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoy Wittke (12th season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
2001 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Eastern Illinois $^  6 0   9 1  
No. 18 Eastern Kentucky  5 1   8 2  
No. 23 Tennessee Tech  4 2   7 3  
No. 25 Tennessee State  3 3   8 3  
Murray State  2 4   4 6  
Southeast Missouri State  1 5   4 7  
Tennessee–Martin  0 6   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Bob Spoo, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 9–2, winning the OVC title with a conference mark of 6–1. Eastern Illinois was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa. The Bobcats were ranked ninth in the final Sports Network poll.