2001 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 2001 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 69th season in the National Football League, and the third under head coach Andy Reid. the team made the postseason for the second consecutive time. After defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wildcard round for the second year in a row, and the Chicago Bears in the divisional round, the Eagles advanced to the NFC Championship for the first time in 21 years, but lost 29–24 to the St. Louis Rams. The Rams advanced to the Super Bowl, but were unable to stop the New England Patriots, losing 20–17.

2001 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerJeffrey Lurie
Head coachAndy Reid
Home fieldVeterans Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st NFC East
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Buccaneers) 31–9
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Bears) 33–19
Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) 24–29
Pro BowlersQB Donovan McNabb
OT Tra Thomas
DE Hugh Douglas
LB Jeremiah Trotter
CB Troy Vincent
FS Brian Dawkins
PK David Akers
LS Chad Lewis

This was the first of four consecutive NFC East titles for the Eagles. It was also the first of five Conference Championship game appearances for the Eagles with Donovan McNabb as starting quarterback and Andy Reid as head coach.

Offseason

Draft
Main article: 2001 NFL Draft
2001 Philadelphia Eagles draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 25 Freddie Mitchell  WR UCLA
2 55 Quinton Caver  LB Arkansas
3 63 Derrick Burgess  DE Ole Miss
4 121 Correll Buckhalter  RB Nebraska
5 147 Tony Stewart  TE Penn St
5 155 A.J. Feeley  QB Oregon
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff
2001 Philadelphia Eagles staff
Front office
  • Chairman/Chief Executive Officer – Jeffrey Lurie
  • President – Joe Banner
  • Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Andy Reid
  • Director of Player Personnel – Tom Heckert
  • Director of College Scouting – Marc Ross
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Scott Cohen

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head Athletic Trainer – Rick Burkholder
  • Strength and Conditioning – Mike Wolf
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Tom Kanavy
  • Volunteer Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Chris DiSanto
  • Assistant Trainer – Eric Sugarman

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Roster
Philadelphia Eagles 2001 final roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Reserve lists

Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 9 St. Louis Rams L 17–20 (OT) 0–1 Veterans Stadium Recap
2 September 23 at Seattle Seahawks W 27–3 1–1 Husky Stadium Recap
3 September 30 Dallas Cowboys W 40–18 2–1 Veterans Stadium Recap
4 October 7 Arizona Cardinals L 20–21 2–2 Veterans Stadium Recap
5 Bye
6 October 22 at New York Giants W 10–9 3–2 Giants Stadium Recap
7 October 28 Oakland Raiders L 10–20 3–3 Veterans Stadium Recap
8 November 4 at Arizona Cardinals W 21–7 4–3 Sun Devil Stadium Recap
9 November 11 Minnesota Vikings W 48–17 5–3 Veterans Stadium Recap
10 November 18 at Dallas Cowboys W 36–3 6–3 Texas Stadium Recap
11 November 25 Washington Redskins L 3–13 6–4 Veterans Stadium Recap
12 November 29 at Kansas City Chiefs W 23–10 7–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
13 December 9 San Diego Chargers W 24–14 8–4 Veterans Stadium Recap
14 December 16 at Washington Redskins W 20–6 9–4 FedExField Recap
15 December 22 at San Francisco 49ers L 3–13 9–5 3Com Park Recap
16 December 30 New York Giants W 24–21 10–5 Veterans Stadium Recap
17 January 6 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17–13 11–5 Raymond James Stadium Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Week 6

The Eagles were able to break a nine-game losing streak against the Giants by winning this game. James Thrash caught the winning TD from Donovan McNabb in the fourth quarter.

1 234Total
• Eagles 0 037 10
Giants 3 600 9

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Standings
NFC East
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(3) Philadelphia Eagles 11 5 0 .688 343 208 W2
Washington Redskins 8 8 0 .500 256 303 W2
New York Giants 7 9 0 .438 294 321 L2
Arizona Cardinals 7 9 0 .438 295 343 L1
Dallas Cowboys 5 11 0 .313 246 338 L1

Playoffs
Main article: 2001–02 NFL playoffs
Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap
Wild Card January 12, 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6) W 31–9 1–0 Veterans Stadium Recap
Divisional January 19, 2002 at Chicago Bears (2) W 33–19 2–0 Soldier Field Recap
NFC Championship January 27, 2002 at St. Louis Rams (1) L 24–29 2–1 Trans World Dome Recap

References
  1. "Employee Directory". 2001 Official Media Guide. Philadelphia Eagles. p. 6.
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com
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