Factoid 237 - The 2001 College Football season.

In 2001 there were 117 teams in Division 1, 25 Bowl Games, Eric Crouch (QB) of Nebraska won the Heisman, and Miami won the National Championship outright.

The Hurricanes went 12-0 in 2001 and defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the BSC National Championship Game by a score of 37-14. Larry Coker was the head coach. The Offensive coordinator was Rob Chudzinski and they ran a pro style offensive scheme.

Their quarterback was Ken Dorsey who led a very dominant Hurricanes team, their only real challenge being #14th ranked VA Tech, which was the last game of the regular season. The VA Tech Hokies gave it all they had but ended up losing 26-24; this secured Miami’s place in the BSC National Championship game.

National Champions

• Miami 12–0 Larry Coker (A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W) *

2001 Fun Facts (or not so fun facts)

• The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved the merger of America Online and Time Warner to form AOL Time Warner.
• Windows XP was launched by Microsoft.
• Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8.4 billion buyout bid (to that point the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history).

* Selector's Glossary