In 2001, the Panthers won their season opener 24 – 13 over the Vikings, but set a ( then ) NFL record by losing 15 consecutive games to finish the season 1 – 15.

The Lions also wore ' 50s-style jerseys during their traditional Thanksgiving Day games from 2001 to 2004 as the NFL encouraged teams to wear throwback jerseys on Thanksgiving Day.

Between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history ( after the Dallas Cowboys ) to win three Super Bowls in four years ( Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX ), and the eighth ( and most recent ) to win consecutive Super Bowls.

After winning the 2000 NFL Executive of the Year Award, General Manager Randy Mueller was fired between the 2001 and 2002 seasons without explanation by Benson.

The Saints failed to make the playoffs in 2001 and 2002, although in the latter year they had the distinction of beating the eventual Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in both of their regular season meetings, only the second team to do so in NFL history.

During this period in their history, standout players included defensive end Michael Strahan, who set the NFL single season record in sacks in 2001, and running back Tiki Barber, who set a team record for rushing yards in a season in 2005.

A jury found in favor of the NFL in 2001, but the verdict was overturned a year later due to alleged juror misconduct.

traded the team's first overall selection in the 2001 NFL Draft to the Atlanta Falcons for the first round selection ( fifth overall ) and third-round selection in the same draft.

Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2001 season.

The Rams ' 1999 – 2001 offense, nicknamed " The Greatest Show on Turf ," is widely considered one of the best in NFL history.

In 2001, quarterback Kurt Warner was awarded his second NFL Most Valuable Player Award after throwing for 4, 830 yards and 36 touchdowns, with 22 interceptions, and earned a league high 101. 4 passer rating.

Running back Marshall Faulk won NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award for the third year in a row in 2001.

On October 3, 2001, the NFL announced its intentions to hold the game on February 3, even though no agreement had been reached with NADA.

With a sports division now established with the arrival of the NFL, Fox acquired over-air broadcast rights to the National Hockey League ( 1994 – 99 ), Major League Baseball ( since 1996 ), and NASCAR auto racing ( since 2001 ).

* Lowell W. Perry ( 1931 – 2001 ), NFL player, coach, and sports commentator

Jim Fassel, a quarterback for the Hawaiians, became a head coach in the NFL and UFL, taking the New York Giants to Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 and the Las Vegas Locomotives to a win in the 2009 UFL Championship Game.

* Garrison Hearst-Former NFL player, pro bowler, comeback player in 1995 and 2001.

* Damarius Bilbo, NFL football player and sports agent graduated from Moss Point High School in 2001

* Derrick Blaylock was drafted into the NFL in 2001 by the Kansas City Chiefs as a running back.

Tullahoma High School Alumni include former NFL QB Steve Matthews, former NFL LB Antonio London, Red Sox draft picks OF Tony Sheffield and 3B Sam Melton, 3rd Overall pick in the 2001 MLB draft Dewon Brazelton, former Giants minor leaguer Gary Phillips, former Mariners minor leaguer Marshall Nisbett, 2006 Dodgers 1st round draft pick Bryan Morris, actress Samantha Burton, star of The Sandlot 2, Don " Fast Hands " Felts, world jacks champion and Lawson Binns Jordan, " The Voice of Tullahoma.

With 1, 021 rushing yards in 2001, Smith became the first player in NFL history with 11 consecutive 1, 000 yard seasons and the first to post eleven 1, 000-yard rushing seasons in a career.

Garcia is one of only nine quarterbacks in NFL history who have achieved two consecutive thirty-touchdown passing seasons ( 2000 and 2001 ) at least one time in their career.

* Jim Ailinger ( at the time of his death in 2001, the oldest surviving NFL alumnus )

* Josh Beckett ( 2001 – 2005 ) — Beckett was drafted by the Marlins in the first round ( 2nd overall ) of the 1999 Amateur Draft.

* Restatement ( Third ) of Torts § 14 ( Tentative Draft No. 1, March 28, 2001 )

Since 2001, the SVG specification has been updated to version 1. 1 ( current Recommendation ) and 1. 2 ( still a Working Draft ).

The team also had a fine choice in the 2001 Draft, with first overall pick Ilya Kovalchuk.

Before the playoffs, the Avalanche acquired star defenseman Rob Blake and center Steven Reinprecht from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller and their first-round 2001 Draft pick.

On March 23, 2010, the Pistons were eliminated from playoff contention with a loss to the Indiana Pacers, assuring their first Draft Lottery appearance and their first 50-loss season since 2001.

Second-year French star Tony Parker, drafted by the Spurs in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft, was now the starting point guard for the Spurs.

The San Jose Sharks traded Jan Caloun, a ninth-round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, and a 2001 conditional pick to Columbus ; in return, the Blue Jackets agreed not to select the Sharks ' unprotected goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.

It also hosted the NBA Draft from 2001 to 2010.

After the season in the 2001 WNBA Draft, the Shock would draft Deanna Nolan with the # 6 pick.

The Fever drafted University of Tennessee star Tamika Catchings in the 2001 WNBA Draft.

With Washington out of playoff contention late in the 2001 – 02 season and with his contract expiring following the season, the Capitals dealt Oates to the Philadelphia Flyers on March 19, 2002, in exchange for goaltender Maxime Ouellet and the Flyers ' first, second and third round selections in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

After beginning his major junior career at the early age of 15 in the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ), Spezza was selected second overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators.

Going into the 2001 NHL Entry Draft having been named the Top CHL Prospect, Spezza was drafted second overall by the Ottawa Senators after Ilya Kovalchuk went to the Atlanta Thrashers.

After a lull in activity in the San Francisco branch of the society in the late 1990s and the cessation of publication of that chapter ’ s monthly newsletter Rough Draft listing of events for the San Francisco Cacophony Society ( 172 issues were produced during the years 1986 to 2001 ), a group of subscribers to the practically defunct society ’ s email discussion list became active under the Cacophony Society aegis following a mock Pigeon Roast put on by a fictitious organization calling itself " Bay Area Rotisserie Friends " in San Francisco ’ s Union Square in 2000 proposed by Drunken Consumptive Panda.

He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft.

Chambers was drafted by the Dolphins 52nd overall in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft.

The best known is probably Vincent Jackson, who attended and played football at Northern Colorado from 2001 to 2004 before being drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2005 NFL Draft.

He was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.

* Draft Programme for Government ( 2001 – 2002 ) ( 25 October 2000 )

* Draft Programme for Government ( 2002 – 2003 ) ( 24 September 2001 )

He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft.

McAllister was drafted by the Saints in the first round ( 23rd overall ) of the 2001 NFL Draft.