University Challenge

University Challenge results, 2001

These are the results of the series that started on 4 September 2000, ending with the final on 2 April 2001. The show was broadcast on BBC2 on Mondays at 20:00, other than a single match slotted in on Tuesday 26 September.

First round
04/09/2000	Hull	225	205	Edinburgh
11/09/2000	Wycliffe Hall, Oxford	180	215	Sheffield
18/09/2000	Birmingham	115	325	Durham
19/09/2000	Magdalene, Cambridge	85	335	University, Oxford
25/09/2000	University, London	265	150	New, Oxford
26/09/2000	Sheffield Hallam	265	170	Bristol
02/10/2000	Southampton	120	240	Newnham, Cambridge
09/10/2000	Aberdeen	145	210	York
16/10/2000	St John's, Oxford	195	255	Birkbeck, London
23/10/2000	Manchester	240	125	Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
30/10/2000	UMIST	110	315	Balliol, Oxford
06/11/2000	Queens', Cambridge	170	145	Welsh College of Medicine
13/11/2000	Cranfield	80	255	Imperial, London
20/11/2000	Warwick	200	150	Peterhouse, Cambridge
Highest-scoring Losers
27/11/2000	Wycliffe Hall, Oxford	110	220	Bristol
04/12/2000	St John's, Oxford	300	145	Edinburgh
Second Round
11/12/2000	Birkbeck, London	210	220	University, Oxford
18/12/2000	Sheffield Hallam	180	135	Warwick
08/01/2001	Queens', Cambridge	145	170	St John's, Oxford
15/01/2001	Newnham, Cambridge	155	200	Bristol
22/01/2001	York	150	270	Balliol, Oxford
29/01/2001	Hull	250	240	Sheffield
05/02/2001	Durham	140	215	Imperial, London
12/02/2001	University, London	105	250	Manchester
Quarter-finals
19/02/2001	University, Oxford	285	160	Sheffield Hallam
26/02/2001	St John's, Oxford	210	175	Bristol
05/03/2001	Balliol, Oxford	160	210	Hull
12/03/2001	Imperial, London	225	195	Manchester
Semi-finals
19/03/2001	University, Oxford	105	220	St John's, Oxford
26/03/2001	Hull	145	260	Imperial, London
Final
02/04/2001	St John's, Oxford	195	250	Imperial, London

The second institution to win two series in the Paxman era is thus Imperial College, London, consisting of Siegfried Hodgson (studying Computing), John Douglas (Civil Engineering), Gavin Estcourt (Computing), and Alexander Campbell (Science Communication). They received their trophy from the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion.

Winners are given in bold, and the four highest scoring first round losers in italics. An italicised score indicates that the match was decided by a tiebreak.

External links
St John's, Oxford (contestant page)
Imperial victory in TV quiz (Imperial v St John's) (BBC)