2001 SFA season

The 2001 SFA season was the third regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.

2001 saw the conference setup continue and also the first time in league history that a team with a losing regular season record made the championship and won it.

Teams
The Seminoles, Wolf Pack and Vipers all returned for their third seasons of the SFA. The Mean Machine, Red Raiders and Rhinos continued for their second seasons. The Bucs, Mad Dogs, Rage, Sharks, Thunder and Wolverines are all in their first year of competition. The Rhinos switched from the North to the South prior to the season's start.

The Northern Conference consisted of the Bucs, Mean Machine, Sharks, Thunder, Wolf Pack and Vipers. The Southern Conference consisted of the Mad Dogs, Rage, Red Raiders, Rhinos, Seminoles and Wolverines.

Regular season
The 2001 season of the SFA consisted of ten weeks from February 4, 2000, to April 8, 2000.

Week 1
February 4, 2001

Vipers 38 - Rage 12

Sharks 37 - Rhinos 14

Bucs 40 - Red Raiders 6

Thunder 35 - Seminoles 16

Mad Dogs 32 - Wolf Pack 28

Mean Machine 34 - Wolverines 33

Week 2
February 11, 2001

Bucs 48 - Rage 0

Sharks 47 - Mad Dogs 7

Rhinos 29 - Thunder 26

Seminoles 18 - Vipers 12

Wolf Pack 36 - Wolverines 31

Mean Machine 28 - Red Raiders 19

Week 3
February 18, 2001

Vipers 41 - Rhinos 40

Bucs 36 - Seminoles 18

Mad Dogs 44 - Thunder 26

Sharks 40 - Wolverines 0

Mean Machine 48 - Rage 20

Wolf Pack 52 - Red Raiders 6

Week 4
February 25, 2001

Rhinos 25 - Bucs 20

Wolf Pack 45 - Rage 0

Vipers 32 - Mad Dogs 13

Sharks 31 - Red Raiders 0

Wolverines 36 - Thunder 12

Mean Machine 39 - Seminoles 27

Week 5
March 4, 2001

Sharks 46 - Rage 0

Bucs 20 - Mad Dogs 19

Wolverines 32 - Vipers 26

Wolf Pack 48 - Seminoles 0

Thunder 44 - Red Raiders 21

Mean Machine 37 - Rhinos 36

Week 6
March 11, 2001

Rhinos 12 - Rage 0

Bucs 32 - Thunder 12

Sharks 21 - Wolf Pack 7

Mean Machine 52 - Vipers 7

Seminoles 14 - Wolverines 6

Mad Dogs 25 - Red Raiders 12

Week 7
March 18, 2001

Bucs 32 - Wolf Pack 2

Thunder 32 - Vipers 0

Seminoles 15 - Rage 12

Mad Dogs 20 - Rhinos 12

Mean Machine 15 - Sharks 0

Wolverines 25 - Red Raiders 24

Week 8
March 25, 2001

Bucs 65 - Vipers 14

Sharks 30 - Thunder 7

Wolverines 45 - Rage 0

Seminoles 44 - Mad Dogs 0

Rhinos 21 - Red Raiders 19

Mean Machine 32 - Wolf Pack 25

Week 9
April 1, 2001

Sharks 52 - Vipers 12

Seminoles 26 - Rhinos 8

Rage 27 - Red Raiders 0

Mean Machine 36 - Bucs 28

Wolf Pack 26 - Thunder 19

Wolverines 34 - Mad Dogs 13

Week 10
April 8, 2001

Sharks 31 - Bucs 0

Mad Dogs 37 - Rage 8

Wolf Pack 48 - Vipers 0

Wolverines 40 - Rhinos 30

Mean Machine 27 - Thunder 26

Seminoles 41 - Red Raiders 12

Playoffs
The third year of playoffs for the SFA consisted of the top 4 from each conference making the playoffs.

Conference Semi-Finals
April 22, 2001

Sharks 26 – Bucs 6

Mean Machine 47 – Wolf Pack 39

Mad Dogs 45 – Wolverines 39

Rhinos 29 – Seminoles 19

Conference Championships
April 29, 2001

Sharks 26 – Mean Machine 20

Rhinos 48 – Mad Dogs 33

Epler Cup II
May 6, 2001

Rhinos 28 – Sharks 24