The 2001 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Towson finished sixth in the Patriot League. In their 10th year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers compiled a 3–7 record. The Tigers were outscored 257 to 149. Their 2–5 conference record placed sixth out of eight in the Patriot League standings. Towson played its home games at Minnegan Stadium on the university campus in Towson, Maryland.