# University Challenge 2001–02

Series 31 of University Challenge began on 23 July 2001, with the final on 11 March 2002.

## Results

* Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
* Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
* Teams with orange scores have lost, but survived as the first round losers with the highest losing scores.
* A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

### First round

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| University of Hull | 185 | 300 | Somerville College, Oxford | 23 July 2001 |
| London School of Economics | 140 | 180 | University of Bristol | 30 July 2001 |
| University of Edinburgh | 150 | 190 | Christ's College, Cambridge | 6 August 2001 |
| University of Salford | 155 | 130 | University of Leicester | 13 August 2001 |
| Christ Church, Oxford | 235 | 100 | University of Birmingham | 20 August 2001 |
| Wadham College, Oxford | 235 | 120 | Cranfield University | 3 September 2001 |
| University of Nottingham | 125 | 215 | Keele University | 10 September 2001 |
| Imperial College London | 250 | 110 | De Montfort University | 17 September 2001 |
| Magdalen College, Oxford | 140 | 210 | Trinity College, Cambridge | 24 September 2001 |
| Cardiff University | 145 | 200 | University College London | 1 October 2001 |
| Downing College, Cambridge | 220 | 230 | Newcastle University | 8 October 2001 |
| University of St Andrews | 40 | 215 | Churchill College, Cambridge | 15 October 2001 |
| Durham University | 200 | 140 | University of York | 22 October 2001 |
| St Hugh's College, Oxford | 220 | 145 | University of Leeds | 29 October 2001 |
NOTE: Even though both Cardiff and Leeds scored 145 points, Leeds reached their total "in a shorter time, and with fewer wrong answers".

#### Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| Downing College, Cambridge | 205 | 195 | University of Leeds | 5 November 2001 |
| University of Edinburgh | 230 | 150 | University of Hull | 12 November 2001 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| Newcastle University | 265 | 145 | University of Salford | 19 November 2001 |
| University of Edinburgh | 220 | 130 | Wadham College, Oxford | 26 November 2001 |
| St Hugh's College, Oxford | 190 | 140 | Churchill College, Cambridge | 3 December 2001 |
| Christ Church, Oxford | 170 | 285 | Imperial College London | 10 December 2001 |
| Somerville College, Oxford | 290 | 100 | Durham University | 17 December 2001 |
| Downing College, Cambridge | 180 | 155 | University of Bristol | 7 January 2002 |
| Trinity College, Cambridge | 200 | 250 | University College London | 14 January 2002 |
| Christ's College, Cambridge | 285 | 40 | Keele University | 21 January 2002 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| Newcastle University | 115 | 290 | University of Edinburgh | 28 January 2002 |
| St Hugh's College, Oxford | 135 | 270 | Imperial College London | 4 February 2002 |
| Somerville College, Oxford | 270 | 145 | Downing College, Cambridge | 11 February 2002 |
| University College London | 155 | 190 | Christ's College, Cambridge | 18 February 2002 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| University of Edinburgh | 120 | 270 | Imperial College London | 25 February 2002 |
| Somerville College, Oxford | 180 | 170 | Christ's College, Cambridge | 4 March 2002 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| Imperial College London | 185 | 200 | Somerville College, Oxford | 11 March 2002 |
* The trophy and title were awarded to the Somerville team of Luke Pitcher, Dorjana Širola, Tim Austen, and Vicki Wood.
* The trophy was presented by Mary Warnock.