| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 2001 |
| President: | Ian Dicker |
| Coach: | Peter Schwab Chris Connolly (Round 17) |
| Captain: | Shane Crawford |
| Home Ground: | Melbourne Cricket Ground York Park |
| Regularseason Comp: | AFL season |
| Regularseason Result: | 13–9 (6th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals series |
| Finals Result: | Preliminary Final (lost to 67–76) |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Joel Smith |
| Leading Goalscorer: | John Barker (47) |
| Highest Attendance: | 52,472 (Round 17 vs.) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 16,595 (Round 18 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 31,617 |
| Prevseason: | 2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2001 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 77th season in the Australian Football League and 100th overall.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm) | 13.7 (85) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 4 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 52,190 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) | 11.15 (81) | 16.11 (107) | Won by 26 points | Optus Oval (A) | 27,597 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Sunday, 15 April (2:10 pm) | 8.11 (59) | 11.16 (82) | Won by 23 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 20,703 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Sunday, 22 April (2:10 pm) | 11.17 (83) | 5.14 (44) | Won by 39 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 30,113 | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) | 19.12 (126) | 24.11 (155) | Won by 29 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 34,400 | 5–0 | ||
| 6 | Sunday, 6 May (2:10 pm) | 16.8 (104) | 12.19 (91) | Won by 13 points | York Park (H) | 17,460 | 6–0 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 12 May (7:00 pm) | 15.9 (99) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 11 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 37,940 | 7–0 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) | 21.12 (138) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 80 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 22,988 | 8–0 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 26 May (7:40 pm) | 18.14 (122) | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 65 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 50,701 | 8–1 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) | 10.13 (73) | 17.14 (116) | Lost by 43 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 28,228 | 8–2 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) | 14.9 (93) | 13.12 (90) | Lost by 3 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 37,526 | 8–3 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) | 15.11 (101) | 14.14 (98) | Won by 3 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 41,295 | 9–3 | ||
| 13 | Friday, 29 June (7:40 pm) | 20.20 (140) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 87 points | The Gabba (A) | 30,573 | 9–4 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) | 10.11 (71) | 20.9 (129) | Won by 58 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 52,189 | 10–4 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) | 11.11 (77) | 14.14 (98) | Lost by 21 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 34,394 | 10–5 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) | 14.5 (89) | 21.18 (144) | Won by 55 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 52,381 | 11–5 | ||
| 17 | Sunday, 29 July (2:10 pm) | 15.6 (96) | 13.15 (93) | Won by 3 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 52,472 | 12–5 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) | 13.12 (90) | 16.10 (106) | Lost by 16 points | Colonial Stadium (H) | 16,595 | 12–6 | ||
| 19 | Saturday, 11 August (7:00 pm) | 10.11 (71) | 24.12 (156) | Won by 85 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 26,632 | 13–6 | ||
| 20 | Sunday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | 12.7 (79) | 17.23 (125) | Lost by 46 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 26,642 | 13–7 | ||
| 21 | Sunday, 26 August (1:40 pm) | 13.13 (91) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 38 points | Football Park (A) | 42,827 | 13–8 | ||
| 22 | Saturday, 1 September (7:00 pm) | 13.9 (87) | 13.11 (89) | Lost by 2 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 24,113 | 13–9 | ||
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| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||
| Elimination final | Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | 19.15 (129) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 55 points | Colonial Stadium (H) | 32,910 | ||
| Semi-final | Saturday, 15 September (7:45 pm) | 10.9 (69) | 10.12 (72) | Won by 3 points | Football Park (A) | 30,613 | ||
| Preliminary final | Saturday, 22 September (2:30 pm) | 11.10 (76) | 9.13 (67) | Lost by 9 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 86,468 | ||