2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2001 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big 12 champion Big 12 North co-champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 39–37 vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl, L 16–38 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
2001 record	10–3 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4–3 multiple
MVP	Daniel Graham
Captains	Justin Bannan Andre Gurode Michael Lewis John Minardi
Home stadium	Folsom Field (capacity: 50,942)
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
No. 9 Colorado xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x%		7	–	1					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7					3	–	8
Southern Division
No. 5 Texas xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time and secured its first BCS bowl berth.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	6:00 pm	Fresno State*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Jim Thorpe Classic)	ESPN2	L 22–24	47,762
September 1	1:30 pm	vs. No. 24 Colorado State*		Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ABC	W 41–14	75,022
September 8	1:30 pm	San Jose State*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 51–15	40,338
September 22	1:30 pm	Kansas		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 27–16	47,495
October 6	10:30 am	at No. 12 Kansas State		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 16–6	51,101
October 13	1:30 pm	No. 25 Texas A&M	No. 20	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	PPV	W 31–21	49,521
October 20	1:30 pm	at No. 9 Texas	No. 14	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 7–41	83,156
October 27	6:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 25	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	FSN	W 22–19	41,070
November 3	1:00 pm	Missouri	No. 25	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 38–24	45,942
November 10	6:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 21	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FSN	W 40–27	39,204
November 23	1:30 pm	No. 1 Nebraska	No. 14	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 62–36	53,790
December 1	7:00 pm	vs. No. 3 Texas	No. 9	Texas Stadium Irving, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 39–37	65,675
January 1	2:30 pm	vs. No. 2 Oregon*	No. 3	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	L 16–38	74,118
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Note: Colorado was scheduled to play at Washington State on September 15 but the game was canceled due to the September 11 attacks.

Roster[]

2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Chris Brown So FB 33 Brandon Drumm Jr TE 89 Daniel Graham Sr G 65 Andre Gurode (C) Sr WR 5 Roman Hollowell Sr RB 27 Cortlen Johnson Sr C 78 Wayne Lucier Jr WR 2 John Minardi (C) Sr QB 1 Craig Ochs So QB 4 Bobby Pesavento Sr RB 42 Bobby Purify So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 97 Justin Bannan (C) Sr DE 99 Tyler Brayton Jr DT 94 DeAndre Fluellen So DE 30 Marques Harris Fr LB 43 Joey Johnson Jr SS 31 Michael Lewis (C) Sr FS 9 Robbie Robinson Sr CB 26 Roderick Sneed Jr CB 4 Donald Strickland Jr LB 54 Sean Tufts So LB 16 Drew Wahlroos Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Pat Brougham Jr K 3 Jeremy Flores Sr P 8 Mark Mariscal Jr	Head coach Gary Barnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Shawn Watson – Offensive coordinator Tom McMahon – Co-Defensive coordinator Vince Okruch – Co-Defensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy – Running backs Jon Embree – Wide receivers/ kicking Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries[]

Fresno State[]

Colorado State[]

#24 Colorado State vs. Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 0 0 7 14 • Buffaloes 14 3 14 10 41 Date: September 1 Location: Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado Game attendance: 75,022 Television network: ABC

San Jose State[]

Kansas[]

Kansas State[]

Texas A&M Aggies[]

#25 Texas A&M at #20 Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 14 0 7 21 • Buffaloes 3 11 3 14 31 Date: November 23 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 49,521

Texas[]

Oklahoma State[]

Missouri[]

Iowa State[]

Nebraska[]

#1 Nebraska at #14 Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total Cornhuskers 3 20 7 6 36 • Buffaloes 28 14 0 20 62 Date: November 23 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 53,790 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 13:00 COL Bobby Purify 39-yard run (Brougham kick) COL 7–0 1 12:03 COL Daniel Graham 21-yard pass from Bobby Pesavento (Brougham kick) COL 14–0 1 5:45 COL Bobby Pesavento 1-yard run (Flores kick) COL 21–0 1 3:31 Neb Josh Brown 28-yard field goal COL 21–3 1 1:50 COL Chris Brown 11-yard run (Flores kick) COL 28–3 2 12:21 COL Chris Brown 1-yard run (Flores kick) COL 35–3 2 9:37 Neb Steve Kriewald 25-yard run (Brown kick) COL 35–10 2 6:03 Neb Dahrran Diedrick 32-yard run (two-point conversion failed) COL 35–16 2 3:19 COL Chris Brown 36-yard run (Flores kick) COL 42–16 2 2:53 Neb Dahrran Diedrick 1-yard run (Brown kick) COL 42–23 3 4:17 Neb Eric Crouch 6-yard run (Brown kick) COL 42–30 4 12:50 COL Chris Brown 1-yard run (Flores kick) COL 49–30 4 11:38 COL Chris Brown 13-yard run (kick failed) COL 55–30 4 9:41 COL Chris Brown 8-yard run (Flores kick) COL 62–30 4 7:30 Neb Eric Crouch 6-yard run (two-point conversion failed) COL 62–36

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Big 12 Championship Game[]

#3 Texas vs. #9 Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total Longhorns 7 10 3 17 37 • Buffaloes 7 22 7 3 39 Date: December 1 Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas Game start: 7:07 pm Elapsed time: 3:31 Game attendance: 65,675 Game weather: 61° F, Partly cloudy, Wind S 8 mph Referee: John Laurie TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute

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Fiesta Bowl[]

#3 Colorado vs. #2 Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total Buffaloes 7 0 0 9 16 • Ducks 7 14 7 10 38 Date: January 1 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game start: 5:00 p.m. PST Game attendance: 74,118 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute

Scoring summary 1 6:26 COL Brandon Drumm 1-yard run (Brougham kick) COL 7–0 1 3:48 ORE Keenan Howry 28-yard pass from Joey Harrington (Siegel kick) Tied 7–7 2 3:13 ORE Samie Parker 79-yard pass from Harrington (Siegel kick) ORE 14–7 2 2:29 ORE Onterrio Smith 6-yard pass from Harrington (Siegel kick) ORE 21–7 3 12:33 ORE Maurice Morris 49-yard run (Siegel kick) ORE 28–7 4 12:03 ORE Jared Siegel 47-yard field goal ORE 31–7 4 9:38 ORE Justin Peelle 4-yard pass from Harrington (Siegel kick) ORE 38–7 4 5:47 COL Flores 39-yard field goal ORE 38–10 4 0:18 COL Daniel Graham 4-yard pass from Ochs (kick failed) ORE 38–16

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Rankings[]

Awards and honors[]

• Daniel Graham, TE – John Mackey Award, Consensus First-team All-American
• Andre Gurode, G – Consensus First-team All-American
• Gary Barnett – Big 12 Coach of the Year

References[]