2001 Washington State Cougars football team

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2001 Washington State Cougars football
1999 WSU Football Helmet.png
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 33–27 vs. Purdue
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
2001 record10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (8th season)
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(Capacity: 37,600)
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Oregon $   7 – 1     11 – 1  
No. 10 Washington State   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 16 Stanford   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 19 Washington   6 – 2     8 – 4  
USC   5 – 3     6 – 6  
UCLA   4 – 4     7 – 4  
Oregon State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Arizona   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Arizona State   1 – 7     4 – 7  
California   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by thirteenth-year head coach Mike Price and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Opening with seven straight wins,[1] WSU was 9–2 in the regular season and 6–2 in the Pac-10, tied for second.[2] Invited to the Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve,[3] the Cougars defeated Purdue for their tenth win,[4] and were tenth in the final rankings.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 pmIdaho*
FSNNWW 36–731,097
September 85:00 pmat Boise State*
W 41–2027,697
September 222:00 pmCalifornia
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, Washington
W 51–2021,534
September 297:00 pmat Arizona
W 48–2142,729
October 62:00 pmOregon Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, Washington
FSNNWW 34–2735,283
October 132:00 pmat No. 23 Stanford
W 45–3940,950
October 187:00 pmMontana State*No. 19
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, Washington
FSNNWW 53–2814,325
October 274:00 pmNo. 11 OregonNo. 14
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, Washington
ABCL 17–2434,150
November 33:30 pmNo. 9 UCLANo. 16
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, Washington
FSNW 20–1433,462
November 103:30 pmat Arizona StateNo. 11
FSNW 28–1647,229
November 1712:30 pmat No. 16 WashingtonNo. 9
ABCL 14–2674,442
December 3111:30 amvs. Purdue*No. 13
CBSW 33–2747,812
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries[]

Idaho[]

1 234Total
Idaho 0 007 7
• Washington State 3 17160 36

[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Game facts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 27, 2001. p. 4D.
  2. ^ "Washington tops Cougars, 24-16". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 18, 2001. p. 4F.
  3. ^ Grummert, Dale (December 31, 2001). "Cougars ready to indulge". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  4. ^ Strickland, Carter (January 1, 2002). "Worth shouting about". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  5. ^ "Washington State vs. Idaho". USA Today. August 30, 2001. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
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