2001 Washington State Cougars football team

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2001 Washington State Cougars football
Washington State Football Helmet 2000-2010.png
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 33–27 vs. Purdue
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Levenseller (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Bill Doba (8th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Martin Stadium
Seasons
←  2000
2002  →
2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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 as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by 12th-year head coach Mike Price and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

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Opening with seven straight wins, [1] Washington State was 9–2 in the regular season and 6–2 in the conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Pac-10. [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.

Four defensive backs on the team, Lamont Thompson, Jason David, Marcus Trufant, and Erik Coleman, went on to play in the National Football League (NFL). [5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:00 pm Idaho *
 FSNNW W 36–731,097
September 85:00 pmat Boise State *
W 41–2027,697
September 222:00 pm California
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 51–2021,534
September 297:00 pmat Arizona
W 48–2142,729
October 62:00 pm Oregon State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FSNNWW 34–2735,283
October 132:00 pmat No. 23 Stanford
W 45–3940,950
October 187:00 pm Montana State *No. 19
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FSNNWW 53–2814,325 [6]
October 274:00 pmNo. 11 Oregon No. 14
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
 ABC L 17–2434,150
November 33:30 pmNo. 9 UCLA No. 16
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
 FSN W 20–1433,462
November 103:30 pmat Arizona State No. 11
FSNW 28–1647,229
November 1712:30 pmat No. 16 Washington No. 9
ABCL 14–2674,442
December 3111:30 amvs. Purdue *No. 13
 CBS W 33–2747,812
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Idaho

Team1234Total
Idaho00077
• Washington State31716036
Scoring summary
12:01WSUDrew Dunning 26 yard field goalWash St 3–0
213:35WSUDave Minnich 30 yard run (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 10–0
27:22WSUDrew Dunning 27 yard field goalWash St 13–0
23:09WSUTrandon Harvey 18 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 20–0
311:42WSUNakoa McElrath 5 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 27–0
38:38WSUNakoa McElrath 35 yard pass from Jason Gesser (kick failed)Wash St 33–0
34:51WSUDrew Dunning 32 yard field goalWash St 36–0
33:11IDChris Lacy 4 yard pass from John Welsh (Keith Stamps kick)Wash St 36–7

[7]

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. ↑ "The Great Interceptor: Where is WSU great Lamont Thompson now?".
  6. ↑ Carter Strickland (October 19, 2021). "Cougars wake up, reach 7–0". The Spokesman-Review. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Washington State vs. Idaho". USA Today . August 30, 2001. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
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