2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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.

2001 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big 12 champion
Big 12 North co-champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 1638 vs. Oregon
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
2001 record103 (71 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShawn Watson
Offensive schemeMultiple
Co-defensive coordinatorTom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinatorVince Okruch
Base defense4–3 multiple
MVPDaniel Graham
Captains
Home stadiumFolsom Field
(Capacity: 50,942)
2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 266:00 pmFresno State*ESPN2L 22–2447,762
September 11:30 pmvs. No. 24 Colorado State*ABCW 41–1475,022
September 81:30 pmSan Jose State*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
W 51–1540,338
September 221:30 pmKansas
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
W 27–1647,495
October 610:30 amat No. 12 Kansas StateFSNW 16–651,101
October 131:30 pmNo. 25 Texas A&MNo. 20
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
PPVW 31–2149,521
October 201:30 pmat No. 9 TexasNo. 14ABCL 7–4183,156
October 276:00 pmat Oklahoma StateNo. 25FSNW 22–1941,070
November 31:00 pmMissouriNo. 25
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado
W 38–2445,942
November 106:00 pmat Iowa StateNo. 21FSNW 40–2739,204
November 231:30 pmNo. 1 NebraskaNo. 14
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)
ABCW 62–3653,790
December 17:00 pmvs. No. 3 TexasNo. 9ABCW 39–3765,675
January 12:30 pmvs. No. 2 Oregon*No. 3ABCL 16–3874,118

Note: Colorado was scheduled to play at Washington State on September 15 but the game was canceled due to the September 11 attacks.[1]

Roster

2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
K 25 Pat Brougham Jr
K 3 Jeremy Flores Sr
P 8 Mark Mariscal Jr
Head coach
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 234Total
Rams 7 007 14
Buffaloes 14 31410 41

San Jose State

Kansas

Kansas State

Texas A&M Aggies

#25 Texas A&M at #20 Colorado
1 234Total
Aggies 0 1407 21
Buffaloes 3 11314 31

Texas

Oklahoma State

Missouri

Iowa State

Nebraska

#1 Nebraska at #14 Colorado
1 234Total
Cornhuskers 3 2076 36
Buffaloes 28 14020 62

[2][3]

Big 12 Championship Game

#3 Texas vs. #9 Colorado
1 234Total
Longhorns 7 10317 37
Buffaloes 7 2273 39

[4][5]

Fiesta Bowl

#3 Colorado vs. #2 Oregon
1 234Total
Buffaloes 7 009 16
Ducks 7 14710 38

[6]

Rankings

Awards and honors

References

  1. 2011 Colorado football information guide
  2. "Colorado 62, Nebraska 36: Huskers trampled in Boulder". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 23, 2001. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  3. Murphy, Austin (December 3, 2001). "RUN TO GLORY ONRUSHING COLORADO SCRAMBLED THE NATIONAL TITLE PICTURE BY STEPPING ALL OVER NO. 2 NEBRASKA". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  4. "2001 Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship Set: Colorado Faces Texas". Big 12 Conference. November 24, 2001. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  5. "2001 Sixth Annual Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. December 1, 2001. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  6. "Ducks snuff Buffs". Missoulian. January 2, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2019.


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