2001 Washington State Cougars football team

Summary

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.

2001 Washington State Cougars football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 33–27 vs. Purdue
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (8th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMartin 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

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 edit

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

Conference opponent not played this season: USC

Game summaries edit

Idaho edit

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

[6]

References edit

  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. ^ "Washington State vs. Idaho". USA Today. August 30, 2001. Retrieved December 28, 2014.