2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2001 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6–6, and a 3–5 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season culminated with a loss to Syracuse in the 2001 Insight.com Bowl.

2001 Kansas State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Record6–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Hudson (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (3rd season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
(Capacity: 50,300)
2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North 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  
South 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
September 85:30 p.m.at USC*No. 12
FSNW 10–669,959[1]
September 221:10 p.m.New Mexico State*No. 12
W 64–049,229[2]
September 2911:00 a.m.at No. 3 OklahomaNo. 11
ABCL 37–3875,862[3]
October 611:30 a.m.ColoradoNo. 12
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNL 6–1651,101[4]
October 137:00 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 24
L 19–3846,536[5]
October 2011:30 a.m.Texas A&M
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNL 24–3149,935[6]
October 272:30 p.m.Kansasdagger
PPVW 40–650,101[7]
November 31:00 p.m.at Iowa State
W 42–340,228[8]
November 102:30 p.m.at No. 2 Nebraska
ABCL 21–3177,818[9]
November 171:10 p.m.Louisiana Tech*
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 40–747,069[10]
November 2411:00 a.m.Missouri
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNW 24–343,810[11]
December 295:30 p.m.vs. No. 18 Syracuse*
ESPNL 3–2640,028[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster
2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 53 Nick Leckey So
OL 64 Ryan Lilja So
QB 3 Ell Roberson So
RB 43 Darren Sproles Fr
WR 8 Taco Wallace Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 23 Jerametrius Butler Sr
LB 52 Ben Leber Sr
FS 38 Jon McGraw Jr
CB 4 Terence Newman Jr
LB 56 Terry Pierce Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ron Hudson – Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks
  • Michael Smith – Running backs
  • Greg Peterson – Wide receivers, passing game coordinator, & recruiting coordinator
  • Matt Miller – Tight ends
  • Paul Dunn – Offensive line
  • Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator
  • Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line
  • Bob Fello – Defensive end & Special Teams Coordinator
  • Jim Gush – Linebackers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

At No. 3 Oklahoma
No. 11 Kansas State at No. 3 Oklahoma
1 234Total
No. 11 Wildcats 0 141310 37
• No. 3 Sooners 14 1473 38

At Texas Tech
No. 24 Kansas State at Texas Tech
1 234Total
No. 24 Wildcats 7 066 19
• Red Raiders 7 10714 38

Texas A&M
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 7 7 17 0 31
Kansas State 0 7 3 14 24

At No. 2 Nebraska
Kansas State at No. 2 Nebraska
1 234Total
Kansas State 0 1407 21
• No. 2 Cornhuskers 0 13153 31

Statistics

Score by quarter
1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas State 52 113 71 91 327
Opponents 42 50 61 26 179

Team
KSUOpp
Scoring327179
  Points per Game29.716.3
First Downs239155
  Rushing16066
  Passing6370
  Penalty1619
Total Offense4,3322,886
  Avg per Play5.14.2
  Avg per Game393.8262.4
Fumbles-Lost17-715-7
Penalties-Yards93-72180-630
  Avg per Game65.557.3
KSUOpp
Punts-Yards59-2,40071-2,716
  Avg per Punt40.738.3
Time of Possession/Game33:4926:11
3rd Down Conversions68/17850/160
4th Down Conversions15/283/14
Touchdowns Scored4421
Field Goals-Attempts7-1311-17
PAT-Attempts32-4018-20
Attendance291,245310,403
  Games/Avg per Game6/48,5415/62,081

Rushing
NameGPAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Josh Scobey112401,298351,2635.31545114.8
Ell Roberson101428061636434.594364.3
Rock Cartwright1166303112924.422726.5
Joe Hall103925322516.436125.1
Darren Sproles62821772107.513835.0
Total116063,2343992,8354.73461257.7
Opponents113641,4013401,0612.966396.5

Passing
NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntYdsTDLngAvg/GPct.
Ell Roberson1090.46136-54-885547285.539.7
Marc Dunn994.23112-55-863544770.649.1
Total1192.06250-110-161,497872136.144.0
Opponents1195.50320-152-181,8251175165.947.5

Receiving
NameGPNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
Aaron Lockett112435714.934632.5
Ricky Lloyd112030616.235727.8
Total111101,49713.6872136.1
Opponents111521,82512.01175165.9

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