2001 Washington State Cougars football team

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)
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (8th season)
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(capacity: 37,600)
2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
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 Arizona
W 48–2142,729
October 62:00 pmOregon Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
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, 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. 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

Conference opponent not played this season: USC

Game summaries

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

[6]

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