2001 Utah Utes football team

2001 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 25 BYU $	7	–	0	12	–	2
Colorado State	5	–	2	7	–	5
Utah	4	–	3	8	–	4
New Mexico	4	–	3	6	–	5
Air Force	3	–	4	6	–	6
UNLV	3	–	4	4	–	7
San Diego State	2	–	5	3	–	8
Wyoming	0	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the MW. Utah was invited to the Las Vegas Bowl, where the Utes defeated USC. The team played home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	Utah State*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	KJZZ	W 23–19	36,557
September 8	1:30 pm	at No. 7 Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	KJZZ	L 10–24	45,712
September 22	3:00 pm	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	KJZZ	W 28–26	26,591
September 29	1:00 pm	New Mexico	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN Plus	W 37–16	32,100
October 6	6:00 pm	South Florida*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	W 52–21	30,818
October 20	1:00 pm	Wyoming	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN Plus	W 35–0	36,795
October 27	1:00 pm	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN Plus	L 17–19	24,119
November 3	1:00 pm	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ESPN Plus	W 42–14	21,042
November 10	1:00 pm	San Diego State	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT		W 17–3	36,018
November 17	5:00 pm	at No. 9 BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN2	L 21–24	66,149
December 1	12:00 pm	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	KJZZ	L 37–38	25,702
December 25	1:30 pm	vs. USC*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	W 10–6	30,894
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

2001 Utah Utes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`69`	Jordan Gross	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`63`	Garrett Smith	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Two players went in the 2002 NFL draft, and one player was signed as an undrafted free agent.

^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

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