2001 Utah Utes football team

American college football season

2001 Utah Utes football

Las Vegas Bowl champion

Las Vegas Bowl, W 10–6 vs. USC

Conference| Mountain West Conference
Record| 8–4 (4–3 MW)
Head coach|

* Ron McBride (12th season)

Offensive coordinator| Craig Ver Steeg (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Kyle Whittingham (7th season)
Home stadium| Rice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,634)

Seasons

<- 2000

2002 ->

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 Utes went 8–4 in the 2001 season, starting 7–2 before losing the last two conference games. They finished the season with a victory over a Carson Palmer-led USC Trojans team in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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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+| 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+| W 35–0| 36,795
October 27| 1:00 pm| at Colorado State|

* Hughes Stadium
* Fort Collins, CO

| ESPN+| L 17–19| 24,119
November 3| 1:00 pm| at UNLV|

* Sam Boyd Stadium
* Whitney, NV

| ESPN+| 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

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## Roster

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2001 Utah Utes football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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

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DE | `63` | Garrett Smith | Jr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Ron McBride

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## After the season

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### NFL draft

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

Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Cliff Russell | Wide receiver | 3 | 87 | Washington Redskins
Ed Ta'amu | Guard | 4 | 132 | Minnesota Vikings
Maake Kemoeatu | Defensive tackle | - | - | Baltimore Ravens

## References

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1. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
2. ^ "2001 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
3. ^ "2001 Season Results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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* Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997)
* Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

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* Bowl games
* BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot)
* Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies
* Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)

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