2001 Utah Utes football team

2001 Utah Utes football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 10–6 vs. USC
Conference Mountain West Conference
2001 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)
2001 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 PM Utah State* Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) KJZZ W 23–19   36,557
September 8 1:30 PM at No. 7 Oregon* Autzen StadiumEugene, OR KJZZ L 10–24   45,712
September 22 3:00 PM at Indiana* Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN KJZZ W 28–26   26,591
September 29 1:00 PM New Mexicodagger Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl) 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 StadiumFort Collins, CO ESPN+ L 17–19   24,119
November 3 1:00 PM at UNLV Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, 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 StadiumProvo, UT (Holy War) ESPN2 L 21–24   66,149
December 1 12:00 PM at Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO KJZZ L 37–38   25,702
December 25 1:30 PM vs. USC* Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) ABC W 10–6   30,894
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

[1][2] [3]

After the season

NFL draft

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

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Cliff RussellWide receiver387Washington Redskins
Ed Ta'amuGuard4132Minnesota Vikings
Maake KemoeatuDefensive tackle--Baltimore Ravens

References

  1. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. "2001 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  3. "2001 Season Results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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