2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
The 2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA college football season. The Bearkats were Southland Football League co-champions with McNeese State. Sam Houston State defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Division I-AA national playoffs to reach the I-AA quarterfinals, where the Bearkats lost to eventual national champion Montana.[1] The 2001 Bearkats offense scored 470 points while the defense allowed 322 points.[2] Members of the 2001 Bearkats team that went on to play in the National Football League include Keith Davis, Keith Heinrich and Josh McCown.[3]
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Southland co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 24–49 vs. Montana | |
| Conference | Southland Football League |
| 2001 record | 10–3 (5–1 Southland) |
| Head coach | Ron Randleman (20th season) |
| Home stadium | Bowers Stadium (Capacity: 14,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Sam Houston State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 McNeese State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Northwestern State ^ | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Texas State | 0 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | at Louisiana–Monroe* |
| W 20–9 | - | |
| September 8 | Tarleton State* | W 61–10 | - | ||
| September 22 | at Northern Illinois* | L 16–41 | - | ||
| September 29 | at Mississippi Valley State* | W 68–13 | - | ||
| October 6 | No. 15 Northwestern State | No. 25 |
| W 30–14 | - |
| October 13 | at Nicholls State | No. 19 |
| W 35–32 | - |
| October 18 | No. 19 Stephen F. Austin | No. 15 |
| W 24–21 | - |
| October 27 | at No. 17 McNeese State | No. 12 |
| L 23–35 | - |
| November 3 | Western Illinois* | No. 18 |
| W 49–24 | - |
| November 10 | Jacksonville State | No. 18 |
| W 55–30 | - |
| November 17 | at Southwest Texas | No. 14 | W 31–13 | - | |
| December 1 | No. 15 Northern Arizona* | No. 13 |
| W 34–31 | - |
| December 8 | at No. 1 Montana* | No. 13 | L 24–49 | 18,125 | |
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References
- "Sports Update for Oct. 6". shsu.edu. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- "Sam Houston State Yearly Results". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- Hamlett, Darrell (August 29, 2002). "Trio of county players begin season tonight as part of nationally ranked Sam Houston State University football team". yourhoustonnews.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "Football - 2001 Schedule". gobearkats.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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