2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2001 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big 12 champion Big 12 North co-champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 39–37 vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl, L 16–38 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
2001 record	10–3 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4–3 multiple
MVP	Daniel Graham
Captain	Justin Bannan
Captain	Andre Gurode
Captain	Michael Lewis
Captain	John Minardi
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 50,942)
Seasons

2001 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#9 Colorado xy†		7	–	1					10	–	3
#8 Nebraska x‡		7	–	1					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7					3	–	8
South
#5 Texas x		7	–	1					11	–	2
#6 Oklahoma		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	4
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time and secured its first BCS bowl berth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	6:00 PM	Fresno State*		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (Jim Thorpe Classic)	ESPN2	L 22–24	47,762
September 1	1:30 PM	vs. No. 24 Colorado State*		Invesco Field at Mile High Denver (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ABC	W 41–14	75,022
September 8	1:30 PM	San Jose State*		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 51–15	40,338
September 22	1:30 PM	Kansas		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 27–16	47,495
October 6	10:30 AM	at No. 12 Kansas State		KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	W 16–6	51,101
October 13	1:30 PM	No. 25 Texas A&M	No. 20	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	PPV	W 31–21	49,521
October 20	1:30 PM	at No. 9 Texas	No. 14	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	ABC	L 7–41	83,156
October 27	6:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 25	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 22–19	41,070
November 3	1:00 PM	Missouri	No. 25	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		W 38–24	45,942
November 10	6:00 PM	at Iowa State	No. 21	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa	FSN	W 40–27	39,204
November 23	1:30 PM	No. 1 Nebraska	No. 14	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (Rivalry)	ABC	W 62–36	53,790
December 1	7:00 PM	vs. No. 3 Texas	No. 9	Texas Stadium Irving, Texas (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 39–37	65,675
January 1	2:30 PM	vs. No. 2 Oregon*	No. 3	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	L 16–38	74,118
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Note: Colorado was scheduled to play at Washington State on September 15 but the game was cancelled due to the September 11 attacks.

Roster

2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Brown, ChrisChris Brown 3.0 !So FB 33 Drumm, BrandonBrandon Drumm 5.0 !Jr TE 89 Graham, DanielDaniel Graham 7.0 !Sr G 65 Gurode, AndreAndre Gurode (C) 7.0 !Sr WR 5 Hollowell, RomanRoman Hollowell 7.0 !Sr RB 27 Johnson, CortlenCortlen Johnson 7.0 !Sr C 78 Lucier, WayneWayne Lucier 5.0 !Jr WR 2 Minardi, JohnJohn Minardi (C) 7.0 !Sr QB 1 Ochs, CraigCraig Ochs 3.0 !So QB 4 Pesavento, BobbyBobby Pesavento 7.0 !Sr RB 42 Purify, BobbyBobby Purify 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 97 Bannan, JustinJustin Bannan (C) 7.0 !Sr DE 99 Brayton, TylerTyler Brayton 5.0 !Jr DT 94 Fluellen, DeAndreDeAndre Fluellen 3.0 !So DE 30 Harris, MarquesMarques Harris 1.0 !Fr LB 43 Johnson, JoeyJoey Johnson 5.0 !Jr SS 31 Lewis, MichaelMichael Lewis (C) 7.0 !Sr FS 9 Robinson, RobbieRobbie Robinson 7.0 !Sr CB 26 Sneed, RoderickRoderick Sneed 5.0 !Jr CB 4 Strickland, DonaldDonald Strickland 5.0 !Jr LB 54 Tufts, SeanSean Tufts 3.0 !So LB 16 Wahlroos, DrewDrew Wahlroos 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Brougham, PatPat Brougham 5.0 !Jr K 3 Flores, JeremyJeremy Flores 7.0 !Sr P 8 Mariscal, MarkMark Mariscal 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Gary Barnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Shawn Watson – Offensive coordinator Tom McMahon – Co-Defensive coordinator Vince Okruch – Co-Defensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy – Running backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Fresno State

See also: 2001 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Jim Thorpe Classic

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	1998	W 29–21

Colorado State

#24 Colorado State vs. Colorado

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Rams 7 0 0 7 14 • Buffaloes 14 3 14 10 41 Date: September 1 Location: Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado Game attendance: 75,022

See also: 2001 Colorado State Rams football team and Rocky Mountain Showdown

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–17–2	2000	L 24–28

San Jose State

See also: 2001 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1999	W 63–35

Kansas

See also: 2001 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–19–3	2000	L 15–23

Kansas State

See also: 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–16–1	2000	L 21–44

Texas A&M Aggies

#25 Texas A&M at #20 Colorado

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 0 14 0 7 21 • Buffaloes 3 11 3 14 31 Date: November 23 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 49,521

See also: 2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2000	W 26–19

Texas

See also: 2001 Texas Longhorns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	2000	L 14–28

Oklahoma State

See also: 2001 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–16–1	2000	W 37–21

Missouri

See also: 2001 Missouri Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–35–3	2000	W 28–18

Iowa State

See also: 2001 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
42–12–1	2000	L 27–35

Nebraska

#1 Nebraska at #14 Colorado

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Cornhuskers 3 20 7 6 36 • Buffaloes 28 14 0 20 62 Date: November 23 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 53,790 Scoring summary 1 13:00 COL Bobby Purify 39-yard run (Brougham kick) COL 7–0 1 12:03 COL Daniel Graham 21-yard pass from Bobby Pesavento (Brougham kick) COL 14–0 1 5:45 COL Bobby Pesavento 1-yard run (Flores kick) COL 21–0 1 3:31 Neb Josh Brown 28-yard field goal COL 21–3 1 1:50 COL Chris Brown 11-yard run (Flores kick) COL 28–3 2 12:21 COL Chris Brown 1-yard run (Flores kick) COL 35–3 2 9:37 Neb Steve Kriewald 25-yard run (Brown kick) COL 35–10 2 6:03 Neb Dahrran Diedrick 32-yard run (two-point conversion failed) COL 35–16 2 3:19 COL Chris Brown 36-yard run (Flores kick) COL 42–16 2 2:53 Neb Dahrran Diedrick 1-yard run (Brown kick) COL 42–23 3 4:17 Neb Eric Crouch 6-yard run (Brown kick) COL 42–30 4 12:50 COL Chris Brown 1-yard run (Flores kick) COL 49–30 4 11:38 COL Chris Brown 13-yard run (kick failed) COL 55–30 4 9:41 COL Chris Brown 8-yard run (Flores kick) COL 62–30 4 7:30 Neb Eric Crouch 6-yard run (two-point conversion failed) COL 62–36

See also: 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–43–2	2000	L 32–34

Big 12 Championship Game

#3 Texas vs. #9 Colorado

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Longhorns 7 10 3 17 37 • Buffaloes 7 22 7 3 39 Date: December 1 Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas Game start: 7:07 pm Elapsed time: 3:31 Game attendance: 65,675 Game weather: 61° F, Partly cloudy, Wind S 8 mph Referee: John Laurie

See also: Big 12 Championship Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6-6-0	2001	L, 7-41

Fiesta Bowl

#3 Colorado vs. #2 Oregon

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Buffaloes 7 0 0 9 16 • Ducks 7 14 7 10 38 Date: January 1 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game start: 5:00 p.m. PST Game attendance: 74,118 Scoring summary 1 6:26 COL Brandon Drumm 1-yard run (Brougham kick) COL 7–0 1 3:48 ORE Keenan Howry 28-yard pass from Joey Harrington (Siegel kick) Tied 7–7 2 3:13 ORE Samie Parker 79-yard pass from Harrington (Siegel kick) ORE 14–7 2 2:29 ORE Onterrio Smith 6-yard pass from Harrington (Siegel kick) ORE 21–7 3 12:33 ORE Maurice Morris 49-yard run (Siegel kick) ORE 28–7 4 12:03 ORE Jared Siegel 47-yard field goal ORE 31–7 4 9:38 ORE Justin Peelle 4-yard pass from Harrington (Siegel kick) ORE 38–7 4 5:47 COL Flores 39-yard field goal ORE 38–10 4 0:18 COL Daniel Graham 4-yard pass from Ochs (kick failed) ORE 38–16

Main article: 2002 Fiesta Bowl

See also: 2001 Oregon Ducks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8-6-0	1998	W, 53-41

Rankings

Further information: 2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Awards and honors

• Daniel Graham, TE – John Mackey Award, Consensus First-team All-American
• Andre Gurode, G – Consensus First-team All-American
• Gary Barnett – Big 12 Coach of the Year

See also: 2001 All-Big 12 Conference football team and 2001 College Football All-America Team

References

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