2001 Insight.com Bowl

2001 Insight.com Bowl
Bowl Game
Syracuse Orangemen Kansas State Wildcats (9–3) (6–5) 26 3 Head coach:  Paul Pasqualoni Head coach:  Bill Snyder AP Coaches 18 18 1 2 3 4 Total Syracuse University 7 12 0 7 26 Kansas State University 3 0 0 0 3
Date	December 29, 2001
Season	2001
Stadium	Bank One Ballpark
Location	Phoenix, Arizona
MVP	James Mungro and Clifton Smith
Attendance	40,028
Insight.com Bowl  < 2000  2002 >

The 2001 edition to the Insight.com bowl was the 13th edition to the bowl game. It featured the Kansas State Wildcats, and the Syracuse Orangemen, and was a rematch of the 1997 Fiesta Bowl, played in nearby Tempe.

Syracuse opened the scoring on a 65 yard touchdown run by running back James Mungro making it 7-0 Syracuse. Kansas State's Joe Rheem kicked a 29 yard field goal to pull KSU to 7-3, closing the first quarter scoring. In the second quarter, James Mungro scored on a pair of 1 yard touchdown runs, but the 2 extra points missed, making it 19-3 Syracuse at halfitime. After a scoreless third quarter, backup quarterback RJ Anderson fired a 52 yard touchdown pass to Johnnie Morant making the final score 26-3 Syracuse.