2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2001 Texas A&M Aggies football
GalleryFurniture.com Bowl Champions
GalleryFurniture.com Bowl, W 28–9 vs. Texas Christian
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
AP	No. #1
2001 record	8–4 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	R.C. Slocum
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Sumlin
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz
Home stadium	Kyle Field (Capacity: 82,600)
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 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 8–4 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 4–4.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1*	6:00 PM	McNeese State		Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 78–24	70,656
September 6*	9:00 PM	at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPN2	W 28–20	18,131
September 22	11:30 AM	Oklahoma State		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	FSN	W 21–7	82,601
September 29*	2:30 PM	Notre Dame		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ABC	W 24–3	87,206
October 6	1:00 PM	Baylor	#22	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		W 16–10	82,589
October 13	2:30 PM	at #20 Colorado	#19	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	PPV	L 21–31	49,521
October 20	11:30 AM	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 31–24	49,935
October 27	1:00 PM	Iowa State	#24	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 24–21	85,661
November 3	1:00 PM	at Texas Tech	#17	Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX (A&M–Tech rivalry)	PPV	L 0–12	52,649
October 10	11:00 AM	at #4 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ABC	L 10–31	75,525
November 23	11:00 AM	#5 Texas		Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown)	ABC	L 21–7	87,555
December 28*	12:30 PM	vs. TCU		Astrodome • Houston, TX (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–9	53,480
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	OT
McNeese St	9	7	8	0	24
Texas A&M	0	10	14	14	38

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	OT
Texas A&M	7	14	0	7	28
Wyoming	7	7	6	0	20

Oklahoma State

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Red, White, and Blue Out game vs. Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Oklahoma State	0	7	0	0	7
Texas A&M	7	0	14	0	21

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	OT
Notre Dame	0	3	0	0	3
Texas A&M	14	3	0	7	24

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	OT
Baylor	7	3	0	0	10
#22 Texas A&M	0	3	10	3	16

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	OT
#19 Texas A&M	0	14	0	7	21
Colorado	3	11	3	14	31

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Texas A&M	7	7	17	0	31
Kansas State	0	7	3	14	24

Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Iowa State	0	7	0	14	21
#24 Texas A&M	7	0	7	10	24

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT
#17 Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0
Texas Tech	0	3	3	6	12

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	OT
Texas A&M	10	0	0	0	10
#4 Oklahoma	0	10	7	14	31

Texas

	1	2	3	4	OT
#5 Texas	7	0	0	0	7
Texas A&M	10	40	7	21	78

Texas Christian

	1	2	3	4	OT
TCU	0	7	0	2	9
Texas A&M	0	14	7	7	28

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