2001 Utah Utes football team

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2001 Utah Utes football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 10–6 vs. USC
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record8–4 (4–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCraig Ver Steeg (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (7th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,634)
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Mountain West Conference 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[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmUtah State*
KJZZW 23–1936,557
September 81:30 pmat No. 7 Oregon*
KJZZL 10–2445,712
September 223:00 pmat Indiana*
KJZZW 28–2626,591
September 291:00 pmNew Mexicodagger
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN+W 37–1632,100
October 66:00 pmSouth Florida*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
KJZZW 52–2130,818
October 201:00 pmWyoming
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN+W 35–036,795
October 271:00 pmat Colorado State
ESPN+L 17–1924,119
November 31:00 pmat UNLV
ESPN+W 42–1421,042
November 101:00 pmSan Diego State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 17–336,018
November 175:00 pmat No. 9 BYU
ESPN2L 21–2466,149
December 112:00 pmat Air Force
KJZZL 37–3825,702
December 251:30 pmvs. USC*
ABCW 10–630,894
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[1][2] [3]

Roster[edit]

2001 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 69 Jordan Gross Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 63 Garrett Smith Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

After the season[edit]

NFL draft[edit]

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

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Cliff Russell Wide receiver 3 87 Washington Redskins
Ed Ta'amu Guard 4 132 Minnesota Vikings
Maake Kemoeatu Defensive tackle - - Baltimore Ravens

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "2001 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  3. ^ "2001 Season Results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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