2001 Colorado State Rams football team

The 2001 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Sonny Lubick and played its home games at Hughes Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 6–5 record overall and a 5–2 record in Mountain West Conference games. The team was selected to play in the New Orleans Bowl, in which it defeated North Texas.

2001 Colorado State Rams football
New Orleans Bowl champion
New Orleans Bowl, W 45–20 vs. North Texas
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	7–5 (5–2 MW)
Head coach	Sonny Lubick (9th season)
Co-offensive coordinators	John Benton (1st season) Dan Hammerschmidt (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (9th season)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:30 pm	vs. Colorado*	No. 24	Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)		L 14–41	47,762
September 8	3:05 pm	Nevada*		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 35–18	26,367
September 22	5:00 pm	San Diego State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		L 7–14	29,110
September 29	1:00 pm	at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (Border War)		W 42–14	26,617
October 4	5:30 pm	at Louisville*		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY		L 2–7	39,389
October 13	8:00 pm	No. 8 Fresno State*		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		L 22–25 ^OT	31,580
October 20	5:00 pm	at UNLV		Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV		W 26–24	20,049
October 27	1:00 pm	Utah		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 19–17	24,119
November 1	7:45 pm	at No. 13 BYU		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT		L 34–56	63,478
November 8	5:30 pm	Air Force		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)		W 28–21	26,638
November 17	1:00 pm	at New Mexico		University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 24–17
December 18	6:00 pm	vs. North Texas*		Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl)	ESPN2	W 45–20	27,004
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2001 Colorado State Rams football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Joel Dreessen Fr RB 32 Cecil Sapp Jr QB 11 Bradlee Van Pelt So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 78 Chris Kiffin Fr DB 20 Rhett Nelson Jr DT 95 Bryan Save So DB 37 David Vickers Jr DE 96 Andre Sommersell So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Sark Arslanian Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster