2001 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

American college football season

2001 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	4–7 (1–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dirk Koetter (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Brent Guy (1st season)
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Oregon $	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 10 Washington State	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 16 Stanford	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 19 Washington	6	–	2	8	–	4
USC	5	–	3	6	–	6
UCLA	4	–	4	7	–	4
Oregon State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Arizona	2	–	6	5	–	6
Arizona State	1	–	7	4	–	7
California	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Dirk Koetter.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	7:00 pm	San Diego State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 38–7	54,071
September 22	7:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSNAZ	L 28–51	39,580
September 29	7:00 pm	San Jose State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNAZ	W 53–15	45,528
October 6	7:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 63–27	38,118
October 13	3:30 pm	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 17–48	43,508
October 20	7:00 pm	Oregon State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 41–24	54,114
October 27	7:15 pm	No. 13 Washington	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 31–33	50,106
November 3	8:15 pm	at No. 8 Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSN	L 24–42	46,064
November 10	4:30 pm	No. 11 Washington State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 16–28	47,229
November 22	1:00 pm	Arizona	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup)	FSN	L 21–34	55,831
December 1	3:00 pm	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNAZ	L 42–52	45,271
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	14	3	7	0	24
• Arizona State	13	0	7	21	41

Scoring summary

Q1	13:00	ASU	Barth 39 yard field goal	ASU 3–0

Q1	9:15	ORST	Simonton 1 yard run (Cesca kick)	ORST 7–3

Q1	6:56	ORST	Euhus 40 yard pass from Smith (Cesca kick)	ORST 14–3

Q1	5:17	ASU	McDonald 65 yard pass from Krohn (Barth kick)	ORST 14–10

Q1	:10	ASU	Barth 24 yard field goal	ORST 14–13

Q2	:46	ORST	Cesca 40 yard field goal	ORST 17–13

Q3	14:37	ASU	Flowers 74 yard run (Barth kick)	ASU 20–17

Q3	6:47	ORST	Newson 7 yard pass from Smith (Cesca kick)	ORST 24–20

Q4	10:39	ASU	Flowers 28 yard run (Barth kick)	ASU 27–24

Q4	7:06	ASU	Dennard 23 yard pass from Taplin (Barth kick)	ASU 34–24

Q4	2:39	ASU	Pace 11 yard run (Barth kick)	ASU 41–24

2001 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`78`	Levi Jones	Jr
G	`69`	Kyle Kosier	Jr
WR	`81`	Shaun McDonald	Jr
C	`53`	Scott Peters	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`1`	Solomon Bates	Jr
LB	`52`	Mason Unck	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`35`	Nick Murphy	Sr

^ 2011 Arizona State football media guide
^ "Oregon State vs. Arizona State". USA Today. October 20, 2001. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona
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