American college football season
The 2001 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was led by 12th-year head coach Mike Price and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington .
Opening with seven straight wins, Washington State was 9–2 in the regular season and 6–2 in the conference play, placing in a three-way tie for second in the Pac-10. Invited to the Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve, the Cougars defeated Purdue for their tenth win, and were tenth in the final rankings .
Four defensive backs on the team, Lamont Thompson , Jason David , Marcus Trufant , and Erik Coleman , went on to play in the National Football League (NFL).
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 pm Idaho *FSNNW W 36–7 31,097 September 8 5:00 pm at Boise State * W 41–20 27,697 September 22 2:00 pm California Martin Stadium Pullman, WA W 51–20 21,534 September 29 7:00 pm at Arizona W 48–21 42,729 October 6 2:00 pm Oregon State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSNNW W 34–27 35,283 October 13 2:00 pm at No. 23 Stanford W 45–39 40,950 October 18 7:00 pm Montana State *No. 19 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSNNW W 53–28 14,325 October 27 4:00 pm No. 11 Oregon No. 14 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ABC L 17–24 34,150 November 3 3:30 pm No. 9 UCLA No. 16 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA FSN W 20–14 33,462 November 10 3:30 pm at Arizona State No. 11 FSN W 28–16 47,229 November 17 12:30 pm at No. 16 Washington No. 9 ABC L 14–26 74,442 December 31 11:30 am vs. Purdue * No. 13 CBS W 33–27 47,812 *Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Game summaries
Idaho
1
2 3 4 Total
Idaho
0
0 0 7
7
• Washington State
3
17 16 0
36
Scoring summary 1 2:01 WSU Drew Dunning 26 yard field goal Wash St 3–0 2 13:35 WSU Dave Minnich 30 yard run (Drew Dunning kick) Wash St 10–0 2 7:22 WSU Drew Dunning 27 yard field goal Wash St 13–0 2 3:09 WSU Trandon Harvey 18 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick) Wash St 20–0 3 11:42 WSU Nakoa McElrath 5 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick) Wash St 27–0 3 8:38 WSU Nakoa McElrath 35 yard pass from Jason Gesser (kick failed) Wash St 33–0 3 4:51 WSU Drew Dunning 32 yard field goal Wash St 36–0 3 3:11 ID Chris Lacy 4 yard pass from John Welsh (Keith Stamps kick) Wash St 36–7
References
"Game facts" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). October 27, 2001. p. 4D."Washington tops Cougars, 24-16" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 18, 2001. p. 4F.Grummert, Dale (December 31, 2001). "Cougars ready to indulge" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B.
Strickland, Carter (January 1, 2002). "Worth shouting about" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
"The Great Interceptor: Where is WSU great Lamont Thompson now?" ."Washington State vs. Idaho" . USA Today
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