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2001 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2001
team	Washington State Cougars
sport	football
image	Washington State Football Helmet 2000-2010.png
image_size	200
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
CoachRank	11
APRank	10
record	10–2
conf_record	6–2
head_coach	Mike Price
hc_year	13th
off_coach	Mike Levenseller
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Spread
def_coach	Bill Doba
dc_year	8th
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Martin Stadium
champion	Sun Bowl champion
bowl	[Sun Bowl](2001-sun-bowl)
bowl_result	W 33–27 vs. [Purdue](2001-purdue-boilermakers-football-team)

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

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Game summaries

Idaho

References

(October 27, 2001). "Game facts". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 18, 2001). "Washington tops Cougars, 24-16". Eugene Register-Guard.
Grummert, Dale. (December 31, 2001). "Cougars ready to indulge". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
Strickland, Carter. (January 1, 2002). "Worth shouting about". Spokesman-Review.
"The Great Interceptor: Where is WSU great Lamont Thompson now?".
Carter Strickland. (October 19, 2021). "Cougars wake up, reach 7–0". The Spokesman-Review.
(August 30, 2001). "Washington State vs. Idaho". [[USA Today]].

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