2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2001 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6–6, and a 3–5 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season culminated with a loss to Syracuse in the 2001 Insight.com Bowl.

2001 Kansas State Wildcats football
Insight.com Bowl, L 3–25 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North
2001 record	6–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (3rd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium (Capacity: 50,300)

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
No. 9 Colorado xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x%		7	–	1					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7					3	–	8
Southern Division
No. 5 Texas xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	5:30 p.m.	at USC*	No. 12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSN	W 10–6	69,959[1]
September 22	1:10 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 12	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 64–0	49,229[2]
September 29	11:00 a.m.	at No. 3 Oklahoma	No. 11	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (College GameDay)	ABC	L 37–38	75,862[3]
October 6	11:30 a.m.	Colorado	No. 12	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 6–16	51,101[4]
October 13	7:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 24	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 19–38	46,536[5]
October 20	11:30 a.m.	Texas A&M		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 24–31	49,935[6]
October 27	2:30 p.m.	Kansas		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	PPV	W 40–6	50,101[7]
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 42–3	40,228[8]
November 10	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–31	77,818[9]
November 17	1:10 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 40–7	47,069[10]
November 24	11:00 a.m.	Missouri		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 24–3	43,810[11]
December 29	5:30 p.m.	vs. No. 18 Syracuse*		Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ (Insight.com Bowl)	ESPN	L 3–26	40,028[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Statistics

Score by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 52 113 71 91 327 Opponents 42 50 61 26 179

Team

KSU Opp Scoring 327 179   Points per Game 29.7 16.3 First Downs 239 155   Rushing 160 66   Passing 63 70   Penalty 16 19 Total Offense 4,332 2,886   Avg per Play 5.1 4.2   Avg per Game 393.8 262.4 Fumbles-Lost 17-7 15-7 Penalties-Yards 93-721 80-630   Avg per Game 65.5 57.3

KSU Opp Punts-Yards 59-2,400 71-2,716   Avg per Punt 40.7 38.3 Time of Possession/Game 33:49 26:11 3rd Down Conversions 68/178 50/160 4th Down Conversions 15/28 3/14 Touchdowns Scored 44 21 Field Goals-Attempts 7-13 11-17 PAT-Attempts 32-40 18-20 Attendance 291,245 310,403   Games/Avg per Game 6/48,541 5/62,081

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Josh Scobey	11	240	1,298	35	1,263	5.3	15	45	114.8
Ell Roberson	10	142	806	163	643	4.5	9	43	64.3
Rock Cartwright	11	66	303	11	292	4.4	2	27	26.5
Joe Hall	10	39	253	2	251	6.4	3	61	25.1
Darren Sproles	6	28	217	7	210	7.5	1	38	35.0
Total	11	606	3,234	399	2,835	4.7	34	61	257.7
Opponents	11	364	1,401	340	1,061	2.9	6	63	96.5

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G	Pct.
Ell Roberson	10	90.46	136-54-8	855	4	72	85.5	39.7
Marc Dunn	9	94.23	112-55-8	635	4	47	70.6	49.1
Total	11	92.06	250-110-16	1,497	8	72	136.1	44.0
Opponents	11	95.50	320-152-18	1,825	11	75	165.9	47.5

Receiving

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Aaron Lockett	11	24	357	14.9	3	46	32.5
Ricky Lloyd	11	20	306	16.2	3	57	27.8
Total	11	110	1,497	13.6	8	72	136.1
Opponents	11	152	1,825	12.0	11	75	165.9

References

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