2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

The 2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA college football season. The Bearkats were Southland Football League co-champions with McNeese State. Sam Houston State defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Division I-AA national playoffs to reach the I-AA quarterfinals, where the Bearkats lost to eventual national champion Montana.[1] The 2001 Bearkats offense scored 470 points while the defense allowed 322 points.[2] Members of the 2001 Bearkats team that went on to play in the National Football League include Keith Davis, Keith Heinrich and Josh McCown.[3]

2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
Southland co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 24–49 vs. Montana
Conference	Southland Football League
2001 record	10–3 (5–1 Southland)
Head coach	Ron Randleman (20th season)
Home stadium	Bowers Stadium (Capacity: 14,000)

2001 Southland Football League standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Sam Houston State +^		5	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 McNeese State +^		5	–	1					8	–	4
No. 14 Northwestern State ^		4	–	2					8	–	4
Stephen F. Austin		4	–	2					6	–	5
Jacksonville State		2	–	4					5	–	6
Nicholls State		1	–	5					3	–	8
Southwest Texas State		0	–	6					4	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	at Louisiana–Monroe*		Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 20–9	-
September 8	Tarleton State*		Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	W 61–10	-
September 22	at Northern Illinois*		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	L 16–41	-
September 29	at Mississippi Valley State*		Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS	W 68–13	-
October 6	No. 15 Northwestern State	No. 25	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	W 30–14	-
October 13	at Nicholls State	No. 19	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	W 35–32	-
October 18	No. 19 Stephen F. Austin	No. 15	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (Battle of the Piney Woods)	W 24–21	-
October 27	at No. 17 McNeese State	No. 12	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	L 23–35	-
November 3	Western Illinois*	No. 18	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	W 49–24	-
November 10	Jacksonville State	No. 18	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	W 55–30	-
November 17	at Southwest Texas	No. 14	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	W 31–13	-
December 1	No. 15 Northern Arizona*	No. 13	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (First Round, Division I Championship)	W 34–31	-
December 8	at No. 1 Montana*	No. 13	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Quarterfinals, Division I Championship)	L 24–49	18,125
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

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References

1. "Sports Update for Oct. 6". shsu.edu. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
2. "Sam Houston State Yearly Results". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
3. Hamlett, Darrell (August 29, 2002). "Trio of county players begin season tonight as part of nationally ranked Sam Houston State University football team". yourhoustonnews.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. "Football - 2001 Schedule". gobearkats.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)