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
Division	North
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

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North 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
South 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
September 22	1:10 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 12	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 64–0	49,229
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
October 6	11:30 a.m.	Colorado	No. 12	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FSN	L 6–16	51,101
October 13	7:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 24	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 19–38	46,536
October 20	11:30 a.m.	Texas A&M		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 24–31	49,935
October 27	2:30 p.m.	Kansas		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	PPV	W 40–6	50,101
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 42–3	40,228
November 10	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–31	77,818
November 17	1:10 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 40–7	47,069
November 24	11:00 a.m.	Missouri		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 24–3	43,810
December 29	5:30 p.m.	vs. No. 18 Syracuse*		Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ (Insight.com Bowl)	ESPN	L 3–26	40,028
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 53 Nick Leckey So OL 64 Ryan Lilja So QB 3 Ell Roberson So RB 43 Darren Sproles Fr WR 8 Taco Wallace Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 23 Jerametrius Butler Sr LB 52 Ben Leber Sr FS 38 Jon McGraw Jr CB 4 Terence Newman Jr LB 56 Terry Pierce Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Snyder Coordinators/assistant coaches Ron Hudson – Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks Michael Smith – Running backs Greg Peterson – Wide receivers, passing game coordinator, & recruiting coordinator Matt Miller – Tight ends Paul Dunn – Offensive line Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line Bob Fello – Defensive end & Special Teams Coordinator Jim Gush – Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

At No. 3 Oklahoma

No. 11 Kansas State at No. 3 Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total No. 11 Wildcats 0 14 13 10 37 • No. 3 Sooners 14 14 7 3 38 Date: September 29 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,862 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

At Texas Tech

No. 24 Kansas State at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Wildcats 7 0 6 6 19 • Red Raiders 7 10 7 14 38 Date: November 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 46,536 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play–by–play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	7	17	0	31
Kansas State	0	7	3	14	24

At No. 2 Nebraska

Kansas State at No. 2 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 0 14 0 7 21 • No. 2 Cornhuskers 0 13 15 3 31 Date: November 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,818 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play–by–play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

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

Offense

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