American college football season
The Utes went 8–4 in the 2001 season, starting 7–2 before losing the last two conference games. They finished the season with a victory over a Carson Palmer -led USC Trojans team in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 pm Utah State * KJZZ W 23–1936,557
September 8 1:30 pm at No. 7 Oregon * KJZZ L 10–2445,712
September 22 3:00 pm at Indiana * KJZZ W 28–2626,591
September 29 1:00 pm New Mexico Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN+ W 37–1632,100
October 6 6:00 pm South Florida * Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT KJZZ W 52–2130,818
October 20 1:00 pm Wyoming Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN+ W 35–036,795
October 27 1:00 pm at Colorado State ESPN+ L 17–1924,119
November 3 1:00 pm at UNLV ESPN+ W 42–1421,042
November 10 1:00 pm San Diego State Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT W 17–336,018
November 17 5:00 pm at No. 9 BYU ESPN2 L 21–2466,149
December 1 12:00 pm at Air Force KJZZ L 37–3825,702
December 25 1:30 pm vs. USC * ABC W 10–630,894
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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Roster
2001 Utah Utes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DE
63
Garrett Smith
Jr
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
After the season
NFL draft
Two players went in the 2002 NFL draft , and one player was signed as an undrafted free agent .
References
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