2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
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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

The 2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time and secured its first BCS bowl berth.

Schedule

August 266:00 PMFresno State*

ESPN2L 22–24 47,762 September 11:30 PMvs. No. 24 Colorado State*

ABCW 41–14 75,022 September 81:30 PMSan Jose State*

W 51–15 40,338 September 221:30 PMKansas

W 27–16 47,495 October 610:30 AMat No. 12 Kansas State

FSNW 16–6 51,101 October 131:30 PMNo. 25 Texas A&MNo. 20

PPVW 31–21 49,521 October 201:30 PMat No. 9 TexasNo. 14

ABCL 7–41 83,156 October 276:00 PMat Oklahoma StateNo. 25

FSNW 22–19 41,070 November 31:00 PMMissouriNo. 25

W 38–24 45,942 November 106:00 PMat Iowa StateNo. 21

FSNW 40–27 39,204 November 231:30 PMNo. 2 NebraskaNo. 14

ABCW 62–36 53,790 December 17:00 PMvs. No. 3 TexasNo. 9

ABCW 39–37 65,675 January 12:30 PMvs. No. 2 Oregon*No. 3

ABCL 16–38 74,118

Template:CFB Schedule End Note: Colorado was scheduled to play at Washington State on September 15 but the game was cancelled due to the September 11 attacks.^[1]

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