2001 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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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

The 2001 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Terry Allen, who was fired on November 4 and replaced by interim head coach Tom Hayes. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

September 16:00 PMSW Missouri State*

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

W 24–10 37,500 September 811:30 AMNo. 17 UCLA*

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

FSNL 17–41 43,500 September 222:30 PMat Colorado

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

L 16–27 47,495 October 67:00 PMat Texas Tech

• Jones SBC Stadium
• Lubbock, TX

W 34–31 45,343 October 136:00 PMNo. 3 Oklahoma

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

FSNL 10–38 48,700 October 201:00 PMMissouri

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS (Border War)

L 34–38 38,500 October 272:30 PMat Kansas State

• KSU Stadium
• Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown)

PPVL 6–40 50,101 November 36:00 PMNo. 2 Nebraska

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

FSNL 7–51 50,750 November 1011:30 AMat No. 5 Texas

• Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Austin, TX

L 0–59 83,111 November 1711:30 AMIowa State

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

FSNL 7–49 33,500 November 241:00 PMWyoming*

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

W 27–14 24,000