2001 Oregon State Beavers football team

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2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Oregon $		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 10 Washington State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 16 Stanford		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 19 Washington		6	–	2					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					6	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					7	–	4
Oregon State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arizona State		1	–	7					4	–	7
California		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Dennis Erickson.

Schedule

September 26:30 PMat Fresno State*No. 10

• Bulldog Stadium
• Fresno, CA

ESPN2L 24–44 42,410 September 86:00 PMat New Mexico State*No. 22

• Aggie Memorial Stadium
• Las Cruces, NM

W 27–22 27,238 September 2912:30 PMNo. 12 UCLANo. 19

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

ABCL 7–38 36,521 October 62:00 PMat Washington State

• Martin Stadium
• Pullman, WA

FSNNWL 27–34 35,283 October 137:15 PMArizona

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

FSNW 38–3 36,619 October 207:00 PMat Arizona State

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

L 24–41 54,114 October 271:00 PMCalifornia

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

W 19–10 36,142 November 312:30 PMat USC

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

ABCL 13–16 ^OT44,880 November 1012:30 PMNo. 8 Washington

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

FSNW 49–24 36,682 November 171:30 PMNorthern Arizona*

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

W 45–10 39,096 December 11:30 PMat No. 4 Oregon

• Autzen Stadium
• Eugene, OR (Civil War)

ABCL 14–17 46,075

Game summaries

New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total • Oregon State 14 0 3 10 27 New Mexico State 0 9 0 13 22 Date: September 8 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Game attendance: 27,238

Scoring summary 1 7:13 ORST Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon State 7–0 1 1:08 ORST Patrick McCall 22-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon St 14–0 2 4:26 NMST Dan Aguiniga 26-yard field goal Oregon State 14–3 2 :45 NMST Kenton Keith 1-yard run (kick failed) Oregon State 14–9 3 5:06 ORST Ryan Cesca 47-yard field goal Oregon State 17–9 4 12:58 ORST Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) Oregon State 24–9 4 8:31 NMST Kenton Keith 4-yard run (Dan Aguiniga kick) Oregon State 24–16 4 3:13 ORST Ryan Cesca 24-yard field goal Oregon State 27–16 4 1:33 NMST Manuel Talbert 31-yard pass from KC Enzminger (two-point conversion failed) Oregon State 27–22

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 0 0 3 0 3 • Oregon State 14 14 7 3 38 Date: October 13 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Game attendance: 36,619

Scoring summary 1 ORST Newton 2-yard pass from Smith (Cesca kick) Oregon State 7–0 1 ORST Farley 24-yard blocked punt return (Cesca kick) Oregon State 14–0 2 ORST Smith 1-yard run (Cesca kick) Oregon State 21–0 2 ORST Clasen 26-yard pass from D. Anderson (Cesca kick) Oregon State 28–0 3 ORST Simonton 1-yard run (Cesca kick) Oregon State 35–0 3 ARIZ Keel 28-yard field goal Oregon State 35–3 4 ORST Cesca 38-yard field goal Oregon State 38–3

Rankings

See also: 2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	11	10	22	22	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches
Harris	Not released																Not released
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released