2001 Fiesta Bowl

August 2023 2001 Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe Arizona.jpg Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl BCS Bowl Game30th Fiesta Bowl 2000 Oregon State Beavers Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10–1 Pac-10 9–2 Independent Dennis Erickson Bob Davie 5 6 6 10 10 11 3 9 29 0 0 3 0 6 January 1 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona Jonathan Smith3(QB, OSU)Darnell Robinson (LB, OSU) Oregon State by 3½ pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0FBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6420%2C171858 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Game facts January 1, 2001 6Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3426%2C123874 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington America's Line: College January 1, 2001 C4 John Smith (Big East) Chandlerp. 75,428 ABC List of announcers of major college bowl games Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham 10.7 Bowl Championship Series on television and radio ABC The 2001 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, was the thirtieth edition of the Fiesta Bowl and part of the BCS bowl schedule of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Held on New Year's Day at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, the night game matched the fifth-ranked Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-10 Conference and the #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0FBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6174%2C143394 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob Beavers ready to get this party started January 1, 2001 1Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DEFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6410%2C119839 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Fiesta pits glorious vs. hideous January 1, 2001 C2 Oregon State quarterback Jonathan Smith threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead the favored Beavers to a 41–9 rout. Wide receiver Chad Johnson had two touchdown receptions, and future Cincinnati Bengals teammate T. J. Houshmandzadeh caught the other. Ken Simonton added 85 yards rushing and a touchdown.Bowl Championship Series - Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9 https://www.espn.com/abcsports/bcs/s/recap/fiestabowl.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170926095810/http://www.espn.com/abcsports/bcs/s/recap/fiestabowl.html dead September 26, 2017 2022-09-22 ESPN The Beavers led 12–3 at halftime, then scored 29 points in an eight-minute stretch of the third quarter to put the game away, including a score on an unusual play where OSU's Terrell Roberts recovered teammate Houshmandzadeh's fumble on a punt return and himself ran 45 yards to complete the return touchdown.https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/01/08/fiesta-feast-a-perennial-loser-no-more-oregon-state-underlined-its-turnaround-by-devouring-notre-dame-in-a-new-years-day-stunner https://web.archive.org/web/20210619224113/https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/01/08/fiesta-feast-a-perennial-loser-no-more-oregon-state-underlined-its-turnaround-by-devouring-notre-dame-in-a-new-years-day-stunner dead June 19, 2021 Sports Illustrated King Kelley Fiesta feast January 8, 2001 46https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5873%2C304900 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob Fiesta fireworks January 2, 2001 1Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PjYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874%2C280547 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Baum Bob Brash Beavers bash the Irish January 2, 2001 C1http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf1/80000.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968f https://web.archive.org/web/20140109063520/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf1/80000.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968f dead January 9, 2014 170 Oregon State University Football 2007 Media Guide 2001 Fiesta Bowl OSUBeavers.com November 28, 2007 Notre Dame's sole touchdown came with under seven minutes remaining in the game which completed the scoring. Smith was named the offensive player of the game, and Beavers linebacker Darnell Robinson, who recorded two sacks, forced a fumble, and made an interception, was the defensive player of the game. The Beavers won despite being penalized 18 times for 174 yards, which set a school and Fiesta Bowl record. Oregon State (11–1) was ranked fourth in the final AP poll, which remains the highest in the history of the OSU program. Notre Dame (9–3) fell to fifteenth after its fifth consecutive bowl loss, a streak which reached nine. References 2 Fiesta Bowl Category:Fiesta Bowl Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football bowl games Category:Oregon State Beavers football bowl games Category:January 2001 sports events in the United States Category:2001 in sports in Arizona