2001 Fiesta Bowl

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2001 Fiesta Bowl

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2001 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

BCS Bowl Game

Oregon State Beavers

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

(10–1)

(9–2)

Pac-10

Independent

Head coach:
Dennis Erickson

Head coach:
Bob Davie

AP	Coaches	BCS
5	6	6

AP	Coaches	BCS
10	10	11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	3	9	29	0	41
Notre Dame	0	3	0	6	9

Date

January 1, 2001

Season

2000

Stadium

Sun Devil Stadium

Location

Tempe, Arizona

MVP

Jonathan Smith (QB, OSU)
Darnell Robinson (LB, OSU)

Favorite

Oregon State by 3½ points^[1]^[2]

Referee

John Smith (Big East)

Halftime show

Chandlerp.

Attendance

75,428

United States TV coverage

Network

ABC

Announcers

Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham

Nielsen ratings

10.7

International TV coverage

Network

ABC

Fiesta Bowl
< 2000	2002 >

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.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] 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.^[6]^[5]

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

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^ "Game facts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 2001. p. 6E.
^ "America's Line: College". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 1, 2001. p. C4.
^ Rodman, Bob (January 1, 2001). "Beavers ready to get this party started". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ "Fiesta pits glorious vs. hideous". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 1, 2001. p. C2.
^ ^a ^b "Bowl Championship Series - Oregon State 41, Notre Dame 9". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b King, Kelley (January 8, 2001). "Fiesta feast". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
^ Rodman, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Fiesta fireworks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ Baum, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Brash Beavers bash the Irish". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
^ "2001 Fiesta Bowl" (PDF). Oregon State University Football 2007 Media Guide. OSUBeavers.com. p. 170. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2007.

v t e 2000–01 NCAA football bowl game season
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Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 3)
All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 13) Senior Bowl (Jan. 20)

v t e Fiesta Bowl
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Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1996, 1999, and 2003. There was a Fiesta Bowl in January and December in 1997, 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2022. Bold indicates College Football Playoff semifinals.

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