2001 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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.

2001 Kansas Jayhawks football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
2001 record	3–8 (1–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Terry Allen (5th season; fired November 4) Tom Hayes (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Rip Scherer (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,250)

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern 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
Southern 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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	SW Missouri State*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 24–10	37,500
September 8	11:30 a.m.	No. 17 UCLA*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 17–41	43,500
September 22	2:30 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 16–27	47,495
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		W 34–31	45,343
October 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 10–38	48,700
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)		L 34–38	38,500
October 27	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	PPV	L 6–40	50,101
November 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 7–51	50,750
November 10	11:30 a.m.	at No. 5 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas		L 0–59	83,111
November 17	11:30 a.m.	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 7–49	33,500
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Wyoming*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 27–14	24,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. "2001 Football Schedule". University of Kansas Department of Athletics. September 23, 2002. Archived from the original on August 27, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2012.