2001 Fiesta Bowl

The 2001 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 2001, was the 30th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game was played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, between #5 Oregon State and #10 Notre Dame.

In the game, Oregon State quarterback Jonathan Smith threw for 305 yards and 3 touchdowns and led the Beavers to a 41–9 rout. Chad Johnson had two touchdown receptions; future Cincinnati Bengals teammate T. J. Houshmandzadeh caught the other one. The Beavers scored 29 points in an eight-minute stretch of the third quarter to put the game away.^[1]

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.

References

↑ "2001 Fiesta Bowl" (PDF). Oregon State University Football 2007 Media Guide. OSUBeavers.com. p. 170. Retrieved 2007-11-28.

2000–01 NCAA football bowl game season

Mobile Alabama (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) Oahu (Dec. 24) Aloha (Dec. 25) Motor City (Dec. 27) Galleryfurniture.com (Dec. 27) Humanitarian (Dec. 28) Insight.com (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 28) MicronPC.com (Dec. 28) Liberty (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Peach (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 30) Silicon Valley (Dec. 31) Independence (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)

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. ?)

Fiesta Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Sun Devil Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters College Football Playoff At-Large Group of Five Bid

Games	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2016 2016

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, and 2016. The game will be a College Football Playoff semifinal in its December 2016 edition.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

Oregon State Beavers bowl games

1942 Rose Bowl 1957 Rose Bowl 1962 Liberty Bowl 1965 Rose Bowl 1999 Oahu Bowl 2001 Fiesta Bowl 2002 Insight Bowl 2003 Las Vegas Bowl 2004 Insight Bowl 2006 Sun Bowl 2007 Emerald Bowl 2008 Sun Bowl 2009 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas 2012 Alamo Bowl 2013 Hawaii Bowl

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