2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
Southland Football League Co–Champions
Conference Southland Football League
2001 record 103 (51 Southland)
Head coach Ron Randleman
Home stadium Bowers Stadium
(Capacity: 14,000)
2001 Southland Football League standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Sam Houston State $^ 5 1 0     10 3 0
#13 McNeese State ^ 5 1 0     8 4 0
#14 Northwestern State ^ 4 2 0     8 4 0
Stephen F. Austin 4 2 0     6 5 0
Jacksonville State 2 4 0     5 6 0
Nicholls State 1 5 0     3 8 0
Southwest Texas State 0 6 0     4 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

The 2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA college football season. The Bearkats were Southland Football League co-champions with McNeese State. Sam Houston State defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Division I-AA national playoffs to reach the I-AA quarterfinals where the Bearkats lost to eventual national champion Montana.[1] The 2001 Bearkats offense scored 470 points while the defense allowed 322 points.[2] Members of the 2001 Bearkats team that went on to play in the National Football League include Keith Davis, Keith Heinrich and Josh McCown.[3]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 at Louisiana–Monroe* Malone StadiumMonroe, LA W 20–9   -
September 8 Tarleton State* Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX W 61–10   -
September 22 at Northern Illinois* Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL L 16–41   -
September 29 at Mississippi Valley State* Rice–Totten StadiumItta Bena, MS W 68–13   -
October 6 No. 15 Northwestern State No. 25 Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 30–14   -
October 13 at Nicholls State No. 19 Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA W 35–32   -
October 18 No. 19 Stephen F. Austin No. 15 Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (Battle of the Piney Woods) W 24–21   -
October 27 at No. 17 McNeese State No. 12 Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA L 23–35   -
November 3 Western Illinois* No. 18 Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 49–24   -
November 10 Jacksonville State No. 18 Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 55–30   -
November 17 at Southwest Texas No. 14 Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX W 31–13   -
December 1 No. 15 Northern Arizona* No. 13 Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (First Round, Division I Championship) W 34–31   -
December 8 at No. 1 Montana* No. 13 Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (Quarterfinals, Division I Championship) L 24–49   18,125
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network Poll.

Source:[4]

References

  1. "Sports Update for Oct. 6". shsu.edu. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  2. "Sam Houston State Yearly Results". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. Hamlett, Darrell (August 29, 2002). "Trio of county players begin season tonight as part of nationally ranked Sam Houston State University football team". yourhoustonnews.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. "Football - 2001 Schedule". gobearkats.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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