2001 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2001 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were led by head coach Bob Toledo. Despite a winning record, the Bruins decided not to participate in a bowl game, fearing that the program would lose several hundred thousand dollars to play in a lower-tiered bowl.[1]

2001 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2001 record	7–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Toledo (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kelly Skipper (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Snow (1st season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity: 91,136)

2001 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Oregon $		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 10 Washington State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 16 Stanford		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 19 Washington		6	–	2					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					6	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					7	–	4
Oregon State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arizona State		1	–	7					4	–	7
California		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	4:45 pm	at No. 25 Alabama*	No. 17	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 20–17	83,818
September 8	9:30 am	at Kansas*	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 41–17	43,500
September 22	12:30 pm	No. 21 Ohio State*	No. 14	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 13–6	73,723
September 29	12:30 pm	at No. 19 Oregon State	No. 12	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	ABC	W 38–7	36,521
October 13	12:30 pm	No. 10 Washington	No. 7	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 35–13	70,377
October 20	7:15 pm	California	No. 4	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 51–17	65,366
October 27	12:30 pm	at No. 20 Stanford	No. 4	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 28–38	64,495
November 3	3:30 pm	at No. 16 Washington State	No. 9	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	L 14–20	33,462
November 10	12:30 pm	No. 7 Oregon	No. 17	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 20–21	78,330
November 17	3:30 pm	at USC	No. 20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	FSN	L 0–27	88,588
December 1	2:00 pm	Arizona State		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 52–42	45,271
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total • UCLA 0 7 13 0 20 Alabama 7 3 0 7 17 Date: September 1 Location: Bryant–Denny Stadium Game attendance: 83,818

Scoring summary Q1 6:06 ALA Carter 78 yard pass from Watts (Thomas kick) ALA 7–0 Q2 13:49 ALA Thomas 30 yard field goal ALA 10–0 Q2 8:30 UCLA Ieremia-Stansbury 10 yard run (Griffith kick) ALA 10–7 Q3 9:03 UCLA Perry 53 yard pass from Paus (Griffith kick) UCLA 14–10 Q3 6:45 UCLA Griffith 30 yard field goal UCLA 17–10 Q3 1:23 UCLA Griffith 45 yard field goal UCLA 20–10 Q4 2:13 ALA Milons 71 yard pass from Zow (Thomas kick) UCLA 20–17

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Roster

2001 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Bryan Fletcher Sr RB 26 DeShaun Foster Sr QB 10 Cory Paus Jr WR 1 Tab Perry Fr TE 18 Mike Seidman Jr RB 32 Matt Stanley Sr RB 15 Ed Stansbury Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 7 Marques Anderson Sr DE 43 Dave Ball So DE 49 Mat Ball So LB 11 Brandon Chillar So DT 99 Kenyon Coleman Sr DB 24 Ben Emanuel Fr DT 77 Rodney Leisle So CB 9 Ricky Manning Jr LB 47 Ryan Nece Sr LB 44 Marcus Reese Jr LB 8 Robert Thomas Sr DB 17 Matthew Ware Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 58 Jeff Grau Sr P 39 Chris Kluwe Fr	Head coach Bob Toledo Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "UCLA Addresses Bowl Situation". UCLA Athletics. December 3, 2001. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
2. UCLA Official Athletic Site Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Aug-03.