Bowl History
2001
Conference
Bowl Record
- Atlantic 10 0-0 Atlantic Coast 4-2 Big 10 2-4 Big 12 3-4 Big East 3-1 Conference USA 1-3 Independent 0-0 Mid-American 2-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Mountain West 2-1 Pac 10 2-3 Southeastern 5-3 Southern 0-0 Southland 0-0 Sun Belt 0-1
Bowl History
2001
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/2002 Capital One Tennessee 45-17 Michigan 1/1/2002 Cotton Oklahoma 10-3 Arkansas 1/1/2002 Fiesta Oregon 38-16 Colorado 1/1/2002 Gator Florida State 30-17 Virginia Tech 1/1/2002 Outback South Carolina 31-28 Ohio State 1/1/2002 Sugar Louisiana State 47-34 Illinois 1/2/2002 Orange Florida 56-23 Maryland 1/3/2002 Rose Miami (Florida) 37-14 Nebraska 12/18/2001 New Orleans Colorado State 45-20 North Texas 12/19/2001 GMAC Marshall 64-61 East Carolina 12/20/2001 Champs Sports Pittsburgh 34-19 North Carolina State 12/25/2001 Las Vegas Utah 10-6 Southern California 12/27/2001 Independence Alabama 14-13 Iowa State 12/27/2001 Seattle Georgia Tech 24-14 Stanford 12/28/2001 Music City Boston College 20-16 Georgia 12/28/2001 GalleryFurniture.com Texas A&M 28-9 Texas Christian 12/28/2001 Holiday Texas 47-43 Washington 12/29/2001 Motor City Toledo 23-16 Cincinnati 12/29/2001 Alamo Iowa 19-16 Texas Tech 12/31/2001 Liberty Louisville 28-10 Brigham Young 12/31/2001 Humanitarian Clemson 49-24 Louisiana Tech 12/31/2001 Silicon Valley Michigan State 44-35 Fresno State 12/31/2001 Peach North Carolina 16-10 Auburn 12/31/2001 Sun Washington State 33-27 Purdue
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.