2001 Insight.com Bowl
College football game
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| Date | December 29, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bank One Ballpark | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | James Mungro (RB, Syracuse) & Clifton Smith (LB, Syracuse) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,028 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Barnett and Rod Gilmore | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 Insight.com Bowl was the 13th edition of the Insight.com Bowl. It featured the Syracuse Orangemen, and the Kansas State Wildcats, and it was a rematch of the 1997 Fiesta Bowl, played in nearby Tempe.
Game summary
Syracuse opened the scoring on a 65-yard touchdown run by running back James Mungro making it 7–0 Syracuse. Kansas State's Joe Rheem kicked a 29–yard field goal to pull KSU to 7–3, closing the first quarter scoring. In the second quarter, James Mungro scored on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs, but on both occasions the extra point fell short, as Syracuse led 19–3. After a scoreless third quarter, backup quarterback RJ Anderson fired a 52-yard touchdown pass to Johnnie Morant making the final score 26–3.[1]
References
- ^ "Syracuse vs. Kansas State". usatoday.com. December 29, 2001.
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2001–02 NCAA football bowl game season
- New Orleans (Dec. 18)
- GMAC (Dec. 19)
- Tangerine (Dec. 20)
- Las Vegas (Dec. 25)
- Seattle (Dec. 27)
- Independence (Dec. 27)
- Galleryfurniture.com (Dec. 28)
- Music City (Dec. 28)
- Holiday (Dec. 28)
- Motor City (Dec. 29)
- Alamo (Dec. 29)
- Insight.com (Dec. 29)
- Sun (Dec. 31)
- Liberty (Dec. 31)
- Peach (Dec. 31)
- Humanitarian (Dec. 31)
- Silicon Valley (Dec. 31)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Outback (Jan. 1)
- Gator (Jan. 1)
- Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)
- Bowl Championship Series games: Fiesta (Jan. 1)
- Sugar (Jan. 1)
- Orange (Jan. 2)
- Rose (Jan. 3)
- All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 12)
- Senior Bowl (Jan. 26)
