# 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2001 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 6–6, and a 3–5 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season culminated with a loss to Syracuse in the 2001 Insight.com Bowl.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 8 | 5:30 p.m. | at USC* | No. 12 | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | FSN | W 10–6 | 69,959 |
| September 22 | 1:10 p.m. | New Mexico State* | No. 12 | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | | W 64–0 | 49,229 |
| September 29 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 3 Oklahoma | No. 11 | Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK (College GameDay) | ABC | L 37–38 | 75,862 |
| October 6 | 11:30 a.m. | Colorado | No. 12 | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS (rivalry) | FSN | L 6–16 | 51,101 |
| October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 24 | Jones SBC StadiumLubbock, TX | | L 19–38 | 46,536 |
| October 20 | 11:30 a.m. | Texas A&M | | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | FSN | L 24–31 | 49,935 |
| October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas | | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS (rivalry) | PPV | W 40–6 | 50,101 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Iowa State | | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA (rivalry) | | W 42–3 | 40,228 |
| November 10 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Nebraska | | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE (rivalry) | ABC | L 21–31 | 77,818 |
| November 17 | 1:10 p.m. | Louisiana Tech* | | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | | W 40–7 | 47,069 |
| November 24 | 11:00 a.m. | Missouri | | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | FSN | W 24–3 | 43,810 |
| December 29 | 5:30 p.m. | vs. No. 18 Syracuse* | | Bank One BallparkPhoenix, AZ (Insight.com Bowl) | ESPN | L 3–26 | 40,028 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At No. 3 Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Wildcats | 0 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| • No. 3 Sooners | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |

### At Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| • Red Raiders | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| Kansas State | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |

### At No. 2 Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Kansas State | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • No. 2 Cornhuskers | 0 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 31 |

## Statistics
### Score by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Kansas State | 52 | 113 | 71 | 91 | 327 |
| Opponents | 42 | 50 | 61 | 26 | 179 |

### Team

| | KSU | Opp |
| Scoring | 327 | 179 |
| Points per Game | 29.7 | 16.3 |
| First Downs | 239 | 155 |
| Rushing | 160 | 66 |
| Passing | 63 | 70 |
| Penalty | 16 | 19 |
| Total Offense | 4,332 | 2,886 |
| Avg per Play | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Avg per Game | 393.8 | 262.4 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 17-7 | 15-7 |
| Penalties-Yards | 93-721 | 80-630 |
| Avg per Game | 65.5 | 57.3 |
| | KSU | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | 59-2,400 | 71-2,716 |
| Avg per Punt | 40.7 | 38.3 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 33:49 | 26:11 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 68/178 | 50/160 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 15/28 | 3/14 |
| Touchdowns Scored | 44 | 21 |
| Field Goals-Attempts | 7-13 | 11-17 |
| PAT-Attempts | 32-40 | 18-20 |
| Attendance | 291,245 | 310,403 |
| Games/Avg per Game | 6/48,541 | 5/62,081 |

### Offense
#### Rushing

| Name | GP | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Josh Scobey | 11 | 240 | 1,298 | 35 | 1,263 | 5.3 | 15 | 45 | 114.8 |
| Ell Roberson | 10 | 142 | 806 | 163 | 643 | 4.5 | 9 | 43 | 64.3 |
| Rock Cartwright | 11 | 66 | 303 | 11 | 292 | 4.4 | 2 | 27 | 26.5 |
| Joe Hall | 10 | 39 | 253 | 2 | 251 | 6.4 | 3 | 61 | 25.1 |
| Darren Sproles | 6 | 28 | 217 | 7 | 210 | 7.5 | 1 | 38 | 35.0 |
| Total | 11 | 606 | 3,234 | 399 | 2,835 | 4.7 | 34 | 61 | 257.7 |
| Opponents | 11 | 364 | 1,401 | 340 | 1,061 | 2.9 | 6 | 63 | 96.5 |

#### Passing

| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G | Pct. |
| Ell Roberson | 10 | 90.46 | 136-54-8 | 855 | 4 | 72 | 85.5 | 39.7 |
| Marc Dunn | 9 | 94.23 | 112-55-8 | 635 | 4 | 47 | 70.6 | 49.1 |
| Total | 11 | 92.06 | 250-110-16 | 1,497 | 8 | 72 | 136.1 | 44.0 |
| Opponents | 11 | 95.50 | 320-152-18 | 1,825 | 11 | 75 | 165.9 | 47.5 |

#### Receiving

| Name | GP | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Aaron Lockett | 11 | 24 | 357 | 14.9 | 3 | 46 | 32.5 |
| Ricky Lloyd | 11 | 20 | 306 | 16.2 | 3 | 57 | 27.8 |
| Total | 11 | 110 | 1,497 | 13.6 | 8 | 72 | 136.1 |
| Opponents | 11 | 152 | 1,825 | 12.0 | 11 | 75 | 165.9 |