2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in Southern Division of the Big 12, lost to Iowa in the 2001 Alamo Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 402 to 281.^[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Alamo Bowl, L 16–19 vs. Iowa
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	7–5 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Greg McMackin (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jones SBC Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 9 Colorado xy$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x%		7	–	1					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Kansas State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					4	–	7
Kansas		1	–	7					3	–	8
South Division
No. 5 Texas xy		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 6 Oklahoma		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	8
Championship: Colorado 39, Texas 37
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Red Raiders finished the 2000 season with an overall record of 7–6, 3–5 in Big 12 play, to finish fourth in the Big 12 South. The team was invited to the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, where they lost 27–40 to East Carolina.

NFL Draft

See also: 2000 NFL draft and List of Texas Tech Red Raiders in the NFL draft

Tackle Kris Kocurek was drafted in the 6th round (181st overall) by the Seattle Seahawks.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	7:00 PM	New Mexico*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 42–30	48,924
September 13		at UTEP*	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		Cancelled
September 22	7:00 PM	vs. North Texas*	Texas Stadium Irving, TX		W 42–14	20,852
September 29	6:00 PM	at No. 5 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 7–42	83,081
October 6	7:00 PM	Kansas	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 31–34 2OT	45,343
October 13	7:00 PM	No. 24 Kansas State	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 38–19	46,536
October 20	6:00 PM	at No. 3 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	L 31–41	77,838
October 27	2:00 PM	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 63–19	39,110
November 3	1:00 PM	No. 24 Texas A&M	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 12–0	52,649
November 10	1:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 49–30	32,332
November 17	2:30 PM	No. 3 Oklahoma	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	L 13–30	52,008
November 24	1:00 PM	Stephen F. Austin*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 58–3	31,147
December 29	2:30 PM	vs. Iowa*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 16–19	65,232
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Personnel

2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR Carlos Francis So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike Leach Coordinators/assistant coaches Dave Aranda (GA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	7	7	3	13	30
Red Raiders	3	18	7	14	42

See also: 2001 New Mexico Lobos football team

At UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	0	0	0	0
Miners	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2001 UTEP Miners football team

The game was initially scheduled to take place on September 13, but was then postponed following the September 11 attacks. The game was eventually canceled on September 21 when the two teams could not agree on a date to reschedule that would work for both.^[3] Texas Tech would eventually play Stephen F. Austin to make up for the lost game.

Vs. North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	7	14	7	14	42
Mean Green	0	0	07	7	14

See also: 2001 North Texas Mean Green football team

At Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	7	0	0	7
No. 5 Longhorns	14	7	14	7	42

See also: 2001 Texas Longhorns football team and Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Jayhawks	10	3	0	11	7	3	34
Red Raiders	7	10	7	0	7	0	31

See also: 2001 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The Red Raiders would not lose to the Jayhawks again until October 26, 2019, with Kansas defeating Texas Tech 37–34 in Lawrence.

Kansas State

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

See also: 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team

At Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	13	15	3	0	31
No. 3 Cornhuskers	21	7	10	3	41

See also: 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

At Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	21	28	7	7	63
Bears	0	6	7	6	19

See also: 2001 Baylor Bears football team and Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Aggies	0	0	0	0	0
Red Raiders	0	3	3	6	12

See also: 2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team and Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

At Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	7	14	14	14	49
Cowboys	3	7	7	13	30

See also: 2001 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Sooners	3	10	7	10	30
Red Raiders	3	0	7	3	13

See also: 2001 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	0	3	3
Red Raiders	14	20	17	7	58

See also: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

Vs. Iowa (Alamo Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	3	7	3	6	19
Red Raiders	0	3	7	6	16

See also: 2001 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and 2001 Alamo Bowl