Game Name: | Big 12 Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Date Game Played: | December 1 |
Year Game Played: | 2001 |
Football Season: | 2001 |
Stadium: | Texas Stadium |
City: | Irving, Texas |
Visitor School: | University of Colorado Boulder |
Visitor Name Short: | Colorado |
Visitor Nickname: | Buffaloes |
Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 9 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 10 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 7 |
Visitor Coach: | Gary Barnett |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 22 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
Home School: | University of Texas at Austin |
Home Name Short: | Texas |
Home Nickname: | Longhorns |
Home Record: | 10–1 |
Home Rank Ap: | 3 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 3 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 3 |
Home Coach: | Mack Brown |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 17 |
Referee: | John Laurie |
Attendance: | 65,675 |
Us Network: | ABC |
Us Announcers: | Brent Musburger and Gary Danielson |
The 2001 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 1, 2001, at Texas Stadium in Irving. This was the 6th Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 2001 champion of the Big 12 Conference.[1] The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes, champions of the North division, and the Texas Longhorns, champions of the South division. Both teams had faced each other earlier in the regular season, with the Longhorns defeating the Buffaloes 41–7. However in the rematch in the championship game, Colorado would narrowly defeat them 39–37 and secure the Big 12 title.[2]
See main article: 2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team.
See main article: 2001 Texas Longhorns football team.