| Year Game Played: | 2001 |
| Title Sponsor: | Wells Fargo |
| Game Name: | Sun Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2001 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Purdue |
| Visitor Nickname: | Boilermakers |
| Visitor School: | Purdue University |
| Home Name Short: | Washington State |
| Home Nickname: | Cougars |
| Home School: | Washington State University |
| Visitor Record: | 6 - 5 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
| Home Record: | 9 - 2 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Joe Tiller |
| Home Coach: | Mike Price |
| Home Rank Ap: | 13 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 13 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 12 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 20 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 13 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Date Game Played: | December 31 |
| Stadium: | Sun Bowl |
| City: | El Paso, Texas |
| Referee: | Randy Smith (C-USA) |
| Payout: | 1,000,000 per team[1] |
The 2001 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl edition to the Sun Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars, and the Purdue Boilermakers.
Washington State's Jason David scored the game's first touchdown on a 45-yard interception return for a 7–0 WSU lead. Washington State quarterback Jason Gesser later threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Mike Bush to increase the Cougar's lead to 14–0. In the second quarter, Purdue running back Montrell Lowe scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 14–7.
Kicker Travis Dorsch kicked a 28-yard field goal to pull Purdue to within 14–10. Washington State's Drew Dunning answered with a 47-yard field goal of his own, to move the lead back to 17–10. Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton found wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield for a 3-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 17. Travis Dorsch's 50-yard field goal before halftime gave Purdue a 20–17 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, Drew Dunning kicked the tying 34-yard field goal. Jason Gesser's subsequent 1-yard touchdown run gave Washington State a 27–20 lead. Drew Dunning added field goals of 30 and 37 yards to give WSU a 33–20 lead. With 1:53 left, Kyle Orton connected with Taylor Stubblefield with a 51-yard touchdown pass to make the final margin 33–27.