| Year: | 2001 |
| Team: | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Division: | South Division |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Record: | 7–5 |
| Conf Record: | 4–4 |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Air raid |
| Def Coach: | Greg McMackin |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Jones SBC Stadium |
| Bowl: | Alamo Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 16–19 vs. Iowa |
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.
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.
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.
See also: 2001 New Mexico Lobos football team.
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.
See also: 2001 North Texas Mean Green football team.
See also: 2001 Texas Longhorns football team and Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry.
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.
See also: 2001 Kansas State Wildcats football team.
See also: 2001 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2001 Baylor Bears football team and Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry.
See also: 2001 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.
See also: 2001 Oklahoma Sooners football team.
See also: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football.
See also: 2001 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and 2001 Alamo Bowl.