2001 UCLA Bruins football team

2001 UCLA Bruins football
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Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2001 record	7–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Toledo (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Kelly Skipper (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Snow (1st year)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity: 91,136)

2001 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 Oregon $		7	–	1					11	–	1
#10 Washington State		6	–	2					10	–	2
#16 Stanford		6	–	2					9	–	3
#19 Washington		6	–	2					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					6	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					7	–	4
Oregon State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Arizona		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arizona State		1	–	7					4	–	7
California		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 UCLA Bruins football team represented UCLA in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo. Despite a winning record, the Bruins decided not to participate in a bowl game fearing that the program would lose several hundred thousand dollars to play in a lower-tiered bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	4:45 PM	at #25 Alabama*	#17	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	W 20–17	83,818
September 8	9:30 AM	at Kansas*	#14	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 41–17	43,500
September 22	12:30 PM	#21 Ohio State*	#14	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 13–6	73,723
September 29	12:30 PM	at #19 Oregon State	#12	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	ABC	W 38–7	36,521
October 13	12:30 PM	#10 Washington	#7	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 35–13	70,377
October 20	7:15 PM	California	#4	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 51–17	65,366
October 27	12:30 PM	at #20 Stanford	#4	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ABC	L 28–38	64,495
November 3	3:30 PM	at #16 Washington State	#9	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	FSN	L 14–20	33,462
November 10	12:30 PM	#7 Oregon	#17	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 20–21	78,330
November 17	3:30 PM	at USC	#20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	FSN	L 0–27	88,588
December 1	2:00 PM	Arizona State		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 52–42	45,271
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game summaries

Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total • UCLA 0 7 13 0 20 Alabama 7 3 0 7 17 Date: September 1 Location: Bryant–Denny Stadium Game attendance: 83,818

Scoring summary Q1 6:06 ALA Carter 78 yard pass from Watts (Thomas kick) ALA 7–0 Q2 13:49 ALA Thomas 30 yard field goal ALA 10–0 Q2 8:30 UCLA Ieremia-Stansbury 10 yard run (Griffith kick) ALA 10–7 Q3 9:03 UCLA Perry 53 yard pass from Paus (Griffith kick) UCLA 14–10 Q3 6:45 UCLA Griffith 30 yard field goal UCLA 17–10 Q3 1:23 UCLA Griffith 45 yard field goal UCLA 20–10 Q4 2:13 ALA Milons 71 yard pass from Zow (Thomas kick) UCLA 20–17