- 2001 New Orleans Bowl
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Name=2001 New Orleans Bowl
Date=December 18 ,2001
Year=2002
Visitor School=Colorado State University
Visitor Name Short=Colorado State
Visitor Nickname=Rams
Visitor Record=6-5
Visitor Coach=Sonny Lubick
Visitor1=17
Visitor2=7
Visitor3=7
Visitor4=14
Visitor Total=45
Home School=University of North Texas
Home Name Short=North Texas
Home Nickname=Mean Green
Home Record=5-6
Home Coach=Darrell Dickey
Home1=0
Home2=14
Home3=0
Home4=6
Home Total=20
Type=bg
Stadium=Louisiana Superdome
City=New Orleans, Louisiana
MVP=Colorado State DBJustin Gallimore
Attendance=27,004 [ [http://neworleansbowl.com/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=36 NewOrleansBowl.com - History ] ]
US Network=ESPN2 [http://www.neworleansbowl.org/ed/bookshow.pl?History_Summary New Orleans Bowl ] ]
Ratings=1.37The 2001 New Orleans Bowl featured the North Texas Mean Green and the Colorado State Rams. It was the inaugural playing of the game. North Texas became the first team in
NCAA history to make a bowl game, after starting the season 0-5. They were theSun Belt Conference Champions, despite having a losing record.Running back
Brad Svoboda got Colorado State on the board first with a 2-yard touchdown run, to give them a 7-0 lead.Kent Naughton later connected on a 46-yard field goal to increase CSU's lead to 10-0. QuarterbackBradlee Van Pelt threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiverJose Ochoa to give CSU a 17-0 lead.Quarterback Scott Hall threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to
Dustin Dean to get North Texas on the scoreboard, 17-7. Bradlee Van Pelt rushed 6 yards for a touchdown, and a 24-7 Colorado State lead. Scott Hall threw a 42-yard touchdown pass toJa'Mel Branch to cut the lead to 24-14. In the third quarter,Justin Gallimore recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown and a 31-14 lead. In the fourth quarter,Chad Dixon rushed for a 2-yard touchdown, to increase the lead to 38-14. Running backMichael Vomhof rushed 20 yards for a touchdown to increase the lead again to 45-14. Back-up quarterback Michael Bridges threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Andy Blount, making the final score 45-20.References
External links
* [http://www.neworleansbowl.org/ Official site of the New Orleans Bowl]
* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores101/101352/101352353.htm USA Today Game Summary]
* [http://www.neworleansbowl.org/ed/bookshow.pl?History_Summary History of the New Orleans Bowl]
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