2001 Insight.com Bowl
College football game
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The 2001 Insight.com Bowl was the 13th edition of the Insight.com Bowl. It featured the Syracuse Orangemen, and the Kansas State Wildcats, and it was a rematch of the 1997 Fiesta Bowl, played in nearby Tempe.
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| 13th Insight.com Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bank One Ballpark | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | James Mungro (RB, Syracuse) & Clifton Smith (LB, Syracuse) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,028 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Steve Levy, Todd Christensen, and Dave Ryan | ||||||||||||||||||
Game summary
Syracuse opened the scoring on a 65-yard touchdown run by running back James Mungro making it 7–0 Syracuse. Kansas State's Joe Rheem kicked a 29–yard field goal to pull KSU to 7–3, closing the first quarter scoring. In the second quarter, James Mungro scored on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs, but on both occasions the extra point fell short, as Syracuse led 19–3. After a scoreless third quarter, backup quarterback RJ Anderson fired a 52-yard touchdown pass to Johnnie Morant making the final score 26–3.[1]