2001 Orange Bowl

2001 Orange Bowl
BCS National Championship Game
67th Orange Bowl
1234 Total
Florida State 0002 2
Oklahoma 3037 13
DateJanuary 3, 2001
Season2000
StadiumPro Player Stadium
LocationMiami Gardens, Florida
MVPOklahoma LB Torrance Marshall
FavoriteFlorida State by 11.5 (56.5) [1]
National anthemToby Keith
RefereeDick Honig (Big Ten)
Attendance76,835[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersBrad Nessler (play-by-play)
Bob Griese (color)
Lynn Swann (sideline)
Nielsen ratings17.8
Orange Bowl
 < 2000  2002
College Football Championship Game
 < 2000 2002

The 2001 Orange Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game, was a college football bowl game played to determine a national champion in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2000 season. It was played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 3, 2001, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. EST and television coverage by ABC. The 67th playing of the Orange Bowl, it was the culminating game of the 2000–01 bowl season.

The championship featured the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners from the Big 12 Conference defeating the second-ranked and defending national champion Florida State Seminoles from the Atlantic Coast Conference in a defensive battle, 13–2. This was the first of only two times where a team failed to score a touchdown in the BCS National Championship, with the other being in 2012. The win gave Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops his first and only national championship, in just his second season as the coach of the Sooners.

  1. ^ "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "OKLAHOMA BLOCKS FSU'S DRIVE FOR NO. 1". orlandosentinel.com. January 4, 2001. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021.