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 2001 Seattle Bowl logo | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Safeco Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,144 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Barnett (play-by-play) Bill Curry & Mike Golic (analysts) Michele Tafoya (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Jeep Seattle Bowl, played in December, was the inaugural edition of the college football bowl game under this name (previously known as the Oahu Bowl) The game was held at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington and featured Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from the ACC against the Stanford Cardinal from the Pac-10. This game marked the final competition of the 2001 football season for both teams, resulting in a 24–14 upset victory for Georgia Tech over the 11th-ranked Stanford team.
The game was played at Safeco Field because Qwest Field had not yet been completed.
- ^ "CNNSI.com - 2001 College Bowls - 2001-02 bowl games schedule - Thursday January 03, 2002 11:38 PM". Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2009.