Washington State's Jason David scored the game's first touchdown on a 45-yard interception return for a 7–0 WSU lead. Washington State quarterback Jason Gesser later threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Mike Bush to increase the Cougar's lead to 14–0. In the second quarter, Purdue running back Montrell Lowe scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 14–7.
Kicker Travis Dorsch kicked a 28-yard field goal to pull Purdue to within 14–10. Washington State's Drew Dunning answered with a 47-yard field goal of his own, to move the lead back to 17–10. Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton found wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield for a 3-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 17. Travis Dorsch's 50-yard field goal before halftime gave Purdue a 20–17 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, Drew Dunning kicked the tying 34-yard field goal. Jason Gesser's subsequent 1-yard touchdown run gave Washington State a 27–20 lead. Drew Dunning added field goals of 30 and 37 yards to give WSU a 33–20 lead. With 1:53 left, Kyle Orton connected with Taylor Stubblefield with a 51-yard touchdown pass to make the final margin 33–27.
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2001, bowl, 2001, wells, fargo, bowl, edition, bowl, featured, washington, state, cougars, purdue, boilermakers, 2001, wells, fargo, bowlpurdue, boilermakers, washington, state, cougars, 1027, 33head, coach, tiller, head, coach, mike, priceapcoachesbcs13131212. The 2001 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl edition to the Sun Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars and the Purdue Boilermakers 2001 Wells Fargo Sun BowlPurdue Boilermakers Washington State Cougars 6 5 9 2 Big Ten Pac 1027 33Head coach Joe Tiller Head coach Mike PriceAPCoachesBCS1313121234 TotalPurdue 02007 27Washington State 143133 33DateDecember 31 2001Season2001StadiumSun BowlLocationEl Paso TexasRefereeRandy Smith C USA PayoutUS 1 000 000 per team 1 Sun Bowl lt 2000 2002 gt Washington State s Jason David scored the game s first touchdown on a 45 yard interception return for a 7 0 WSU lead Washington State quarterback Jason Gesser later threw a 46 yard touchdown pass to Mike Bush to increase the Cougar s lead to 14 0 In the second quarter Purdue running back Montrell Lowe scored on a 1 yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 14 7 Kicker Travis Dorsch kicked a 28 yard field goal to pull Purdue to within 14 10 Washington State s Drew Dunning answered with a 47 yard field goal of his own to move the lead back to 17 10 Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton found wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield for a 3 yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 17 Travis Dorsch s 50 yard field goal before halftime gave Purdue a 20 17 halftime lead In the third quarter Drew Dunning kicked the tying 34 yard field goal Jason Gesser s subsequent 1 yard touchdown run gave Washington State a 27 20 lead Drew Dunning added field goals of 30 and 37 yards to give WSU a 33 20 lead With 1 53 left Kyle Orton connected with Taylor Stubblefield with a 51 yard touchdown pass to make the final margin 33 27 References edit 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 December 25 2008 External links editUSAToday com recap of game nbsp This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 Sun Bowl amp oldid 1171359699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
