| Year game played | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Title sponsor | Jeep |
| Game name | Seattle Bowl |
| Football season | 2001 |
| Visitor name short | Georgia Tech |
| Visitor nickname | Yellow Jackets |
| Visitor school | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Home name short | Stanford |
| Home nickname | Cardinal |
| Home school | Stanford University |
| Visitor record | 7–5 |
| Home record | 9–2 |
| Visitor coach | Mac McWhorter (interim) |
| Home coach | Tyrone Willingham |
| Home rank ap | 11 |
| Home rank coaches | 11 |
| Home rank bcs | 9 |
| Visitor 1q | 7 |
| Visitor 2q | 10 |
| Visitor 3q | 0 |
| Visitor 4q | 7 |
| Home 1q | 0 |
| Home 2q | 3 |
| Home 3q | 3 |
| Home 4q | 8 |
| Date game played | December 27 |
| Stadium | Safeco Field |
| City | Seattle, Washington |
| Attendance | 30,144 |
| Payout | 750,000 per team[1] |
| Us network | ESPN2 |
| Us announcers | Dave Barnett (play-by-play) Bill Curry & Mike Golic (analysts) Michele Tafoya (sidelines) |
| Different previous | 2000 (Oahu Bowl) |
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.
Coaches
Georgia Tech's interim coach, Mac McWhorter, led the team in his only game as head coach, filling in for George O'Leary, who had announced his resignation to take the same position at Notre Dame. However, due to a controversy surrounding O'Leary's resume, Tyrone Willingham, McWhorter's counterpart in the Seattle Bowl, ironically ended up as the new Notre Dame coach. As a result, this edition of the Seattle Bowl was Willingham's final game as Stanford's head coach.
See also
References
- ^ "CNNSI.com - 2001 College Bowls - 2001-02 bowl games schedule - Thursday January 03, 2002 11:38 PM". Archived from the original on 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2009-01-02.