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2001 Seattle Bowl

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College football game
2001 Jeep Seattle Bowl
2001 Seattle Bowl logo
(7–5) (9–2)
24 14
Head coach: 
Mac McWhorter
(interim)
Head coach: 
Tyrone Willingham
11 11 9
1234 Total
Georgia Tech 71007 24
Stanford 0338 14
DateDecember 27, 2001Season2001 StadiumSafeco Field LocationSeattle, Washington Attendance30,144PayoutUS$750,000 per team[1] United States TV coverageNetwork ESPN2 Announcers Dave Barnett (play-by-play)
Bill Curry & Mike Golic (analysts)
Michele Tafoya (sidelines)
Seattle Bowl
 < 2000 (Oahu Bowl) 2002

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

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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.

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Notes
  • Was the Oahu Bowl prior to becoming the Seattle Bowl


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