The 2001 BYU Cougars football team represented

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during the

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. This was the first BYU team without

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as the head coach in 30 years.

Schedule

•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

Roster

Game summaries

Tulane

Nevada

California

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UNLV

Utah State

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New Mexico

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Air Force

San Diego State

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Colorado State

Wyoming

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Utah

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Mississippi State

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Hawai'i

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Louisville

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References

{{Mountain West Conference football champions

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