The 2001 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented

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in the

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during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach

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, in his seventh year, and played their home games at

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. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–4 in the Big 12) and with a loss to

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in the

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