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{{Infobox college football game
| name = 
| year_game_played           = 2001
| title_sponsor              = Wells Fargo
| game_name                  = Sun Bowl
| football_season            = 2001
| visitor_name_short         = Purdue 
| visitor_nickname           = Boilermakers
| visitor_school             = Purdue University
| home_name_short            = Washington State 
| home_nickname              = Cougars
| home_school                = Washington State University
| visitor_record             = 6&ndash;5
| visitor_conference         = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| home_record                = 9&ndash;2
| home_conference            = [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10]]
| visitor_coach              = [[Joe Tiller]]
| home_coach                 = [[Mike Price]]
| home_rank_AP               = 13
| home_rank_coaches          = 13
| home_rank_BCS              = 12
| visitor_1q                 = 0
| visitor_2q                 = 20
| visitor_3q                 = 0
| visitor_4q                 = 7
| home_1q                    = 14
| home_2q                    = 3
| home_3q                    = 13
| home_4q                    = 3
| date_game_played           = December 31
| stadium                    = [[Sun Bowl (stadium)|Sun Bowl]]
| city                       = [[El Paso, Texas]]
| referee                    = Randy Smith ([[Conference USA|C-USA]])
| payout                     = 1,000,000 per team<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/football/college/bowl_sked/ |title = CNNSI.com - 2001 College Bowls - 2001-02 bowl games schedule - Thursday January 03, 2002 11:38 PM  |access-date=December 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419121329/http://quicktime.cnnsi.com/football/college/bowl_sked/ |archive-date=April 19, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| us_network = CBS
| us_announcers = Verne Lundquist, Todd Blackledge, Jill Arrington
}}

The '''2001 [[Wells Fargo]] [[Sun Bowl]]''' edition to the Sun Bowl featured the [[2001 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State Cougars]], and the [[2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue Boilermakers]].

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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores101/101365/101365326.htm USAToday.com recap of game]

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