2001 Fiesta Bowl

2001 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
BCS Bowl Game
Oregon State Beavers Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) (9-2) 41 9 Head coach:  Dennis Erickson Head coach:  Bob Davie AP Coaches BCS 5 6 6 AP Coaches BCS 10 10 11
1 2 3 4 Total Oregon State 3 9 29 0 41 Notre Dame 0 3 0 6 9
Date	January 1, 2001
Season	2000
Stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
Location	Tempe, Arizona
MVP	Jonathan Smith, QB Darnell Robinson, LB
Attendance	75,428
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham
Nielsen ratings	10.7

The 2001 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, 2001, was the 30th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game was played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, between the Oregon State Beavers (ranked number 5 in the AP Poll) and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (ranked number 10 in the AP Poll).

In the game, Oregon State quarterback Jonathan Smith threw for 305 yards and 3 touchdowns and led the Beavers to a 41–9 rout. Chad Johnson had two of the touchdown receptions and future Cincinnati Bengals teammate T. J. Houshmandzadeh caught the other touchdown. The Beavers scored 29 points in one eight-minute stretch of the third quarter to put the game away.

Smith was named the offensive player of the game, and Beavers linebacker Darnell Robinson, who recorded two sacks, forced a fumble, and made an interception, was the defensive player of the game.