2001 Sun Bowl

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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 = 6–5

| visitor_conference = Big Ten

| home_record = 9–2

| home_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

| city = El Paso, Texas

| referee = Randy Smith (C-USA)

| payout = 1,000,000 per team{{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 }}

| us_network = CBS

| us_announcers = Verne Lundquist, Todd Blackledge, Jill Arrington

}}

The 2001 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl edition to the Sun Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars, and the 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.