The 2001 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Terry Allen, who was fired on November 4 and replaced by interim head coach Tom Hayes. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	SW Missouri State*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 24–10	37,500
September 8	11:30 a.m.	No. 17 UCLA*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 17–41	43,500
September 22	2:30 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 16–27	47,495
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		W 34–31 2OT	45,343
October 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 10–38	48,700
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)		L 34–38	38,500
October 27	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)	PPV	L 6–40	50,101
November 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry)	FSN	L 7–51	50,750
November 10	11:30 a.m.	at No. 5 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas		L 0–59	83,111
November 17	11:30 a.m.	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	L 7–49	33,500
November 24	1:00 p.m.	Wyoming*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 27–14	24,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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