The2001Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, was the thirtieth edition of theFiesta Bowl and part of theBCSbowl schedule of the2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Held onNew Year's Day atSun Devil Stadium inTempe, Arizona, the night game matched the fifth-rankedOregon State Beavers of thePac-10 Conference and the #10Notre Dame Fighting Irish, anindependent.^[3][4]

Oregon StatequarterbackJonathan Smith threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead the favored Beavers to a 41–9 rout. Wide receiverChad Johnson had two touchdown receptions, and futureCincinnati Bengals teammateT. J. Houshmandzadeh caught the other.Ken Simonton added 85 yards rushing and a touchdown.^[5] The Beavers led 12–3 at halftime, then scored 29 points in an eight-minute stretch of the third quarter to put the game away, including a score on an unusual play where OSU'sTerrell Roberts recovered teammate Houshmandzadeh's fumble on a punt return and himself ran 45 yards to complete the return touchdown.^[6][7][8][9] Notre Dame's sole touchdown came with under seven minutes remaining in the game which completed the scoring.

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. The Beavers won despite being penalized 18 times for 174 yards, which set a school and Fiesta Bowl record.^[6][5]

Oregon State (11–1) was ranked fourth in thefinal AP poll, which remains the highest in the history of the OSU program. Notre Dame (9–3) fell to fifteenth after its fifth consecutivebowl loss, a streak which reachednine.

• 2000–01 NCAA football bowl games
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