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The 2001 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big 12 Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Dan McCarney in his seventh year and played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames Iowa. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall 4–4 in the Big 12) and with a loss to Alabama in the Independence Bowl.