2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and competed in the Big Ten Conference. In its fourth year under head coach Joe Tiller, Purdue compiled an 8–4 record, won the conference championship, but was defeated by Washington in the 2001 Rose Bowl.

2000 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 24–34 vs. Washington
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Chaney (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (4th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPDrew Brees (senior year)
Captains
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 67,332)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Purdue $+   6 2     8 4  
Northwestern +   6 2     8 4  
No. 11 Michigan +   6 2     9 3  
Ohio State   5 3     8 4  
No. 23 Wisconsin   4 4     9 4  
Minnesota   4 4     6 6  
Penn State   4 4     5 7  
Iowa   3 5     3 9  
Illinois   2 6     5 6  
Michigan State   2 6     5 6  
Indiana   2 6     3 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Purdue's offense was led by quarterback and Heisman Trophy-finalist Drew Brees. Brees led the Big Ten in completions, attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns, setting the Big Ten career record for career passing yards with 11,517 passing former Purdue player, Mark Herrmann who had set the mark with 9,946 in 1980. The team had neither a 1,000-yard rusher nor a 1,000-yard receiver. Vinny Sutherland was the leading receiver with 926 receiving yards, and Montrell Lowe led the team in rushing with 919 rushing yards. Drew Brees and offensive tackle Matt Light were the only players on the offensive unit selected as an All-American by Pro Football Weekly.

On defense, the 2000 Purdue team had true freshman safety Stuart Schweigert, who intercepted five passes and also led the team in tackles with 85. Other standouts on defense included defensive end Akin Ayodele with 9.0 quarterback sacks, and linebacker Landon Johnson with 71 tackles and two sacks, and safety Ralph Turner with 65 tackles, four sacks and an interception.

Ten members of the team were honored as All-Big Ten Conference selections, quarterback Drew Brees was named the Big Ten Offensive of the Year and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, while safety Stuart Schweigert was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Nineteen members of the 2000 Boilermakers football team went on to play in the NFL. Prior to 2000, the Boilermakers had compiled three consecutive winning seasons and had not won a Big Ten Championship since the 1967 Purdue team.

The 2000 team, which boasted two future Super Bowl winners, was featured in the 2013 Big Ten Network documentary series Big Ten Elite[1] and is still widely regarded by Purdue fans as one of the greatest Boilermakers football teams of all time.[2] The Boilermakers have yet to win the Big Ten championship or reach the Rose Bowl since then.

Season

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The season was Drew Brees's final year with the Boilermakers. He left Purdue with Big Ten Conference records in passing yards (11,792), touchdown passes (90), total offensive yards (12,693), completions (1,026), and attempts (1,678). Brees won the Maxwell Award as the nation's outstanding player of 2000 and won the NCAA's Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001. Brees was third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy in 2000. The Boilermakers won all 8 of their games when they scored 30 points or more in 2000.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:00 pmCentral Michigan*No. 15W 48–056,197
September 91:00 pmKent State*No. 14
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 45–1062,181
September 1612:00 pmat No. 21 Notre Dame*No. 13NBCL 21–2380,232
September 2311:00 amMinnesotaNo. 21
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNW 38–2467,425
September 302:30 pmat Penn StateNo. 22ABCL 20–2296,023
October 711:00 amNo. 6 Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ABCW 32–3168,340
October 1411:00 amat No. 17 NorthwesternNo. 21ESPNW 41–2841,053
October 2111:00 amat WisconsinNo. 17ESPNW 30–24 OT79,048
October 282:30 pmNo. 12 Ohio StateNo. 16
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ABCW 31–2768,666
November 111:00 pmat Michigan StateNo. 9ABCL 10–3074,624
November 183:30 pmIndianaNo. 17
ABCW 41–1369,104
January 15:00 pmvs. No. 4 WashingtonNo. 14ABCL 24–3494,392
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 0
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Gary Heaggans Fr
RB 3 Montrell Lowe   So
QB 4 Brandon Hance Fr
WR 5 Chris James So
QB 10 David Edgerton Sr
WR 14 Vinny Sutherland Sr
QB 15 Drew Brees (C) Sr
WR 18 Keith Dawson Sr
QB 20 Carl Buergler   So
WR 21 Taylor Stubblefield Fr
WR 25 Donald Winston   Sr
WR 26 Finus Tatum Fr
RB 31 Brandon Robinson   Fr
RB 33 Rob Jackson Fr
RB 36 Sedrick Brown Jr
RB 44 Steve Ennis So
RB 45 Jacob Rowe So
C 52 Max Miller   So
C 54 Rob Turner   So
OT 55 Ian Allen   Sr
G 56 Chukky Okobi   Sr
OL 66 Jason Eisele Fr
OL 67 Jason Sulk Fr
G 68 Kelly Kitchel   So
G 70 Sean Rufolo   Jr
OT 71 Kelly Butler Fr
OT 72 Josh Kirkpatrick Sr
OL 73 Mike Holle Fr
C 74 Nick Pilipaukis   Fr
OL 75 Tyler Moore Fr
OL 76 Willie Bach Fr
OT 77 Brandon Gorin   Sr
OT 78 Matt Light   Sr
G 79 Gene Mruczkowski   So
WR 80 A. T. Simpson Jr
TE 81 Chris Randolph   Jr
WR 82 John Standeford Fr
WR 83 Andre Henderson Fr
WR 84 Seth Morales   So
WR 85 Bobby Montgomery Fr
TE 89 Tim Stratton   Jr
TE 91 Matt Holbrook Fr
TE 93 Pete Lougheed   So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 2 Tim Olmstead   Fr
S 6 Deaunte Ferrell Fr
CB 7 Ashante Woodyard   Jr
S 8 Ralph Turner   So
S 9 Stuart Schweigert Fr
CB 12 Antwaun Rogers Fr
LB 13 Akin Ayodele (C) Jr
LB 16 Gilbert Gardner Fr
S 17 Ben Smith   Jr
CB 18 Korey Mack Fr
CB 19 R'Kes Starling   Jr
CB 20 Chuck McQuaid Fr
CB 22 Sean Morris   Fr
CB 23 Chris Clopton Sr
S 24 Jon Getz   So
DB 27 Charles Edwards Fr
CB 28 Jacques Reeves Fr
LB 32 Cornell Middlebrook So
LB 34 Niko Koutouvides Fr
CB 35 Marcus Hill   Fr
CB 37 Bryan Jacquay Sr
S 38 Brady Doe   Jr
LB 39 Jon Goldsberry Fr
LB 40 Kevin Nesfield   Fr
LB 41 Alex Tone Jr
DT 42 Brandon Botts   Sr
DT 43 Daniel Giles   Fr
LB 45 Chancellor Barjona Jr
S 46 Tom Vaughan   Sr
LB 47 Landon Johnson   Fr
S 48 Tim Upshur Jr
CB 49 Eric Hasegawa Fr
LB 50 Brian Dinkins   Sr
LB 51 Joe Odom   So
DE 53 Shaun Phillips   Fr
LB 57 Patrick Schaub Fr
DE 58 Warren Moore   Sr
DE 59 Doug Swann Fr
DT 61 Alex Underwood Fr
DE 62 Vedran Dzolovic   Fr
DE 63 Dave Owen Fr
DT 65 Brandon Johnson Jr
LB 86 Josh Tobey So
DE 87 Rocco Foggio   Sr
LB 88 Jason Loerzel   Jr
LB 90 Greg Counts Fr
DT 92 Craig Terrill   Fr
DT 94 Luke Burroughs Fr
DT 95 Jody Goatley   Sr
DT 96 Mike Lawrence Fr
DT 98 Matt Mitrione   Jr
DT 99 Daemeon Grier   Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 6 Quinton Owens Fr
P 11 Scott Kurz   Jr
P 29 Aaron Lavin Fr
K 30 Travis Dorsch Jr
LS 64 Mark Reid Fr
LS 69 John Shelbourne   So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 22, 2013

Depth chart

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Game summaries

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Central Michigan

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Kent State

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At Notre Dame

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Minnesota

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At Penn State

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Michigan

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1 234Total
Michigan 7 2103 31
Purdue 3 7139 32

At Northwestern

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1 234Total
Purdue 7 7207 41
Northwestern 14 0014 28
  • Montrell Lowe 26 Rush, 174 Yds[4]

At Wisconsin

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1 234OTTotal
Purdue 0 71436 30
Wisconsin 0 14370 24

Drew Brees becomes the career passing yardage leader in Big Ten history.[5][6]

Ohio State

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1 234Total
Ohio State 0 3177 27
Purdue 0 7321 31
  • References: [2]

At Michigan State

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Indiana

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Vs. Washington (Rose Bowl)

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1 234Total
Purdue 0 1077 24
Washington 14 0614 34

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1415141321222117161191714141413
Coaches Poll1314131221192117161391714141413
BCSNot released151010Not released

Rivalries

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Awards and honors

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Seniors drafted by the NFL

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Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Drew Brees Quarterback 2 32 San Diego Chargers
Matt Light Tackle 2 48 New England Patriots
Vinny Sutherland Wide Receiver 5 136 Atlanta Falcons
Chukky Okobi Center 5 146 Pittsburgh Steelers
Brandon Gorin Tackle 7 201 San Diego Chargers

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References

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  1. ^ "Next on Big Ten Elite: 2000 Purdue football". Big Ten Network. October 11, 2013.
  2. ^ Baugh, Travis (April 18, 2013). "Big Ten Network to Feature 2001 Rose Bowl Squad". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "2000–01 Statistics Purdue". Purdue University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "Purdue vs. Northwestern". USA Today. October 14, 2000. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "Purdue vs. Wisconsin". USA Today. October 21, 2000. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  6. ^ "Purdue 30, Wisconsin 24". Purdue University Department of Athletics. October 21, 2000. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  7. ^ Alder, James. "Maxwell Award Winners". About.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Hyland, Tim. "The John Mackey Award". About.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "2001 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2014.