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
2000 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)
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

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:00 pmCentral Michigan*No. 15
W 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. 13
NBCL 21–2380,232
September 2311:00 amMinnesotaNo. 21
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ESPNW 38–2467,425
September 302:30 pmat Penn StateNo. 22
ABCL 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. 21
ESPNW 41–2841,053
October 2111:00 amat WisconsinNo. 17
ESPNW 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. 9
ABCL 10–3074,624
November 183:30 pmIndianaNo. 17
ABCW 41–1369,104
January 15:00 pmvs. No. 4 WashingtonNo. 14
ABCL 24–3494,392
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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
OG 56 Chukky Okobi  Sr
OL 66 Jason Eisele Fr
OL 67 Jason Sulk Fr
OG 68 Kelly Kitchel  So
OG 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
OG 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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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

Game summaries

Central Michigan
See also: 2000 Central Michigan Chippewas football team


Kent State
See also: 2000 Kent State Golden Flashes football team


at Notre Dame
See also: 2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry


Minnesota
See also: 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team


at Penn State
See also: 2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team


Michigan
1 234Total
Michigan 7 2103 31
• Purdue 3 7139 32
  • References:
See also: 2000 Michigan Wolverines football team


at Northwestern
1 234Total
• Purdue 7 7207 41
Northwestern 14 0014 28
See also: 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team


  • Montrell Lowe 26 Rush, 174 Yds[4]

at Wisconsin
1 234OTTotal
• Purdue 0 71436 30
Wisconsin 0 14370 24
See also: 2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team


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

Ohio State
1 234Total
Ohio State 0 3177 27
• Purdue 0 7321 31
  • References:
See also: 2000 Ohio State Buckeyes football team


at Michigan State
See also: 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team


Indiana
See also: 2000 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Oaken Bucket


vs. Washington (Rose Bowl)
1 234Total
Purdue 0 1077 24
• Washington 14 0614 34
Main article: 2001 Rose Bowl
See also: 2000 Washington Huskies football team


Rankings
See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 14 15 14 13 21 22 NR 21 17 16 11 9 17 14 14 14 13 
Coaches Poll 13 14 13 12 21 19 NR 21 17 16 13 9 17 14 14 14 13 
BCS Not released 15 10 10 NR NR NR NR Not released

Rivalries

Awards and honors

Seniors drafted by the NFL
Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Drew BreesQuarterback232San Diego Chargers
Matt LightTackle248New England Patriots
Vinny SutherlandWide Receiver5136Atlanta Falcons
Chukky OkobiCenter5146Pittsburgh Steelers
Brandon GorinTackle7201San Diego Chargers

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References
  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. "2000–01 Statistics Purdue". Purdue University Department of Athletics. 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. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. Hyland, Tim. "The John Mackey Award". About.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  9. "2001 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
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