2000 Oregon State Beavers football team
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The 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 11–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with Oregon and Washington. Oregon State was invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Beavers defeated Notre Dame. The team played home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.
| 2000 Oregon State Beavers football | |
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Pac-10 co-champion Fiesta Bowl champion | |
Fiesta Bowl, W 41–9 vs. Notre Dame | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 11–1 (7–1 Pac-10) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tim Lappano (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single-back spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Craig Bray (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
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| Home stadium | Reser Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Oregon State %+ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Washington $+ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Oregon + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 season was arguably the greatest season in the history of Oregon State Beavers football. The Beavers' shared of the Pac-10 title was the program first conference championship since the 1964 season. The Beavers also achieved their first win over the USC Trojans since the 1967 season. The three-point loss at Washington in early October kept the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl and denied their first outright conference title since the 1956 season. They routed tenth-ranked Notre Dame, 41–9, in the Fiesta Bowl to finish the season.[1][2] The 11 wins remains an Oregon State single-season record.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | 3:30 pm | Eastern Washington* | W 21–19 | 30,782 | [3] | |||
| September 9 | 5:05 pm | at New Mexico* | W 28–20 | 30,830 | ||||
| September 23 | 3:30 pm | San Diego State* |
| W 35–3 | 32,027 | |||
| September 30 | 3:30 pm | No. 8 USC |
| W 31–21 | 33,775 | |||
| October 7 | 7:15 pm | at No. 11 Washington | No. 23 | FSN | L 30–33 | 73,145 | ||
| October 14 | 3:30 pm | Stanford | No. 23 |
| FSN | W 38–6 | 34,777 | |
| October 21 | 3:30 pm | at No. 23 UCLA | No. 19 | W 44–38 | 48,293 | |||
| October 28 | 7:15 pm | Washington State | No. 18 |
| FSN | W 38–9 | 34,491 | [4] |
| November 4 | 12:30 pm | at California | No. 14 | W 38–32 | 36,000 | |||
| November 11 | 7:15 pm | at Arizona | No. 10 | FSN | W 33–9 | 44,109 | ||
| November 18 | 12:30 pm | No. 5 Oregon | No. 8 |
| ABC | W 23–13 | 36,044 | |
| January 1, 2001 | 5:30 pm | vs. No. 10 Notre Dame* | No. 5 | ABC | W 41–9 | 75,428 | ||
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Rankings
Game summaries
Eastern Washington
Eagles (0-0) at Beavers (0-0)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Eastern Washington | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| • Oregon State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
- Date: September 2
- Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR
- Game attendance: 30,782
- Source: Box Score
| 2 | 7:08 | EWASH | Troy Griggs 44-yard field goal | EWASH 3-0 |
| 4:23 | OSU | Ken Simonton 3-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) | OSU 7-3 | |
| 3 | 9:49 | EWASH | Troy Griggs 22-yard field goal | OSU 7-6 |
| 5:40 | OSU | Simonton 14-yard run (Cesca kick) | OSU 14-6 | |
| 3:48 | EWASH | Jesse Chatman 2-yard run (two-point attempt failed) | OSU 14-12 | |
| 4 | 4:26 | OSU | Simonton 14-yard run (Cesca kick) | OSU 21-12 |
| 3:16 | EWASH | Fred Salanoa 7-yard run (Griggs kick) | OSU 21-19 | |
At New Mexico
San Diego State
USC
Trojans (3-0) at Beavers (3-0)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| USC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • Oregon State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
- Date: September 30
- Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR
- Game attendance: 33,775
- Source: Box Score
At Washington
Beavers (4-0) at Huskies (3-1)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Oregon State | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| • Washington | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 33 |
- Date: October 7
- Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
- Game attendance: 73,145
- TV announcers (FSN): Steve Physioc (Play-by-play),
Tom Ramsey (Color) & Lisa Malosky (Sideline)
- Source: Box Score
| 1 | 5:29 | OSU | Robert Prescott 48-yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick) | OSU 7–0 |
| 2:23 | WASH | Justin Robbins 16-yard pass from Marques Tuiasosopo (John Anderson kick) | Tied 7–7 | |
| 0:18 | OSU | Patrick McCall 43-yard run (Cesca kick) | OSU 14–7 | |
| 2 | 11:27 | WASH | Rich Alexis 1-yard run (Anderson kick) | Tied 14-14 |
| 5:33 | WASH | John Anderson 27-yard field goal | Wash 17-14 | |
| 0:00 | WASH | John Anderson 23-yard field goal | Wash 20-14 | |
| 3 | 4:29 | OSU | T.J. Houshmandzadeh 11-yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Cesca kick) | OSU 21-20 |
| 4 | 14:01 | WASH | Rich Alexis 1-yard run (two point attempt failed) | Wash 26-21 |
| 14:01 | OSU | Keith Heyward-Johnson 98-yard fumble return of two-point conversion attempt | Wash 26-23 | |
| 8:23 | WASH | Marques Tuiasosopo 4-yard run (Anderson kick) | Wash 33-23 | |
| 7:22 | OSU | Chad Johnson 80-yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Cesca kick) | Wash 33-30 | |
Stanford
At UCLA
Washington State
At California
At Arizona
Oregon
Ducks (9-1) at Beavers (9-1)
Civil War
Civil War
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Oregon | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| • Oregon State | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
- Date: November 18
- Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR
- Game attendance: 36,044
- TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson (Play-by-play),
Tim Brant (Color), & Todd Harris (Sideline)
- Source: Box Score
Vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl)
Fighting Irish (9-2) vs. Beavers (10-1)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| • Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
- Date: January 1, 2001
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
- Game attendance: 75,428
- TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play),
Ed Cunningham (Color), & Leslie Gudel (Sideline)
- Source: Box Score
Roster
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Team players in the 2001 NFL draft
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
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| Chad Johnson | Wide receiver | 2 | 36 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| DeLawrence Grant | Defensive end | 3 | 89 | Oakland Raiders |
| Mitch White | Tackle | 6 | 185 | New Orleans Saints |
| T. J. Houshmandzadeh | Wide receiver | 7 | 204 | Cincinnati Bengals |