2000 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis and were led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson.

2000 Oregon State Beavers football
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	Dennis Erickson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray (1st season)
Captain	5 Terrence Carroll DeLawrence Grant Darnell Robinson Ken Simonton Jonathan Smith
Home stadium	Reser Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Washington $+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 4 Oregon State  %+		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
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 season was arguably the greatest season in OSU's football history. They finished the regular season at 10–1 (7–1 in Pac-10), to share the league title with Washington and Oregon–their first conference title since 1964. The three-point loss at Washington in early October kept the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl and their first outright conference title since 1956. They routed tenth-ranked Notre Dame 41–9 in the Fiesta Bowl,^[1][2] and the eleven wins remains an Oregon State record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:30 pm	Eastern Washington*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 21–19	30,782
September 9	5:05 pm	at New Mexico*		University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 28–20	30,830
September 23	3:30 pm	San Diego State*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 35–3	32,027
September 30	3:30 pm	No. 8 USC		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 31–21	33,775
October 7	7:15 pm	at No. 11 Washington	No. 23	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 30–33	73,145
October 14	3:30 pm	Stanford	No. 23	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 38–6	34,777
October 21	3:30 pm	at No. 23 UCLA	No. 19	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 44–38	48,293
October 28	7:15 pm	Washington State	No. 18	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 38–9	34,491
November 4	12:30 pm	at California	No. 14	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 38–32	36,000
November 11	7:15 pm	at Arizona	No. 10	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 33–9	44,109
November 18	12:30 pm	No. 5 Oregon	No. 8	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	ABC	W 23–13	36,044
January 1, 2001	5:30 pm	vs. No. 10 Notre Dame*	No. 5	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	W 41–9	75,428
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

2000 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 33 Antonio Battle Sr TE 84 Tim Euhus  Fr OL 60 Chris Gibson  Jr WR 18 T. J. Houshmandzadeh Sr OL 61 Dustin Janz  Jr TE 89 Bennie Johnson Sr WR 80 Chad Johnson Sr OT 70 Mike Kuykendall  So TE 87 Marty Maurer Sr RB 8 Patrick McCall  Jr WR 2 James Newson  So WR 82 Robert Prescott  Sr TE 85 Tyler Ross  So OL 74 Vince Sandoval  Jr RB 35 Ken Simonton  Jr QB 9 Jonathan Smith Jr OL 72 Robert Sykes  Sr TE 19 Seth Trimmer  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 James Allen  Jr LB 42 Nick Barnett So CB 32 Calvin Carlyle Jr CB 44 Terrence Carroll  Sr S 31 Jake Cookus Jr DT 98 Dwan Edwards  Fr DE 1 DeLawrence Grant Sr CB 7 Terrance Gray Sr S 3 Keith Heyward-Johnson Sr DE 95 LaDairis Jackson Sr DT 93 David Lose  Fr DT 99 Eric Manning So S 37 Mitch Meeuwsen Fr LB 2 Tevita Moala Sr CB 12 Eric Mobley  Jr DT 71 Charles O'Neal Sr DE 45 Sefa O'Reilly  Sr CB 23 Terrell Roberts So LB 5 Darnell Robinson  Sr LB 51 Richard Siegler  Fr DT 96 Daniel Torres  Jr CB 4 Ricky Walker  Sr CB 21 Dennis Weathersby  So CB 36 Aric Williams Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 41 Ryan Cesca So P 25 Mike Fessler  Sr	Head coach Dennis Erickson (2nd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Gregg Smith (AHC, OL) Tim Lappano (OC) Craig Bray (DC) Eric Yarber (WR) Dan Cozzetto (RB) Jim Michalczik (TE, ST) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Source:^[3]

Rankings

Further information: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	23	19	18	14	10	8	5	5	5	4
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	20	18	17	14	10	8	6	6	6	5
BCS	Not released									—	11	9	9	5	6	6	Not released

Game summaries

Eastern Washington

Eagles (0-0) at Beavers (0-0)

1 2 3 4 Total 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

Scoring summary 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

See also: Eastern Washington Eagles football

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At New Mexico

See also: 2000 New Mexico Lobos football team

San Diego State

See also: 2000 San Diego State Aztecs football team

USC

Trojans (3-0) at Beavers (3-0)

1 2 3 4 Total 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

See also: 2000 USC Trojans football team

At Washington

Beavers (4-0) at Huskies (3-1)

1 2 3 4 Total 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

Scoring summary 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

See also: 2000 Washington Huskies football team

Stanford

See also: 2000 Stanford Cardinal football team

At UCLA

See also: 2000 UCLA Bruins football team

Washington State

See also: 2000 Washington State Cougars football team

At California

See also: 2000 California Golden Bears football team

At Arizona

See also: 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team

Oregon

Ducks (9-1) at Beavers (9-1)
Civil War

1 2 3 4 Total 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

See also: 2000 Oregon Ducks football team

Vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl)

Fighting Irish (9-2) vs. Beavers (10-1)

1 2 3 4 Total 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

Main article: 2001 Fiesta Bowl

See also: 2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Team players in the 2001 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
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

Source:^[5]

References

1. Rodman, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Fiesta fireworks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
2. Baum, Bob (January 2, 2001). "Brash Beavers bash the Irish". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
3. "Oregon State roster". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 1, 2001. p. 6E.
4. "Eastern Washington vs. Oregon State". USA Today. September 2, 2000. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
5. "Seasons: 2001: Drafted Players". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2021.