2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2000 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten Co-Champions
Rose Bowl, L 24–34 vs. Washington
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
2000 record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (4th year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (4th year)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Drew Brees (senior year)
Captain	Akin Ayodele (junior year)
Captain	Drew Brees (senior year)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 67,332)

2000 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 Michigan +		6	–	2					9	–	3
#13 Purdue $+		6	–	2					8	–	4
Northwestern +		6	–	2					8	–	4
Ohio State		5	–	3					8	–	4
#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

The 2000 football team represented Purdue University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Purdue finished as tri-champions of the Big Ten Conference and earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, the Boilermakers' first appearance in Pasadena since 1967.

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 Big Ten Conference championship, but was defeated by Washington in the 2001 Rose Bowl.

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 player on the offensive unit selected as an All-American, being selected by Pro Football Weekly.

On defense, the 2000 Purdue team had true freshman safety Stuart Schweigert, who intercepted five passes and also lead 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 1966 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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:00 PM	Central Michigan*	No. 15	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 48–0	56,197[3]
September 9	1:00 PM	Kent State*	No. 14	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 45–10	62,181[4]
September 16	12:00 PM	at No. 21 Notre Dame*	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	L 21–23	80,232[5]
September 23	11:00 AM	Minnesota	No. 21	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 38–24	67,425[6]
September 30	2:30 PM	at Penn State	No. 22	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	L 20–22	96,023[7]
October 7	11:00 AM	No. 6 Michigan		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 32–31	68,340[8]
October 14	11:00 AM	at No. 17 Northwestern	No. 21	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 41–28	41,053[9]
October 21	11:00 AM	at Wisconsin	No. 17	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN	W 30–24 ^OT	79,048[10]
October 28	2:30 PM	No. 12 Ohio State	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 31–27	68,666[11]
November 11	1:00 PM	at Michigan State	No. 9	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 10–30	74,624[12]
November 18	3:30 PM	Indiana	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ABC	W 41–13	69,104[13]
January 1	5:00 PM	vs. No. 4 Washington	No. 14	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 24–34	94,392[14]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Heaggans, GaryGary Heaggans Fr RB 3 Lowe, MontrellMontrell Lowe  So QB 4 Hance, BrandonBrandon Hance Fr WR 5 James, ChrisChris James So QB 10 Edgerton, DavidDavid Edgerton Sr WR 14 Sutherland, VinnyVinny Sutherland Sr QB 15 Brees, DrewDrew Brees (C) Sr WR 18 Dawson, KeithKeith Dawson Sr QB 20 Buergler, CarlCarl Buergler  So WR 21 Stubblefield, TaylorTaylor Stubblefield Fr WR 25 Winston, DonaldDonald Winston  Sr WR 26 Tatum, FinusFinus Tatum Fr RB 31 Robinson, BrandonBrandon Robinson  Fr RB 33 Jackson, RobRob Jackson Fr RB 36 Brown, SedrickSedrick Brown Jr RB 44 Ennis, SteveSteve Ennis So RB 45 Rowe, JacobJacob Rowe So C 52 Miller, MattMatt Miller  So C 54 Turner, RobRob Turner  So OT 55 Allen, IanIan Allen  Sr OG 56 Okobi, ChukkyChukky Okobi  Sr OL 66 Eisele, JasonJason Eisele Fr OL 67 Sulk, JasonJason Sulk Fr OG 68 Kitchel, KellyKelly Kitchel  So OG 70 Rufolo, SeanSean Rufolo  Jr OT 71 Butler, KellyKelly Butler Fr OT 72 Kirkpatrick, JoshJosh Kirkpatrick Sr OL 73 Holle, MikeMike Holle Fr C 74 Pilipaukis, NickNick Pilipaukis  Fr OL 75 Moore, TylerTyler Moore Fr OL 76 Bach, WillieWillie Bach Fr OT 77 Gorin, BrandonBrandon Gorin  Sr OT 78 Light, MattMatt Light  Sr OG 79 Mruczkowski, GeneGene Mruczkowski  So WR 80 Simpson, A. T.A. T. Simpson Jr TE 81 Randolph, ChrisChris Randolph  Jr WR 82 Standeford, JohnJohn Standeford Fr WR 83 Henderson, AndreAndre Henderson Fr WR 84 Morales, SethSeth Morales  So WR 85 Montgomery, BobbyBobby Montgomery Fr TE 89 Stratton, TimTim Stratton  Jr TE 91 Holbrook, MattMatt Holbrook Fr TE 93 Lougheed, PetePete Lougheed  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 2 Olmstead, TimTim Olmstead  Fr S 6 Ferrell, DeaunteDeaunte Ferrell Fr CB 7 Woodyard, AshanteAshante Woodyard  Jr S 8 Turner, RalphRalph Turner  So S 9 Schweigert, StuartStuart Schweigert Fr CB 12 Rogers, AntwaunAntwaun Rogers Fr LB 13 Ayodele, AkinAkin Ayodele (C) Jr LB 16 Gardner, GilbertGilbert Gardner Fr S 17 Smith, BenBen Smith  Jr CB 18 Mack, KoreyKorey Mack Fr CB 19 Starling, R'KesR'Kes Starling  Jr CB 20 McQuaid, ChuckChuck McQuaid Fr CB 22 Morris, SeanSean Morris  Fr CB 23 Clopton, ChrisChris Clopton Sr S 24 Getz, JonJon Getz  So DB 27 Edwards, CharlesCharles Edwards Fr CB 28 Reeves, JacquesJacques Reeves Fr LB 32 Middlebrook, CornellCornell Middlebrook So LB 34 Koutouvides, NikoNiko Koutouvides Fr CB 35 Hill, MarcusMarcus Hill  Fr CB 37 Jacquay, BryanBryan Jacquay Sr S 38 Doe, BradyBrady Doe  Jr LB 39 Goldsberry, JonJon Goldsberry Fr LB 40 Nesfield, KevinKevin Nesfield  Fr LB 41 Tone, AlexAlex Tone Jr DT 42 Botts, BrandonBrandon Botts  Sr DT 43 Giles, DanielDaniel Giles  Fr LB 45 Barjona, ChancellorChancellor Barjona Jr S 46 Vaughan, TomTom Vaughan  Sr LB 47 Johnson, LandonLandon Johnson  Fr S 48 Upshur, TimTim Upshur Jr CB 49 Hasegawa, EricEric Hasegawa Fr LB 50 Dinkins, BrianBrian Dinkins  Sr LB 51 Odom, JoeJoe Odom  So DE 53 Phillips, ShaunShaun Phillips  Fr LB 57 Schaub, PatrickPatrick Schaub Fr DE 58 Moore, WarrenWarren Moore  Sr DE 59 Swann, DougDoug Swann Fr DT 61 Underwood, AlexAlex Underwood Fr DE 62 Dzolovic, VedranVedran Dzolovic  Fr DE 63 Owen, DaveDave Owen Fr DT 65 Johnson, BrandonBrandon Johnson Jr LB 86 Tobey, JoshJosh Tobey So DE 87 Foggio, RoccoRocco Foggio  Sr LB 88 Loerzel, JasonJason Loerzel  Jr LB 90 Counts, GregGreg Counts Fr DT 92 Terrill, CraigCraig Terrill  Fr DT 94 Burroughs, LukeLuke Burroughs Fr DT 95 Goatley, JodyJody Goatley  Sr DT 96 Lawrence, MikeMike Lawrence Fr DT 98 Mitrione, MattMatt Mitrione  Jr DT 99 Grier, DaemeonDaemeon Grier  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 6 Owens, QuintonQuinton Owens Fr P 11 Kurz, ScottScott Kurz  Jr P 29 Lavin, AaronAaron Lavin Fr K 30 Dorsch, TravisTravis Dorsch Jr LS 64 Reid, MarkMark Reid Fr LS 69 Shelbourne, JohnJohn Shelbourne  So	Head coach Joe Tiller Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Chaney (Offensive Coordinator) Brock Spack (Defensive Coordinator) Scott Downing (Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams) Gary Emanuel (Defensive Ends) Ken Greene (Defensive Backs) Mark Hagen (Defensive Tackles) Danny Hope (Offensive Line) Greg Olson (Quarterbacks) Kevin Sumlin (Wide Receivers) Joel Thomas (Graduate Assistant) Darrell Perkins (Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: October 22, 2013

Depth Chart

Defense [15] CB Chris Clopton Jacques Reeves CB Ashante Woodyard R'Kes Starling Offense [16] WR Vinny Sutherland Donald Winston WR John Standeford Andre Henderson LT LG C RG RT Matt Light Gene Mruczkowski Chukky Okobi Rob Turner Brandon Gorin Ian Allen Kelly Kitchel Nick Pilipaukis Sean Rufolo Kelly Butler TE Tim Stratton Chris Randolph WR Seth Morales A. T. Simpson QB Drew Brees Brandon Hance Special Teams PK Travis Dorsch P Scott Kurz P Travis Dorsch KR Vinny Sutherland PR Vinny Sutherland LS Tim Stratton H Ben Smith RB Montrell Lowe Sedrick Brown

Game notes

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 7 21 0 3 31 • Purdue 3 7 13 9 32 Date: October 7 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game start: 11:10 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 68,340 Game weather: Partly cloudy, 41 F, wind 12 NW Referee: James Lapetina TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) References:

Scoring summary 1 9:17 MICH Marquise Walker 7 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick) MICH 7–0 1 3:03 PUR Travis Dorsch 24 yard field goal MICH 7–3 2 11:02 MICH B.J. Askew 4 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick) MICH 14–3 2 6:25 MICH Anthony Thomas 61 yard run (Jeff Del Verne kick) MICH 21–3 2 1:50 PUR Vinny Sutherland 25 yard pass from Drew Brees (Travis Dorsch kick) MICH 21–10 2 0:13 MICH David Terrell 15 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick) MICH 28–10 3 11:03 PUR Steve Ennis 1 yard run (pass failed) MICH 28–16 3 4:12 PUR Montrell Lowe 16 yard run (Travis Dorsch kick) MICH 28–23 4 11:55 MICH Jeff Del Verne 34 yard field goal MICH 31–23 4 6:45 PUR John Standeford 10 yard pass from Drew Brees (pass failed) MICH 31–29 4 0:04 PUR Travis Dorsch 33 yard field goal PUR 32–31

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 7 7 20 7 41 Northwestern 14 0 0 14 28 Date: October 14 Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL Game attendance: 41,053 TV announcers (ESPN): Steve Levy (Play-by-play), Todd Christensen (Color) & Dave Ryan (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q1 12:06 NW Anderson 1 yard run (Long kick) NW 7–0 Q1 10:26 PUR Sutherland 10 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tie 7–7 Q1 7:27 NW Johnson 7 yard pass from Kustok (Long kick) NW 14–7 Q2 3:51 PUR Standeford 7 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 11:20 PUR Standeford 5 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 21–14 Q3 7:53 PUR Sutherland 26 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 28–14 Q3 4:51 PUR Ennis 1 yard run (kick failed) PUR 34–14 Q4 6:45 NW Johnson 41 yard pass from Kustok (Long kick) PUR 34–21 Q4 4:48 PUR Standeford 43 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 41–21 Q4 1:16 NW Ayeni 35 yard pass from Danielson (Long kick) PUR 41–28

• Montrell Lowe 26 Rush, 174 Yds

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Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Purdue 0 7 14 3 6 30 Wisconsin 0 14 3 7 0 24 Date: October 21 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 79,048 Game weather: Sunny; 55°F; wind 9 E Referee: Lipski TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q2 14:34 WIS Chambers 28 yard pass from Sorgi (Pisetsky kick) WIS 7–0 Q2 9:37 PUR Simpson 30 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 8:29 WIS Bennett 33 yard run (Pisetsky kick) WIS 14–7 Q3 12:33 PUR Brees 6 yard run (Dorsch kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 6:37 WIS Pisetsky 35 yard field goal WIS 17–14 Q3 5:40 PUR Morales 78 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 21–17 Q4 7:56 PUR Dorsch 44 yard field goal PUR 24–17 Q4 3:50 WIS Sigmund 5 yard pass from Sorgi (Pisetsky kick) Tie 24–24 OT PUR Woodyard 36 yard blocked field goal return PUR 30–24

Drew Brees becomes the career passing yardage leader in Big Ten history.^[18][19]

Rivalries

• In the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, Purdue beat Indiana.
• In the battle for the Shillelagh Trophy, Notre Dame beat Purdue.

Seniors drafted by the NFL

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

^[20]

Awards and honors

• Drew Brees, Maxwell Award^[21]
• Drew Brees, Chicago Tribune Silver Football
• Tim Stratton, John Mackey Award^[22]

References

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22. Hyland, Tim. "The John Mackey Award". About.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.