2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2000 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 24–34 vs. Washington
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
Record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Drew Brees (senior year)
Captains	Akin Ayodele (junior year) Drew Brees (senior year)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 67,332)
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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

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.

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

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
September 9	1:00 pm	Kent State*	No. 14	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 45–10	62,181
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
September 23	11:00 am	Minnesota	No. 21	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 38–24	67,425
September 30	2:30 pm	at Penn State	No. 22	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 20–22	96,023
October 7	11:00 am	No. 6 Michigan		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 32–31	68,340
October 14	11:00 am	at No. 17 Northwestern	No. 21	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 41–28	41,053
October 21	11:00 am	at Wisconsin	No. 17	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	W 30–24 OT	79,048
October 28	2:30 pm	No. 12 Ohio State	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 31–27	68,666
November 11	1:00 pm	at Michigan State	No. 9	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 10–30	74,624
November 18	3:30 pm	Indiana	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ABC	W 41–13	69,104
January 1	5:00 pm	vs. No. 4 Washington	No. 14	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 24–34	94,392
*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 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 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

Game summaries

Central Michigan

Kent State

At Notre Dame

Minnesota

At Penn State

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 (5 °C), wind 12 mph (19 km/h) NW Referee: James Lapetina TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) References: [1] Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine

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

At 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^[4]

At 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 (13 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h) 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.^[5][6]

Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 3 17 7 27 • Purdue 0 7 3 21 31 Date: October 28 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game start: 2:34 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:34 Game attendance: 68,666 Game weather: Fair / Mostly sunny, 57 °F (14 °C), wind 15 mph (24 km/h) E Referee: Steve Newman TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) References: [2]

Scoring summary 2 9:02 OSU Dan Stultz 35-yard field goal OSU 3–0 2 3:41 PUR Steve Ennis 2-yard run (Travis Dorsch kick) PUR 7–3 3 12:40 PUR Travis Dorsch 34-yard field goal PUR 10–3 3 8:52 OSU Dan Stultz 45-yard field goal PUR 10–6 3 3:41 OSU Jamar Martin 1-yard run (Stultz kick) OSU 13–10 3 1:53 OSU Nate Clements 83-yard punt return (Stultz kick) OSU 20–10 4 12:46 PUR John Standeford 5-yard pass from Drew Brees (Dorsch kick) OSU 20–17 4 5:59 PUR Vinny Sutherland 19-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 24–20 4 2:16 OSU Westbrooks 2-yard run (Stultz kick) OSU 27–24 4 1:55 PUR Seth Morales 64-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 31–27

At Michigan State

Indiana

Vs. Washington (Rose Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 10 7 7 24 • Washington 14 0 6 14 34 Date: January 1 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA Game attendance: 94,392 Referee: Jack Childress TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Todd Harris (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 8:33 WASH Cleman 1-yard run (Anderson kick) WASH 7–0 1 4:42 WASH Tuiasosopo 5-yard run (Anderson kick) WASH 14–0 2 11:32 PUR Sutherland 5-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) WASH 14–7 2 0:26 PUR Travis Dorsch 26-yard field goal WASH 14–10 3 13:12 WASH Anderson 47-yard field goal WASH 17–10 3 11:58 PUR Sutherland 24-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tied 17–17 3 6:55 WASH Anderson 42-yard field goal WASH 20–17 4 12:00 WASH Elstrom 8-yard pass from Tuiasosopo (Anderson kick) WASH 27–17 4 7:25 WASH Hurst 8-yard run (Anderson kick) WASH 34–17 4 6:37 PUR Brown 42-yard run (Dorsch kick) WASH 34–24

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	14	15	14	13	21	22	—	21	17	16	11	9	17	14	14	14	13
Coaches Poll	13	14	13	12	21	19	—	21	17	16	13	9	17	14	14	14	13
BCS	Not released									15	10	10	—	—	—	—	Not released

Rivalries

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

Awards and honors

• Drew Brees, Maxwell Award^[7]
• Drew Brees, Chicago Tribune Silver Football
• Tim Stratton, John Mackey Award^[8]

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

^[9]

References