2000 BYU Cougars football team

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2000 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record6–6 (4–3 MW)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorRoger French (20th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorLance Reynolds (1st season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorKen Schmidt (10th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Colorado State $   6 1     10 2  
Air Force   5 2     9 3  
UNLV   4 3     8 5  
BYU   4 3     6 6  
New Mexico   3 4     5 7  
Utah   3 4     4 7  
San Diego State   3 4     3 8  
Wyoming   0 7     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was LaVell Edwards' final season as head coach of the program he had helped elevate to national prominence.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 266:00 pmvs. No. 2 Florida State*ABCL 3–2954,260
September 21:30 pmat Virginia*ABCW 38–35 OT60,435
September 911:00 amat Air ForceSWPL 23–3145,277
September 146:00 pmMississippi State*ESPNL 28–4460,278
September 231:00 pmUNLV
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
ESPN+W 10–760,191
September 306:00 pmat Syracuse*ESPN2L 14–4243,090
October 67:00 pmUtah State*
SWPW 38–1463,318
October 211:00 pmSan Diego State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
ESPN+L 15–1661,194
October 266:00 pmWyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
ESPNW 19–756,422
November 26:00 pmat Colorado StateESPNL 21–4527,412
November 184:00 pmNew Mexico
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
SWPW 37–1362,308
November 244:00 pmat UtahESPNW 34–2745,064

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•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5. BYU Sports Network carried all home games on a tape delayed basis with commentary provided by Brett Richins and Chris Twitty.

Game summaries[edit]

Florida State[edit]

2000 Pigskin Classic
1 234Total
BYU 0 030 3
#2/2 Florida State 15 707 29

Virginia[edit]

1 234OTTotal
BYU 0 014213 38
Virginia 7 14770 35

Air Force[edit]

1 234Total
BYU 10 1003 23
Air Force 7 1473 31

Mississippi State[edit]

1 234Total
Mississippi State 10 2176 44
BYU 0 7714 28

UNLV[edit]

1 234Total
UNLV 0 007 7
BYU 10 000 10
  • Date: September 23
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:05 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:56
  • Game attendance: 60,191
  • Game weather: Overcast w/ some rain, 41 °F (5 °C), winds NE 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
  • Referee: Tom Robinson
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins

Syracuse[edit]

1 234Total
BYU 0 770 14
Syracuse 21 2100 42

Utah State[edit]

1 234Total
Utah State 0 770 14
BYU 3 2177 38
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 7:07 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:03
  • Game attendance: 63,318
  • Game weather: Clear, 66 °F (19 °C), winds W 10 mph (16 km/h)
  • Referee: Glen McKuin
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken

San Diego State[edit]

1 234Total
San Diego State 0 763 16
BYU 0 1203 15
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:05 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:44
  • Game attendance: 61,194
  • Game weather: Overcast w/ some rain, 41 °F (5 °C), winds NE 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
  • Referee: Ken Flaherty
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins

Wyoming[edit]

1 234Total
Wyoming 0 700 7
BYU 0 0910 19
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 6:01 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:16
  • Game attendance: 56,422
  • Referee: Ken Rivera
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

Colorado State[edit]

1 234Total
BYU 0 0714 21
#RV/21 Colorado State 21 1770 45
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: Hughes Stadium, Ft. Collins, CO
  • Game start: 6:01 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:15
  • Game attendance: 27,412
  • Game weather: Chance of flurries, 38 °F (3 °C), Winds W 1 mph (1.6 km/h)
  • Referee: Gerald Wright
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

New Mexico[edit]

1 234Total
New Mexico 0 1030 13
BYU 7 10173 37
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:28
  • Game attendance: 62,308
  • Game weather: 36 °F (2 °C), clear and cold, winds S 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h)
  • Referee: Ken Flaherty
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Utah[edit]

1 234Total
BYU 13 678 34
Utah 7 3017 27
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:33
  • Game attendance: 45,064
  • Game weather: Party Cloudy, 36 °F (2 °C), winds NE 4 mph (6.4 km/h)
  • Referee: Tom Robinson
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, Mike Golic, Michele Tafoya

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Roster[edit]

2000 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 11 Brandon Doman Jr
QB 13 Bret Engemann So
QB 17 Charlie Peterson Jr
RB 6 Luke Staley So
WR 2 David Christensen Fr
WR 20 Reno Mahe Jr
WR 80 Tody Christensen Fr
TE 42 Gabriel Reid So
TE 88 Doug Jolley Jr
TE 89 Spencer Nead So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 92 Ryan Denney Jr
LB 55 Justin Ena Jr
DT 58 Chris Hoke Sr
DE 93 Brett Keisel Jr
S 9 Jared Lee Sr
DT 72 Hans Olsen Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 27 Owen Pochman Sr
P 29 Aaron Edmonds Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Robbie Boscoe (BYU)
    Quarterbacks
  • Mike Empey (BYU)
    Offensive tackles/tight ends
  • Roger French (Minnesota)
    Offensive coordinator/offensive line
  • Barry Lamb (UC Santa Barbara)
    Safeties
  • Brian Mitchell (BYU)
    Defensive backs
  • Chris Pella (Utah State)
    Kickers/wide receivers
  • Tom Ramage (Utah State)
    Defensive line/special teams
  • Lance Reynolds (BYU)
    Offensive coordinator/running backs
  • Ken Schmidt
    Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator
  • Paul Tidwell (BYU)
    Running backs

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[edit]

  1. ^ CougarStats.com - 2000 season
  2. ^ "Retrieved May 4, 2012". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012.