2000 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers played their home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon and were led by 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. 4
AP	No. 4
2000 record	11–1 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (2nd season)
Captain	5 Terrence Carroll DeLawrence Grant Darnell Robinson Ken Simonton Jonathan Smith
Home stadium	Reser Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)

2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	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 Pac-10), and shared the Pac-10 title with Washington and Oregon–their first conference title since 1964. Only a loss to Washington kept the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl and their first outright conference title since 1956. They defeated Notre Dame 41–9 to win the Fiesta Bowl. The 11 wins is an Oregon State record for wins in a single season.

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	5:00 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 WR 18 T. J. Houshmandzadeh Sr WR 80 Chad Johnson Sr OL 61 Dustin Janz Jr WR 20 Riley Jenkins Fr TE 89 Bennie Johnson Sr RB 35 Ken Simonton Sr QB 9 Jonathan Smith Jr QB 15 Tyler Thomas So WR 26 Ryan Petersen Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 James Allen Jr LB 42 Nick Barnett So DE 1 DeLawrence Grant Sr CB 7 Terrance Gray Sr DE 95 LaDairis Jackson Sr FS 22 Jason Jacobs  Fr DT 93 David Lose  Fr DT 99 Eric Manning So SS 14 Robert Marthaller Sr DT 71 Charles O'Neal Sr DE 45 Sefa Reilly Sr CB 21 Dennis Weathersby So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 47 Kirk Yliniemi Fr	Head coach Dennis Erickson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2000-12-14

Rankings

Further information: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	23	19	18	14	10	8	5	5	5	4
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	20	18	17	14	10	8	6	6	6	5
BCS	Not released									NR	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, 2000 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1979	L, 16–35

San Diego State

See also: 2000 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1975	L, 0–25

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, 2000 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR Game attendance: 33,775 Source: Box Score

See also: 2000 USC Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–53–4	1999	L, 29–37

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, 2000 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–54–4	1999	L, 21–47

Stanford

See also: 2000 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–46–3	1999	L, 17–21

at UCLA

See also: 2000 UCLA Bruins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–33–4	1999	W, 55–7

Washington State

See also: 2000 Washington State Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–44–3	1999	W, 27–13

at California

See also: 2000 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–31	1999	W, 17–7

at Arizona

See also: 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–19–1	1999	W, 28–20

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, 2000 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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–52–10	1999	L, 14–25

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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

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References

1. "Eastern Washington vs. Oregon State". USA Today. September 2, 2000. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2001.htm