2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2000 Purdue Boilermakers football Big Ten Conference Big Ten 13 13 8–4 6–2 Joe Tiller 4th Jim Chaney 4th Spread Brock Spack 4–3 4th Drew Brees Akin Ayodele Drew Brees Ross–Ade Stadium Big Ten co-champion Rose Bowl L 24–34 vs. Washington The 2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe Tiller, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the Big Ten title with Michigan and Northwestern. Purdue earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where the Boilermakers lost to Washington. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana . 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. 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, Brees was named the Big Ten Offensive of the Year and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, while Schweigert was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Nineteen members of the 2000 Boilermakers football team went on to play in the National Football League (NFL). Prior to 2000, the Boilermakers had compiled three consecutive winning seasons and but had not won a Big Ten championship since the 1967 Purdue team did so. The 2000 team, which had two Super Bowl winners, was featured in the 2013 Big Ten Network documentary series Big Ten EliteNext on Big Ten Elite: 2000 Purdue football http://btn.com/2013/10/11/next-on-big-ten-elite-2000-purdue-football/ Big Ten Network October 11, 2013 and is still regarded by Purdue fans as one of the greatest Boilermakers football teams of all time.Big Ten Network to Feature 2001 Rose Bowl Squad Travis Baugh http://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/mens/football/article_7a03d48a-01e8-501e-aea7-8d2763880f71.html?mode=jqm Purdue Exponent April 18, 2013 December 11, 2014 The Boilermakers have yet to win the Big Ten championship or reach the Rose Bowl since then. The season was 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association'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 eight of their games when they scored 30 points or more in 2000. Schedule 2000 AP Eastern September 2 1:00 pm w y 15 Central Michigan Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN 48–0 56,197 Boilers toss a shutout Journal and Courier Tom Kubat September 3, 2000 B1, B2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99373838/boilers-toss-a-shutout/ Newspapers.com September 9 1:00 pm w y 14 Kent State Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN 45–10 62,181 September 16 12:00 pm l y y 13 Notre Dame 21 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry NBC 21–23 80,232 September 23 11:00 am w 21 Minnesota Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN 38–24 67,425 September 30 2:30 pm l y 22 Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC 20–22 96,023 October 7 11:00 am w Michigan 6 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC 32–31 68,340 October 14 11:00 am w y 21 Northwestern 17 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN 41–28 41,053 October 21 11:00 am w y 17 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN 30–24 OT 79,048 October 28 2:30 pm w 16 Ohio State 12 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC 31–27 68,666 November 11 1:00 pm l y 9 Michigan State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ABC 10–30 74,624 November 18 3:30 pm w 17 Indiana Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Old Oaken Bucket ABC 41–13 69,104 January 1 5:00 pm l y 14 Washington 4 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl ABC 24–34 94,392 Rankings 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 14 15 14 13 21 22 NR 21 17 16 11 9 17 14 14 14 13 Coaches 0 16 13 14 13 12 21 19 NR 21 17 16 13 9 17 14 14 14 13 BCS 9 15 15 10 10 NR NR NR NR Game summaries Central Michigan 2000 Central Michigan Chippewas football team Kent State 2000 Kent State Golden Flashes football team At Notre Dame 2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry Minnesota 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team At Penn State 2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team Michigan Michigan 7 21 0 3 Purdue 3 7 13 9 October 7 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN 11:10 a.m. CST 3:30 68,340 Partly cloudy, 41 F, wind 12 mph on NW James Lapetina Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) ABC References: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075753/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/100700aaa.html 2016-03-05 yes 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 yes 2000 Michigan Wolverines football team At Northwestern Purdue 7 7 20 7 Northwestern 14 0 0 14 October 14 Ryan Field, Evanston, IL 41,053 Steve Levy (Play-by-play), Todd Christensen (Color) & Dave Ryan (Sideline) ESPN yes 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 yes 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team Montrell Lowe 26 Rush, 174 YdsPurdue vs. Northwestern http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100288/100288433.htm USA Today October 14, 2000 September 22, 2014 At Wisconsin Purdue 0 7 14 3 6 Wisconsin 0 14 3 7 0 October 21 Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI 12:10 p.m. EST 3:25 79,048 Sunny; 55 F; wind 9 mph on E Lipski Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) ABC yes 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 yes 2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team Drew Brees becomes the career passing yardage leader in Big Ten history.Purdue vs. Wisconsin http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100295/100295443.htm USA Today October 21, 2000 September 17, 2014Purdue 30, Wisconsin 24 http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/102100aaa.html Purdue University Department of Athletics October 21, 2000 September 17, 2014 Ohio State Ohio State 0 3 17 7 Purdue 0 7 3 21 October 28 Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN 2:34 p.m. EDT 3:34 68,666 Fair / Mostly sunny, 57 F, wind 15 mph on E Steve Newman Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) ABC References: yes 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 yes 2000 Ohio State Buckeyes football team At Michigan State 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team Indiana 2000 Indiana Hoosiers football team Old Oaken Bucket Vs. Washington (Rose Bowl) Purdue 0 10 7 7 Washington 14 0 6 14 January 1 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA 94,392 Jack Childress Keith Jackson (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Todd Harris (Sideline) ABC yes 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 yes 2001 Rose Bowl 2000 Washington Huskies football team Personnel Roster 2000 Purdue Boilermakers y Gary Heaggans 2 WR F Montrell Lowe 3 RB SO y Brandon Hance 4 QB F Chris James 5 WR SO David Edgerton 10 QB SR Vinny Sutherland 14 WR SR y Drew Brees 15 QB SR y C Keith Dawson 18 WR SR Carl Buergler 20 QB SO y0 Taylor Stubblefield 21 WR F y Donald Winston 25 WR SR y Finus Tatum 26 WR F Brandon Robinson 31 RB F y Rob Jackson 33 RB F Sedrick Brown 36 RB J Steve Ennis 44 RB SO Jacob Rowe 45 RB SO Max Miller 52 C SO y Rob Turner 54 C SO y Ian Allen 55 OT SR y y Ian Allen (American football) Chukky Okobi 56 OG SR y y Jason Eisele 66 OL F Jason Sulk 67 OL F Kelly Kitchel 68 OG SO y Sean Rufolo 70 OG J y Kelly Butler 71 OT F y Josh Kirkpatrick 72 OT SR Mike Holle 73 OL F Nick Pilipaukis 74 C F y Tyler Moore 75 OL F Willie Bach 76 OL F Brandon Gorin 77 OT SR y y Matt Light 78 OT SR y y Gene Mruczkowski 79 OG SO y y A. 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Simpson 80 WR J Chris Randolph 81 TE J y John Standeford 82 WR F y Andre Henderson 83 WR F Seth Morales 84 WR SO y Bobby Montgomery 85 WR F Tim Stratton 89 TE J y y Matt Holbrook 91 TE F Pete Lougheed 93 TE SO y Tim Olmstead 2 DE F y Deaunte Ferrell 6 S F Ashante Woodyard 7 CB J y Ralph Turner 8 S SO y Stuart Schweigert 9 S F y Antwaun Rogers 12 CB F Akin Ayodele 13 LB J y C Gilbert Gardner 16 LB F y Ben Smith 17 S J y Korey Mack 18 CB F R'Kes Starling 19 CB J y Chuck McQuaid 20 CB F Sean Morris 22 CB F y Chris Clopton 23 CB SR Jon Getz 24 S SO y Charles Edwards 27 DB F Jacques Reeves 28 CB F y Cornell Middlebrook 32 LB SO Niko Koutouvides 34 LB F y Marcus Hill 35 CB F y Bryan Jacquay 37 CB SR Brady Doe 38 S J y Jon Goldsberry 39 LB F y Kevin Nesfield 40 LB F y Alex Tone 41 LB J Brent Botts 42 DT SR y Daniel Giles 43 DT F y Chancellor Barjona 45 LB J Tom Vaughan 46 S SR y Landon Johnson 47 LB F y y Tim Upshur 48 S J Eric Hasegawa 49 CB F Brian Dinkins 50 LB SR y Joe Odom 51 LB SO y y Shaun Phillips 53 DE F y y Patrick Schaub 57 LB F Warren Moore 58 DE SR y Doug Swann 59 DE F Alex Underwood 61 DT F Vedran Dzolovic 62 DE F y Dave Owen 63 DE F Brandon Johnson 65 DT J Josh Tobey 86 LB SO Rocco Foggio 87 DE SR y Jason Loerzel 88 LB J y Greg Counts 90 LB F Craig Terrill 92 DT F y y Luke Burroughs 94 DT F Jody Goatley 95 DT SR y Mike Lawrence 96 DT F Matt Mitrione 98 DT J y y Daemeon Grier 99 DT F y Quinton Owens 6 K F Scott Kurz 11 P J y Aaron Lavin 29 P F Travis Dorsch 30 K J y Mark Reid 64 LS F John Shelbourne 69 LS SO y http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/pur-m-footbl-mtt.html October 22, 2013 Joe Tiller 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) Depth chart Single Set Back 4-3 Yes No No Drew Brees Brandon Hance Montrell Lowe Sedrick Brown Vinny Sutherland Donald Winston Seth Morales A. 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Simpson John Standeford Andre Henderson Tim Stratton Chris Randolph Matt Light Ian Allen Gene Mruczkowski Kelly Kitchel Chukky Okobi Nick Pilipaukis Rob Turner Sean Rufolo Brandon Gorin Kelly Butler Landon Johnson Alex Tone Joe Odom Jason Loerzel Gilbert Gardner Patrick Schaub Stuart Schweigert Brady Doe Ralph Turner Tom Vaughan Chris Clopton Jacques Reeves Ashante Woodyard R'Kes Starling Akin Ayodele Brian Dinkins Craig Terrill Daemeon Grier Matt Mitrione Brent Botts Shaun Phillips Warren Moore Travis Dorsch Scott Kurz Travis Dorsch Vinny Sutherland Vinny Sutherland Tim Stratton Ben Smith 2000–01 Statistics Purdue http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/041101aac.html#TEAM.IND Purdue University Department of Athletics December 3, 2013 December 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141216161249/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/041101aac.html#TEAM.IND dead 100 85 No Awards and honors Drew Brees, Maxwell AwardMaxwell Award Winners James Alder http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/maxwellaward.htm About.com December 11, 2014 March 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307152554/http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/maxwellaward.htm dead Drew Brees, Chicago Tribune Silver Football Tim Stratton, John Mackey AwardThe John Mackey Award Tim Hyland http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-mackey.htm About.com December 11, 2014 July 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105950/http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-mackey.htm dead Seniors drafted by the NFL PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL 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 2001 NFL Draft https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2001.htm Pro Football Reference December 11, 2014 December 21, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071221030113/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2001.htm dead References Purdue Category:Purdue Boilermakers football seasons Category:Big Ten Conference football champion seasons Purdue Boilermakers football