2000 Oregon State Beavers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2000 Oregon State Beavers football Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 5 4 11–1 7–1 Dennis Erickson 2nd Tim Lappano 2nd Single-back spread Craig Bray 1st 4–3 Terrence Carroll DeLawrence Grant Darnell Robinson Ken Simonton Jonathan Smith Reser Stadium Pac-10 co-championFiesta Bowl champion Fiesta Bowl W 41–9 vs. Notre Dame The 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 11–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with Oregon and Washington. Oregon State was invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Beavers defeated Notre Dame. The team played home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. The 2000 season was arguably the greatest season in the history of Oregon State Beavers football. The Beavers' shared of the Pac-10 title was the program first conference championship since the 1964 season. The Beavers also achieved their first win over the USC Trojans since the 1967 season. The three-point loss at Washington in early October kept the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl and denied their first outright conference title since the 1956 season. They routed tenth-ranked Notre Dame, 41–9, in the Fiesta Bowl to finish the season.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5873%2C304900 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Rodman Bob Fiesta fireworks January 2, 2001 1Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PjYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874%2C280547 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Baum Bob Brash Beavers bash the Irish January 2, 2001 C1 The 11 wins remains an Oregon State single-season record. Schedule 2000 AP Pacific September 2 3:30 pm w y Eastern Washington Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR 21–19 30,782 https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald-ugh-osu-wins-ugl/177946502/ Albany Democrat-Herald Ugh! OSU wins ugly September 3, 2000 August 1, 2025 Newspapers.com September 9 5:05 pm w y y New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 28–20 30,830 September 23 3:30 pm w y San Diego State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR 35–3 32,027 September 30 3:30 pm w USC 8 Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR 31–21 33,775 October 7 7:15 pm l y 23 Washington 11 Husky Stadium Seattle, WA FSN 30–33 73,145 October 14 3:30 pm w 23 Stanford Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN 38–6 34,777 October 21 3:30 pm w y 19 UCLA 23 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 44–38 48,293 October 28 7:15 pm w y 18 Washington State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN 38–9 34,491 Bachman Rachel Beavers break away early, easily take care of Cougars https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-oregonian/184644761/ November 9, 2025 The Oregonian October 9, 2000 C1 Newspapers.com November 4 12:30 pm w y 14 California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA 38–32 36,000 November 11 7:15 pm w y 10 Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ FSN 33–9 44,109 November 18 12:30 pm w 8 Oregon 5 Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR Civil War ABC 23–13 36,044 January 1, 2001 5:30 pm w y y 5 Notre Dame 10 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Fiesta Bowl ABC 41–9 75,428 Rankings 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 23 19 18 14 10 8 5 5 5 4 Coaches 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 20 18 17 14 10 8 6 6 6 5 BCS 9 15 NR 11 9 9 5 6 6 Game summaries Eastern Washington Eagles (0-0) at Beavers (0-0) Eastern Washington 0 3 9 7 Oregon State 0 7 7 7 September 2 Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR 30,782 Source: Box Score 2 2 7:08 EWASH Troy Griggs 44-yard field goal EWASH 3-0 yes 4:23 OSU Ken Simonton 3-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) OSU 7-3 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 2 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 yes Eastern Washington Eagles football Eastern Washington vs. Oregon State http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100246/100246440.htm USA Today September 2, 2000 September 8, 2019 At New Mexico 2000 New Mexico Lobos football team San Diego State 2000 San Diego State Aztecs football team USC Trojans (3-0) at Beavers (3-0) USC 7 7 0 7 Oregon State 14 0 0 17 September 30 Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR 33,775 Source: Box Score 2000 USC Trojans football team At Washington Beavers (4-0) at Huskies (3-1) Oregon State 14 0 7 9 Washington 7 13 0 13 October 7 Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA 73,145 Steve Physioc (Play-by-play),Tom Ramsey (Color) & Lisa Malosky (Sideline) FSN Source: Box Score 1 3 5:29 OSU Robert Prescott 48-yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick) OSU 7–0 yes 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 3 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 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 yes 2000 Washington Huskies football team Stanford 2000 Stanford Cardinal football team At UCLA 2000 UCLA Bruins football team Washington State 2000 Washington State Cougars football team At California 2000 California Golden Bears football team At Arizona 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team Oregon Ducks (9-1) at Beavers (9-1)Civil War Oregon 0 7 0 6 Oregon State 14 3 6 0 November 18 Reser Stadium, Corvallis, OR 36,044 Keith Jackson (Play-by-play),Tim Brant (Color), & Todd Harris (Sideline) ABC Source: Box Score 2000 Oregon Ducks football team Vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl) Fighting Irish (9-2) vs. Beavers (10-1) Notre Dame 0 3 0 6 Oregon State 3 9 29 0 January 1, 2001 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ 75,428 Sean McDonough (Play-by-play),Ed Cunningham (Color), & Leslie Gudel (Sideline) ABC Source: Box Score 2001 Fiesta Bowl 2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Roster 2000 Oregon State Beavers f 33 Sr Antonio Battle RB 84 Fr Tim Euhus TE y 60 Jr Chris Gibson OL y 18 Sr T. J. Houshmandzadeh WR y 61 Jr Dustin Janz OL y 89 Sr Bennie Johnson TE 80 Sr Chad Johnson WR y 70 So Mike Kuykendall T y 87 Sr Marty Maurer TE 8 Jr Patrick McCall RB y 2 So James Newson WR y 82 Sr Robert Prescott WR y 85 So Tyler Ross TE y 74 Jr Vince Sandoval OL y 35 Jr Ken Simonton RB y y 9 Jr Jonathan Smith QB y Jonathan Smith (American football coach) 72 Sr Robert Sykes OL y 19 So Seth Trimmer TE y 34 Jr James Allen James Allen (linebacker) LB y y 42 So Nick Barnett LB y 32 Jr Calvin Carlyle CB 44 Sr Terrence Carroll CB y 31 Jr Jake Cookus S 98 Fr Dwan Edwards DT y 1 Sr DeLawrence Grant DE y 7 Sr Terrance Gray CB 3 Sr Keith Heyward-Johnson S 95 Sr LaDairis Jackson DE 93 Fr David Lose DT y 99 So Eric Manning DT 37 Fr Mitch Meeuwsen S 2 Sr Tevita Moala LB 12 Jr Eric Mobley CB y 71 Sr Charles O'Neal DT 45 Sr Sefa O'Reilly DE y 23 So Terrell Roberts CB 5 Sr Darnell Robinson LB y 51 Fr Richard Siegler LB y 96 Jr Daniel Torres DT y 4 Sr Ricky Walker CB y 21 So Dennis Weathersby CB y y 36 Fr Aric Williams CB y 41 So Ryan Cesca PK 25 Sr Mike Fessler P y https://web.archive.org/web/20001214100200/http://osubeavers.fansonly.com:80/sports/m-footbl/mtt/orst-m-footbl-mtt.html *Dennis Erickson (2nd year) Gregg Smith (AHC, OL) Tim Lappano (OC) Craig Bray (DC) Eric Yarber (WR) Dan Cozzetto (RB) Jim Michalczik (TE, ST) https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0FBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907%2C174778 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Oregon State roster January 1, 2001 6E Team players in the 2001 NFL draft 2 Oregon State Beavers Player Position Round Pick NFL club Chad Johnson Wide receiver 2 36 Cincinnati Bengals DeLawrence Grant Defensive end 389 Oakland Raiders Mitch White Tackle 6 185 New Orleans Saints T. J. Houshmandzadeh Wide receiver 7 204 Cincinnati Bengals https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/draft.htm Seasons: 2001: Drafted Players pro-football-reference.com 2021-11-20 References Oregon State Category:Oregon State Beavers football seasons Category:Pac-12 Conference football champion seasons Category:Fiesta Bowl champion seasons Oregon State Beavers football