2000 BYU Cougars football team

2000 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Mountain West
2000 record	6–6 (4–3 MW)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Offensive coordinator	Lance Reynolds
Defensive coordinator	Ken Schmidt
Captains	Setema Gali Margin Hooks Jared Lee Kalani Sitake
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t	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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	6:00 pm	vs. No. 2 Florida State*	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, Florida (Pigskin Classic)	ABC	L 3–29	54,260
September 2	1:30 pm	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia	ABC	W 38–35 OT	60,435
September 9	11:00 am	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado	SWP	L 23–31	45,277
September 14	6:00 pm	Mississippi State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN	L 28–44	60,278
September 23	1:00 pm	UNLV	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN+	W 10–7	60,191
September 30	6:00 pm	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPN2	L 14–42	43,090
October 6	7:00 pm	Utah State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel)	SWP	W 38–14	63,318
October 21	1:00 pm	San Diego State	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN+	L 15–16	61,194
October 26	6:00 pm	Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN	W 19–7	56,422
November 2	6:00 pm	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, Colorado	ESPN	L 21–45	27,412
November 18	4:00 pm	New Mexico	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	SWP	W 37–13	62,308
November 24	4:00 pm	at Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)	ESPN	W 34–27	45,064
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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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[]

Florida State[]

2000 Pigskin Classic

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 0 3 0 3 • #2/2 Florida State 15 7 0 7 29 Date: August 25 Location: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, FL Game start: 8:07 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:35 Game attendance: 54,260 Game weather: Party Cloudy, 82°F, winds SW 3 mph Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Lynn Swann

Scoring summary 1 14:08 FSU Javon Walker 19-yard pass from Chris Weinke (Matt Munyon kick failed) FSU 6-0 1 3:01 FSU Atrews Bell 3-yard pass from Chris Weinke (Matt Munyon kick) FSU 13-0 1 2:42 FSU Team Safety FSU 15-0 2 12:26 FSU Atrews Bell 6-yard run (Matt Munyon kick) FSU 22-0 3 2:19 BYU Owen Pochman 42-yard field goal FSU 22-3 4 1:11 FSU Travis Minor 5-yard run (Matt Munyon kick) FSU 29-3

Virginia[]

1 2 3 4 OT Total • BYU 0 0 14 21 3 38 Virginia 7 7 14 7 0 35 Date: September 2 Location: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA Game start: 3:35 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:23 Game attendance: 60,435 Game weather: 71% Humidity w/ High Clouds, 82°F, winds 6 mph Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham,

Scoring summary 1 11:08 UVA Arlen Harris 28-yard run (David Greene kick) UVA 7-0 2 10:40 UVA Antwoine Womack 4-yard run (David Greene kick) UVA 14-0 2 7:44 UVA Tyree Foreman 5-yard run (David Greene kick) UVA 21-0 3 12:26 BYU Brian McDonald 6-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 21-7 3 7:39 BYU Brian McDonald 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 21-14 3 0:29 UVA Kevin Coffey 28-yard pass from Dan Ellis (David Greene kick) UVA 28-14 4 14:13 BYU Brian McDonald 6-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 28-21 4 12:13 UVA Antwoine Walker 67-yard run (David Greene kick) UVA 35-21 4 8:11 BYU Doug Jolley 6-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 35-28 4 0:50 BYU Margin Hooks 6-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Owen Pochman kick) TIED 35-35 OT BYU Owen Pochman 26-yard field goal BYU 38-35

Air Force[]

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 10 10 0 3 23 • Air Force 7 14 7 3 31 Date: September 9 Location: Falcon Stadium, Air Force Academy, CO Game start: 11:07 a.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:04 Game attendance: 45,277 Game weather: Sunny w/ Few Clouds, 75°F, winds SW 15-25 mph Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken

Scoring summary 1 10:07 BYU Owen Pochman 27-yard field goal BYU 3-0 1 7:36 AFA Qualario Brown 13-yard pass from Mike Thiessen (Dave Adams kick) AFA 7-3 1 5:25 BYU Luke Staley 13-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 10-7 2 14:41 AFA 53-yard pass from Mike Thiessen (Dave Adams kick) AFA 14-10 2 9:54 BYU Mike Rigell 19-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 17-14 2 4:17 BYU Owen Pochman 40-yard field goal BYU 20-14 2 0:55 AFA Ryan Fleming 20-yard pass from Mike Thiessen (Dave Adams kick) AFA 21-20 3 6:15 AFA Qualario Brown 25-yard pass from Mike Thiessen (Dave Adams kick) AFA 28-20 4 8:31 BYU Owen Pochman 43-yard field goal AFA 28-23 4 2:32 AFA Dave Adams 35-yard field goal AFA 31-23

Mississippi State[]

1 2 3 4 Total • Mississippi State 10 21 7 6 44 BYU 0 7 7 14 28 Date: September 14 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 6:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:29 Game attendance: 60,278 Game weather: Clear and warm, 88°F, winds NE 5-10 mph Referee: Steve Landis TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

Scoring summary 1 11:37 MSU Dicenzo Miller 14-yard run (Scott Westerfield kick) MSU 7-0 1 1:03 MSU Scott Westerfield 22-yard field goal MSU 10-0 2 14:51 BYU Jonathan Pittman 39-yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Owen Pochman kick) MSU 10-7 2 13:04 MSU Wayne Madkin 56-yard run (Scott Westerfield kick) MSU 17-7 2 12:11 MSU Ellis Wyms fumble recovery in the end zone (Scott Westerfield kick) MSU 24-7 2 9:03 MSU Dicenzo Miller 78-yard pass from Wayne Madkin (Scott Westerfield kick) MSU 31-7 3 10:45 BYU Marcus Whalen 2-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) MSU 31-14 3 3:49 MSU Josh Morgan 97-yard fumble return (Scott Westerfield kick) MSU 38-14 4 10:12 BYU Brian McDonald 3-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) MSU 38-21 4 6:03 MSU Conner Stephens 36-yard interception return (Dicenzo Miller rush failed) MSU 44-21 4 1:55 BYU Jonathan Pittman 19-yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Owen Pochman kick) MSU 44-28

UNLV[]

1 2 3 4 Total UNLV 0 0 0 7 7 • BYU 10 0 0 0 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, winds NE 5 mph Referee: Tom Robinson TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins

Scoring summary 1 10:15 BYU Brian McDonald 25-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 7-0 1 1:28 BYU Owen Pochman 42-yard field goal BYU 10-0 4 12:26 UNLV Jason Thomas 1-yard run (Ray Cheetany kick) BYU 10-7

Syracuse[]

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 7 7 0 14 • Syracuse 21 21 0 0 42 Date: September 30 Location: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY Game start: 8:00 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 43,090 Game weather: Indoor Stadium Referee: Ken Rivera TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, Mike Golic, Holly Rowe

Scoring summary 1 7:53 SYR Troy Nunes 1-yard run (Mike Shafer kick) SYR 7-0 1 6:19 SYR James Mungro 61-yard run (Mike Shafer kick) SYR 14-0 1 3:16 SYR Maurice Jackson 18-yard run (Mike Shafer kick) SYR 21-0 2 12:12 SYR Pat Woodcock 79-yard pass from Troy Nunes (Mike Shafer kick) SYR 28-0 2 9:18 BYU Jonathan Pittman 28-yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Owen Pochman kick) SYR 28-7 2 3:40 SYR Pat Woodcock 65-yard pass from Troy Nunes (Mike Safer kick) SYR 35-7 2 0:31 SYR James Mungro 20-yard run (Mike Safer kick) SYR 42-7 3 4:30 BYU Jonathan Pittman 27-yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Owen Pochman kick) SYR 42-14

Utah State[]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 0 7 7 0 14 • BYU 3 21 7 7 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, winds W 10 mph Referee: Glen McKuin TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken

Scoring summary 1 8:06 BYU Owen Pochman 28-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 14:16 BYU Luke Staley 3-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 10-0 2 3:13 USU Emmett White 1-yard run (Brad Bohn kick) BYU 10-7 2 1:59 BYU Luke Staley 9-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 17-7 2 0:26 BYU Mike Rigell 21-yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 24-7 3 7:09 BYU Luke Staley 4-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 31-7 3 0:00 USU Chris Stallworth 27-yard pass from Jose Fuentes (Brad Bohn kick) BYU 31-14 4 10:59 BYU Brian McDonald 7-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 38-14

San Diego State[]

1 2 3 4 Total • San Diego State 0 7 6 3 16 BYU 0 12 0 3 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, winds NE 5 mph Referee: Ken Flaherty TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins

Scoring summary 2 14:14 BYU Owen Pochman 24-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 7:13 BYU Owen Pochman 28-yard field goal BYU 6-0 2 3:46 SDSU Larry Ned 19-yard run (Nate Tandberg kick) SDSU 7-6 2 0:08 BYU Margin Hooks 2-yard pass from Charlie Peterson (Peterson pass failed) BYU 12-7 3 7:53 SDSU Larry Ned 2-yard run (Lon Sheriff pass failed) SDSU 13-12 4 0:46 BYU Owen Pochman 50-yard field goal BYU 15-13 4 0:01 SDSU Nate Tandberg 36-yard field goal SDSU 16-15

Wyoming[]

1 2 3 4 Total Wyoming 0 7 0 0 7 • BYU 0 0 9 10 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

Scoring summary 2 0:49 WYO Malcolm Floyd 12-yard pass from Jay Stoner (Aaron Elling kick) WYO 7-0 3 6:49 BYU Charlie Peterson 5-yard run (Owen Pochman run failed) WYO 7-6 3 1:49 BYU Owen Pochman 48-yard field goal BYU 9-7 4 11:21 BYU Marcus Whalen 4-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 16-7 4 4:15 BYU Owen Pochman 42-yard field goal BYU 19-7

Colorado State[]

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 0 7 14 21 • #RV/21 Colorado State 21 17 7 0 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, Winds W 1 mph Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

Scoring summary 1 11:24 CSU Pete Rebstock 69-yard pass from Matt Newton (C.W. Hurst kick) CSO 7-0 1 2:48 CSU Joey Cappari 13-yard pass from Matt Newton (C.W. Hurst kick) CSU 14-0 1 0:47 CSU Cecil Sapp 39-yard run (C.W. Hurst kick) CSU 21-0 2 14:13 CSU C.W. Hurst 43-yard field goal CSU 24-0 2 7:56 CSU Rahsaan Sanders 3-yard run (C.W. Hurst kick) CSU 31-0 2 1:48 CSU Cecil Sapp 9-yard run (C.W. Hurst kick) CSU 38-0 3 8:22 CSU Will Layne 51-yard pass from Matt Newton CSU 45-0 3 4:26 BYU Brandon Doman 8-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) CSU 45-7 4 12:53 BYU Jonathan Pittman 3-yard pass from Brandon Doman (Owen Pochman kick) CSU 45-14 4 7:00 BYU Luke Staley 4-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 45-21

New Mexico[]

1 2 3 4 Total New Mexico 0 10 3 0 13 • BYU 7 10 17 3 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, clear and cold, winds S 5-10 mph Referee: Ken Flaherty TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 4:17 BYU Luke Staley 2-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 7-0 2 13:46 UNM Vladimir Borombozin 24-yard field goal BYU 7-3 2 11:31 BYU Brian McDonald 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 14-3 2 9:00 UNM Javier Hanson 48-yard pass from Rudy Caamano (Vladimir Borombozin kick) BYU 14-10 2 0:01 BYU Owen Pochman 56-yard field goal BYU 17-10 3 10:11 BYU Luke Staley 2-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 24-10 3 7:16 UNM Vladimir Borombozin 27-yard field goal BYU 24-13 3 4:35 BYU Brandon Doman 8-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 31-13 3 2:40 BYU Owen Pochman 32-yard field goal BYU 34-13 4 9:38 BYU Owen Pochman 33-yard field goal UNM 37-13

Utah[]

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 13 6 7 8 34 Utah 7 3 0 17 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, winds NE 4 mph Referee: Tom Robinson TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, Mike Golic, Michele Tafoya

Scoring summary 1 14:08 UTAH Andre Dyson 24-yard interception return (Ryan Kaneshiro kick) UTAH 7-0 1 7:50 BYU Owen Pochman 45-yard field goal UTAH 7-3 1 4:42 BYU Brian McDonald 3-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 10-7 1 0:11 BYU Owen Pochman 38-yard field goal BYU 13-7 2 14:07 BYU Owen Pochman 35-yard field goal BYU 16-7 2 4:42 BYU Owen Pochman 22-yard field goal BYU 19-7 2 1:35 UTAH Ryan Kaneshiro 40-yard field goal BYU 19-10 3 4:35 BYU Mike Rigell 35-yard pass from Brandon Doman (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 26-10 4 13:53 UTAH Ryan Kaneshiro 33-yard field goal BYU 26-13 4 7:51 UTAH Thomas Fortune 2-yard run (Ryan Kaneshiro kick) BYU 26-20 4 2:16 UTAH Matt Nickel 20-yard pass from Darnell Arceneaux (Ryan Kaneshiro kick) UTAH 27-26 4 0:23 BYU Brandon Doman 4-yard run (Brandon Doman to Soren Halladay pass) BYU 34-27

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Roster[]

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 LaVell Edwards (Utah State) 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 Redshirt Roster

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