2000 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season

2000 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	6–6 (4–3 MW)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (29th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Roger French (20th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Lance Reynolds (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Ken Schmidt (10th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Setema Gali Margin Hooks Jared Lee Kalani Sitake
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
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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 26
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 (28 °C), winds SW 3 mph (4.8 km/h)
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	14	7	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 (28 °C), winds 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Referee: Gerald Wright
TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham, Leslie Gudel

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 (24 °C), winds SW 15–25 mph (24–40 km/h)
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	Ryan Fleming 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 (31 °C), winds NE 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h)
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 (5 °C), winds NE 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
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 (19 °C), winds W 10 mph (16 km/h)
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 (5 °C), winds NE 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
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 (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

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 (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

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 (2 °C), winds NE 4 mph (6.4 km/h)
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

References

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

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