2000 BYU Cougars football team

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2000 Mountain West Conference football standings

	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 help elevate to national prominence.

Schedule

August 266:00 PMvs. No. 2 Florida State*

• Alltel Stadium
• Jacksonville, Florida (Pigskin Classic)

ABCL 3–29 54,260 September 21:30 PMat Virginia*

• Scott Stadium
• Charlottesville, Virginia

ABCW 38–35 ^OT60,435 September 911:00 AMat Air Force

• Falcon Stadium
• Colorado Springs, Colorado

KSLL 23–31 45,277 September 146:00 PMMississippi State*

• Cougar Stadium
• Provo, Utah

ESPNL 28–44 60,278 September 231:00 PMUNLV

• Cougar Stadium
• Provo, Utah

ESPN+W 10–7 60,191 September 306:00 PMat Syracuse*

• Carrier Dome
• Syracuse, New York

ESPN2L 14–42 43,090 October 67:00 PMUtah State*

• Cougar Stadium
• Provo, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel)

KSLW 38–14 63,318 October 211:00 PMSan Diego State

• Cougar Stadium
• Provo, Utah

ESPN+L 15–16 61,194 October 266:00 PMWyoming

• Cougar Stadium
• Provo, Utah

ESPNW 19–7 56,422 November 26:00 PMat Colorado State

• Hughes Stadium
• Fort Collins, Colorado

ESPNL 21–45 27,412 November 184:00 PMNew Mexico

• Cougar Stadium
• Provo, Utah

KSLW 37–13 62,308 November 244:00 PMat Utah

• Rice-Eccles Stadium
• Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)

ESPNW 34–27 45,064

Game summaries

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 Game start: 4:07 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:33 Game attendance: 45,064 Game weather: Party Cloudy, 36 F Referee: Tom Robinson TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Barnett (Play-by-play), Bill Curry (Color), Mike Golic (Color) & Michele Tafoya (Sideline)

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 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

Roster

2000 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 11 Brandon Doman Jr TE 88 Doug Jolley Jr WR 20 Reno Mahe Jr TE 89 Spencer Nead So TE 42 Gabriel Reid So RB 6 Luke Staley So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 92 Ryan Denney Jr LB 55 Justin Ena Jr DT 98 Chris Hoke Sr DE 93 Brett Keisel Jr DT 72 Hans Olsen Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 27 Owen Pochman Sr	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster