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American college football season
The 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Beavers played their home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon and were led by head coach Dennis Erickson .
The 2000 season was arguably the greatest season in OSU's football history. They finished the regular season at 10–1 (7–1 Pac-10 ), and shared the Pac-10 title with Washington and Oregon –their first conference title since 1964. Only a loss to Washington kept the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl and their first outright conference title since 1956. They defeated Notre Dame 41–9 to win the Fiesta Bowl . The 11 wins is an Oregon State record for wins in a single season.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 3:30 PM Eastern Washington * W 21–1930,782
September 9 5:05 PM at New Mexico * W 28–2030,830
September 23 3:30 PM San Diego State * Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR W 35–332,027
September 30 3:30 PM No. 8 USC Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR W 31–2133,775
October 7 7:15 PM at No. 11 Washington No. 23 FSN L 30–3373,145
October 14 3:30 PM Stanford No. 23 Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN W 38–634,777
October 21 3:30 PM at No. 23 UCLA No. 19 W 44–3848,293
October 28 7:15 PM Washington State No. 18 Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FSN W 38–934,491
November 4 12:30 PM at California No. 14 W 38–3236,000
November 11 7:15 PM at Arizona No. 10 FSN W 33–944,109
November 18 12:30 PM No. 5 Oregon No. 8 ABC W 23–1336,044
January 1 5:00 PM vs. No. 10 Notre Dame * No. 5 ABC W 41–975,428
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Roster
2000 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
47
Kirk Yliniemi
Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 2000-12-14
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — — — — — 23 23 19 18 14 10 8 5 5 5 4 Coaches — — — — — — 23 20 18 17 14 10 8 6 6 6 5 BCS Not released — 11 9 9 5 6 6 Not released
Game summaries
Eastern Washington
Eagles (0-0) at Beavers (0-0)
1
2 3 4 Total
Eastern Washington
0
3 9 7
19
• Oregon State
0
7 7 7
21
Scoring summary 2 7:08 EWASH Troy Griggs 44-yard field goal EWASH 3-0
4:23 OSU Ken Simonton 3-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) OSU 7-3
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 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
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at New Mexico
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
1979
L , 16–35
San Diego State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–2
1975
L , 0–25
USC
Trojans (3-0) at Beavers (3-0)
1
2 3 4 Total
USC
7
7 0 7
21
• Oregon State
14
0 0 17
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
7–53–4
1999
L , 29–37
at Washington
Beavers (4-0) at Huskies (3-1)
1
2 3 4 Total
Oregon State
14
0 7 9
30
• Washington
7
13 0 13
33
Scoring summary 1 5:29 OSU Robert Prescott 48-yard pass from Jonathan Smith (Ryan Cesca kick) OSU 7–0
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 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 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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
26–54–4
1999
L , 21–47
Stanford
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
18–46–3
1999
L , 17–21
at UCLA
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
12–33–4
1999
W , 55–7
Washington State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
38–44–3
1999
W , 27–13
at California
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
21–31
1999
W , 17–7
at Arizona
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–19–1
1999
W , 28–20
Oregon
Ducks (9-1) at Beavers (9-1) Civil War
1
2 3 4 Total
Oregon
0
7 0 6
13
• Oregon State
14
3 6 0
23
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
41–52–10
1999
L , 14–25
vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl)
Fighting Irish (9-2) vs. Beavers (10-1)
1
2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame
0
3 0 6
9
• Oregon State
3
9 29 0
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Team players in the 2001 NFL Draft
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References
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons
Pacific Coast AAWU Pacific-8 Pacific-10 Pac-12 National championships in bold