American college football season
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 * ABC L 3–2954,260
September 2 1:30 pm at Virginia * ABC W 38–35 OT 60,435
September 9 11:00 am at Air Force SWP L 23–3145,277
September 14 6:00 pm Mississippi State * ESPN L 28–4460,278
September 23 1:00 pm UNLV Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah ESPN+ W 10–760,191
September 30 6:00 pm at Syracuse * ESPN2 L 14–4243,090
October 6 7:00 pm Utah State * SWP W 38–1463,318
October 21 1:00 pm San Diego State Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah ESPN+ L 15–1661,194
October 26 6:00 pm Wyoming Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah ESPN W 19–756,422
November 2 6:00 pm at Colorado State ESPN L 21–4527,412
November 18 4:00 pm New Mexico Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah SWP W 37–1362,308
November 24 4:00 pm at Utah ESPN W 34–2745,064
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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
Virginia
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• BYU
0
0 14 21 3
38
Virginia
7
14 7 7 0
35
Air Force
1
2 3 4 Total
BYU
10
10 0 3
23
• Air Force
7
14 7 3
31
Mississippi State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Mississippi State
10
21 7 6
44
BYU
0
7 7 14
28
UNLV
1
2 3 4 Total
UNLV
0
0 0 7
7
• BYU
10
0 0 0
10
Date: September 23Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UTGame start: 1:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2:56Game attendance: 60,191Game weather: Overcast w/ some rain, 41 °F (5 °C), winds NE 5 mph (8.0 km/h)Referee: Tom RobinsonTV announcers (ESPN+ ): Chris Marlowe , JC Pearson , Beth Mowins
Syracuse
1
2 3 4 Total
BYU
0
7 7 0
14
• Syracuse
21
21 0 0
42
Utah State
1
2 3 4 Total
Utah State
0
7 7 0
14
• BYU
3
21 7 7
38
Date: October 6Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UTGame start: 7:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:03Game attendance: 63,318Game weather: Clear, 66 °F (19 °C), winds W 10 mph (16 km/h)Referee: Glen McKuinTV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Kathy Aiken
San Diego State
1
2 3 4 Total
• San Diego State
0
7 6 3
16
BYU
0
12 0 3
15
Date: October 21Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UTGame start: 1:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:44Game attendance: 61,194Game weather: Overcast w/ some rain, 41 °F (5 °C), winds NE 5 mph (8.0 km/h)Referee: Ken FlahertyTV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins
Wyoming
1
2 3 4 Total
Wyoming
0
7 0 0
7
• BYU
0
0 9 10
19
Date: October 26Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UTGame start: 6:01 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:16Game attendance: 56,422Referee: Ken RiveraTV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch
Colorado State
1
2 3 4 Total
BYU
0
0 7 14
21
• #RV/21 Colorado State
21
17 7 0
45
Date: November 2Location: Hughes Stadium , Ft. Collins, CO Game start: 6:01 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:15Game attendance: 27,412Game weather: Chance of flurries, 38 °F (3 °C), Winds W 1 mph (1.6 km/h)Referee: Gerald WrightTV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch
New Mexico
1
2 3 4 Total
New Mexico
0
10 3 0
13
• BYU
7
10 17 3
37
Date: November 18Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UTGame start: 4:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:28Game attendance: 62,308Game weather: 36 °F (2 °C), clear and cold, winds S 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h)Referee: Ken FlahertyTV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland , Blaine Fowler
Utah
1
2 3 4 Total
• BYU
13
6 7 8
34
Utah
7
3 0 17
27
Date: November 24Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium , Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:33Game attendance: 45,064Game weather: Party Cloudy, 36 °F (2 °C), winds NE 4 mph (6.4 km/h)Referee: Tom RobinsonTV announcers (ESPN ): Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, Mike Golic, Michele Tafoya
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Roster
2000 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
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
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