The 2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season . They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and competed in the Big Ten Conference . In its fourth year under head coach Joe Tiller , Purdue compiled an 8–4 record, won the conference championship , but was defeated by Washington in the 2001 Rose Bowl .
Purdue's offense was led by quarterback and Heisman Trophy -finalist Drew Brees . Brees led the Big Ten in completions, attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns, setting the Big Ten career record for career passing yards with 11,517 passing former Purdue player, Mark Herrmann who had set the mark with 9,946 in 1980. The team had neither a 1,000-yard rusher nor a 1,000-yard receiver. Vinny Sutherland was the leading receiver with 926 receiving yards, and Montrell Lowe led the team in rushing with 919 rushing yards. Drew Brees and offensive tackle Matt Light were the only players on the offensive unit selected as an All-American by Pro Football Weekly
On defense, the 2000 Purdue team had true freshman safety Stuart Schweigert , who intercepted five passes and also led the team in tackles with 85. Other standouts on defense included defensive end Akin Ayodele with 9.0 quarterback sacks , and linebacker Landon Johnson with 71 tackles and two sacks, and safety Ralph Turner with 65 tackles, four sacks and an interception.
Ten members of the team were honored as All-Big Ten Conference selections, quarterback Drew Brees was named the Big Ten Offensive of the Year and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football , while safety Stuart Schweigert was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year . Nineteen members of the 2000 Boilermakers football team went on to play in the NFL . Prior to 2000, the Boilermakers had compiled three consecutive winning seasons and had not won a Big Ten Championship since the 1967 Purdue team .
The 2000 team, which boasted two future Super Bowl winners, was featured in the 2013 Big Ten Network documentary series Big Ten Elite [ 1] [ 2]
The season was Drew Brees 's final year with the Boilermakers. He left Purdue with Big Ten Conference records in passing yards (11,792), touchdown passes (90), total offensive yards (12,693), completions (1,026), and attempts (1,678). Brees won the Maxwell Award as the nation's outstanding player of 2000 and won the NCAA 's Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001. Brees was third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy in 2000. The Boilermakers won all 8 of their games when they scored 30 points or more in 2000.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 1:00 pm Central Michigan * No. 15 W 48–056,197 September 9 1:00 pm Kent State * No. 14 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN W 45–1062,181 September 16 12:00 pm at No. 21 Notre Dame * No. 13 NBC L 21–2380,232 September 23 11:00 am Minnesota No. 21 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ESPN W 38–2467,425 September 30 2:30 pm at Penn State No. 22 ABC L 20–2296,023 October 7 11:00 am No. 6 Michigan Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC W 32–3168,340 October 14 11:00 am at No. 17 Northwestern No. 21 ESPN W 41–2841,053 October 21 11:00 am at Wisconsin No. 17 ESPN W 30–24 OT 79,048 October 28 2:30 pm No. 12 Ohio State No. 16 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN ABC W 31–2768,666 November 11 1:00 pm at Michigan State No. 9 ABC L 10–3074,624 November 18 3:30 pm Indiana No. 17 ABC W 41–1369,104 January 1 5:00 pm vs. No. 4 Washington No. 14 ABC L 24–3494,392 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Defense
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SS
Ralph Turner
Tom Vaughan
CB
Ashante Woodyard
R'Kes Starling
Offense
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WR
Seth Morales
A. T. Simpson
RB
Montrell Lowe
Sedrick Brown
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan
7
21 0 3
31
• Purdue
3
7 13 9
32
Scoring summary 1 9:17 MICH Marquise Walker 7 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)MICH 7–0 1 3:03 PUR Travis Dorsch 24 yard field goalMICH 7–3 2 11:02 MICH B.J. Askew 4 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)MICH 14–3 2 6:25 MICH Anthony Thomas 61 yard run (Jeff Del Verne kick)MICH 21–3 2 1:50 PUR Vinny Sutherland 25 yard pass from Drew Brees (Travis Dorsch kick)MICH 21–10 2 0:13 MICH David Terrell 15 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)MICH 28–10 3 11:03 PUR Steve Ennis 1 yard run (pass failed) MICH 28–16 3 4:12 PUR Montrell Lowe 16 yard run (Travis Dorsch kick) MICH 28–23 4 11:55 MICH Jeff Del Verne 34 yard field goal MICH 31–23 4 6:45 PUR John Standeford 10 yard pass from Drew Brees (pass failed)MICH 31–29 4 0:04 PUR Travis Dorsch 33 yard field goal PUR 32–31
1
2 3 4 Total
• Purdue
7
7 20 7
41
Northwestern
14
0 0 14
28
Scoring summary Q1 12:06 NW Anderson 1 yard run (Long kick)NW 7–0 Q1 10:26 PUR Sutherland 10 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick)Tie 7–7 Q1 7:27 NW Johnson 7 yard pass from Kustok (Long kick) NW 14–7 Q2 3:51 PUR Standeford 7 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick)Tie 14–14 Q3 11:20 PUR Standeford 5 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 21–14 Q3 7:53 PUR Sutherland 26 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 28–14 Q3 4:51 PUR Ennis 1 yard run (kick failed) PUR 34–14 Q4 6:45 NW Johnson 41 yard pass from Kustok (Long kick) PUR 34–21 Q4 4:48 PUR Standeford 43 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 41–21 Q4 1:16 NW Ayeni 35 yard pass from Danielson (Long kick) PUR 41–28
Montrell Lowe 26 Rush, 174 Yds[ 4]
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• Purdue
0
7 14 3 6
30
Wisconsin
0
14 3 7 0
24
Scoring summary Q2 14:34 WIS Chambers 28 yard pass from Sorgi (Pisetsky kick)WIS 7–0 Q2 9:37 PUR Simpson 30 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 8:29 WIS Bennett 33 yard run (Pisetsky kick)WIS 14–7 Q3 12:33 PUR Brees 6 yard run (Dorsch kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 6:37 WIS Pisetsky 35 yard field goal WIS 17–14 Q3 5:40 PUR Morales 78 yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 21–17 Q4 7:56 PUR Dorsch 44 yard field goal PUR 24–17 Q4 3:50 WIS Sigmund 5 yard pass from Sorgi (Pisetsky kick) Tie 24–24 OT PUR Woodyard 36 yard blocked field goal return PUR 30–24
Drew Brees becomes the career passing yardage leader in Big Ten history.[ 5] [ 6]
1
2 3 4 Total
Ohio State
0
3 17 7
27
• Purdue
0
7 3 21
31
Scoring summary 2 9:02 OSU Dan Stultz 35-yard field goal OSU 3–0 2 3:41 PUR Steve Ennis 2-yard run (Travis Dorsch kick) PUR 7–3 3 12:40 PUR Travis Dorsch 34-yard field goal PUR 10–3 3 8:52 OSU Dan Stultz 45-yard field goal PUR 10–6 3 3:41 OSU Jamar Martin 1-yard run (Stultz kick) OSU 13–10 3 1:53 OSU Nate Clements 83-yard punt return (Stultz kick)OSU 20–10 4 12:46 PUR John Standeford 5-yard pass from Drew Brees (Dorsch kick)OSU 20–17 4 5:59 PUR Vinny Sutherland 19-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick)PUR 24–20 4 2:16 OSU Westbrooks 2-yard run (Stultz kick) OSU 27–24 4 1:55 PUR Seth Morales 64-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) PUR 31–27
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1
2 3 4 Total
Purdue
0
10 7 7
24
• Washington
14
0 6 14
34
Scoring summary 1 8:33 WASH Cleman 1-yard run (Anderson kick) WASH 7–0 1 4:42 WASH Tuiasosopo 5-yard run (Anderson kick)WASH 14–0 2 11:32 PUR Sutherland 5-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) WASH 14–7 2 0:26 PUR Travis Dorsch 26-yard field goal WASH 14–10 3 13:12 WASH Anderson 47-yard field goal WASH 17–10 3 11:58 PUR Sutherland 24-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tied 17–17 3 6:55 WASH Anderson 42-yard field goal WASH 20–17 4 12:00 WASH Elstrom 8-yard pass from Tuiasosopo (Anderson kick) WASH 27–17 4 7:25 WASH Hurst 8-yard run (Anderson kick) WASH 34–17 4 6:37 PUR Brown 42-yard run (Dorsch kick) WASH 34–24
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 14 15 14 13 21 22 — 21 17 16 11 9 17 14 14 14 13 Coaches Poll 13 14 13 12 21 19 — 21 17 16 13 9 17 14 14 14 13 BCS Not released 15 10 10 — — — — Not released
Seniors drafted by the NFL
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