# 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Beavers played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis and were led by second-year 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 in Pac-10), to share the league title with Washington and Oregon–their first conference title since 1964. The Beavers also achieved their first win over USC since 1967. The three-point loss at Washington in early October kept the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl and their first outright conference title since 1956. They routed tenth-ranked Notre Dame 41–9 in the Fiesta Bowl, and the eleven wins remains an Oregon State record.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 3:30 pm | Eastern Washington* | | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | | W 21–19 | 30,782 |
| September 9 | 5:05 pm | at New Mexico* | | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | | W 28–20 | 30,830 |
| September 23 | 3:30 pm | San Diego State* | | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | | W 35–3 | 32,027 |
| September 30 | 3:30 pm | No. 8 USC | | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | | W 31–21 | 33,775 |
| October 7 | 7:15 pm | at No. 11 Washington | No. 23 | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | FSN | L 30–33 | 73,145 |
| October 14 | 3:30 pm | Stanford | No. 23 | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | FSN | W 38–6 | 34,777 |
| October 21 | 3:30 pm | at No. 23 UCLA | No. 19 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | | W 44–38 | 48,293 |
| October 28 | 7:15 pm | Washington State | No. 18 | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | FSN | W 38–9 | 34,491 |
| November 4 | 12:30 pm | at California | No. 14 | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | | W 38–32 | 36,000 |
| November 11 | 7:15 pm | at Arizona | No. 10 | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | FSN | W 33–9 | 44,109 |
| November 18 | 12:30 pm | No. 5 Oregon | No. 8 | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR (Civil War) | ABC | W 23–13 | 36,044 |
| January 1, 2001 | 5:30 pm | vs. No. 10 Notre Dame* | No. 5 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) | ABC | W 41–9 | 75,428 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||

## Roster

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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eastern Washington | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| • Oregon State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| USC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • Oregon State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31 |

### At Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oregon State | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| • Washington | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 33 |

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oregon | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| • Oregon State | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 23 |

### Vs. Notre Dame (Fiesta Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| • Oregon State | 3 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 41 |

## Team players in the 2001 NFL draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Chad Johnson | Wide receiver | 2 | 36 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| DeLawrence Grant | Defensive end | 3 | 89 | Oakland Raiders |
| Mitch White | Tackle | 6 | 185 | New Orleans Saints |
| T. J. Houshmandzadeh | Wide receiver | 7 | 204 | Cincinnati Bengals |
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