The 2000 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Rick Neuheisel and played their home games on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium . Washington lost only once, on the road at Oregon ,[ 1] Rose Bowl on New Year's Day to finish with an 11–1 record.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
On the new FieldTurf at Husky Stadium, Washington opened the 2000 season on September 2 with a 44–20 victory over Idaho . Fourth-ranked Miami traveled to Seattle the next week and senior QB Marques Tuiasosopo threw for 223 yards and ran for 45 as the Huskies handed the Hurricanes their only loss of the season, 34–29.[ 5]
The following week, Neuheisel led UW against his former team, the Colorado Buffaloes , at Folsom Field in Boulder . The Huskies celebrated their coach's homecoming with a 17–14 victory.[ 6] rival Oregon spoiled Washington's hopes for a perfect season with a 23–16 setback in the wind in Eugene ,[ 1] Fiesta Bowl champion Oregon State in the only loss of their season.[ 7]
In the next five weeks, the Huskies battled back from second half deficits in every game, including a 31–28 win in the rain at Stanford that was marked with tragedy; safety Curtis Williams (1978–2002) was paralyzed after a neck injury late in the third quarter.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
After several second half comebacks, Washington was finally able to win a game easily with a 51–3 victory over Washington State in the Apple Cup in Pullman ,[ 14] [ 15] 1990 team led by 52 points, also in Pullman, but reserves allowed a late touchdown.)[ 16] [ 17] Civil War , put the Huskies in the Rose Bowl , taking the tiebreaker with the better non-conference record.[ 15]
On New Year's Day in Pasadena, Tuiasosopo earned Rose Bowl MVP honors as he led fourth-ranked Washington to a 34–24 win over #14 Purdue and Drew Brees ;[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] both final polls .[ 18] [ 19]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 2 12:30 p.m. Idaho * No. 14 FSN W 44–2070,117 September 9 12:30 p.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) * No. 15 ABC W 34–2974,157 [ 5] September 16 12:30 p.m. at Colorado * No. 9 ABC W 17–1450,454 [ 6] September 30 12:30 p.m. at No. 20 Oregon No. 6 ABC L 16–2346,153 [ 1] October 7 7:00 p.m. No. 23 Oregon State No. 13 FSN W 33–3073,145 [ 7] October 14 7:00 p.m. at Arizona State No. 11 FSN W 21–1561,370 October 21 3:30 p.m. California No. 9 FSN W 36–2470,113 October 28 2:00 p.m. at Stanford No. 9 FSN W 31–2831,300 [ 8] November 4 12:30 p.m. Arizona No. 8 ABC W 35–3270,411 November 11 12:30 p.m. UCLA No. 7 ABC W 35–2871,886 November 18 3:30 p.m. at Washington State No. 6 FSN W 51–333,010 [ 14] [ 15] , 2001 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 14 Purdue * No. 4 ABC W 34–2494,392 [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
2000 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
15
John Anderson So
P
16
Ryan Fleming Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible Roster
Source: [ 20] [ 21]
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 13 14 15 9 8 6 13 11 9 9 8 7 6 4 4 4 3 Coaches 14 15 15 10 7 6 11 10 9 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 3 BCS Not released 9 8 6 5 4 4 4 Not released
#4 Miami (FL) at #15 Washington
1
2 3 4 Total
Miami (FL)
3
0 19 7
29
• Washington
7
14 6 7
34
Date: September 9Location: Husky Stadium • Seattle, WashingtonGame attendance: 74,157Referee: Chuck McFerrin Scoring summary 1 8:19 WASH Braxton Cleman 3-yard run (John Anderson kick) Washington 7-0 1 2:25 MIA Todd Sievers 27-yard field goalWashington 7-3 2 5:19 WASH Marques Tuiasosopo 12-yard run (John Anderson kick)Washington 14-3 2 2:02 WASH Jeremy Stevens 23-yard pass from Marques Tuiasosopo (John Anderson kick)Washington 21-3 3 7:34 MIA Reggie Wayne 21-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (two-point conversion failed)Washington 21-9 3 6:10 WASH Rich Alexis 50-yard run (two-point conversion failed)Washington 27-9 3 5:23 MIA Najeh Davenport 8-yard run (two-point conversion failed)Washington 27-15 3 3:50 MIA James Jackson 8-yard run (Todd Sievers kick)Washington 27-22 4 14:30 WASH Pat Condiff 1-yard run (John Anderson kick) Washington 34-22 4 2:52 MIA James Jackson 1-yard run (Todd Sievers kick) Washington 34-29
Source: [ 5] [ 22]
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
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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 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 0:26 PUR Travis Dorsch 26-yard field goal WASH 14–10 3 13:12 WASH Anderson 47-yard field goal WASH 17–10 11:58 PUR Sutherland 24-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Tied 17–17 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 7:25 WASH Hurst 8-yard run (Anderson kick) WASH 34–17 6:37 PUR Brown 42-yard run (Dorsch kick) WASH 34–24
NFL draft selections
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Marques Tuiasosopo, Rose Bowl Player of the Game[ 24]
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