2000 BYU Cougars football team

2000 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Mountain West
2000 record	6–6 (4–3 MWC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Offensive coordinator	Lance Reynolds
Defensive coordinator	Ken Schmidt
Captain	Setema Gali
Captain	Margin Hooks
Captain	Jared Lee
Captain	Kalani Sitake
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium (Capacity: 65,000)

2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#14 Colorado State $		6	–	1					10	–	2
Air Force		5	–	2					9	–	3
UNLV		4	–	3					8	–	5
BYU		4	–	3					6	–	6
New Mexico		3	–	4					5	–	7
Utah		3	–	4					4	–	7
San Diego State		3	–	4					3	–	8
Wyoming		0	–	7					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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 help elevate to national prominence.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	6:00 PM	vs. #2 Florida State*	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Pigskin Classic)	ABC	L 3–29	54,260
September 2	1:30 PM	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 38–35 OT	60,435
September 9	11:00 AM	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	KSL	L 23–31	45,277
September 14	6:00 PM	Mississippi State*	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN	L 28–44	60,278
September 23	1:00 PM	UNLV	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN+	W 10–7	60,191
September 30	6:00 PM	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	L 14–42	43,090
October 6	7:00 PM	Utah State*	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (The Old Wagon Wheel)	KSL	W 38–14	63,318
October 21	1:00 PM	San Diego State	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN+	L 15–16	61,194
October 26	6:00 PM	Wyoming	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN	W 19–7	56,422
November 2	6:00 PM	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ESPN	L 21–45	27,412
November 18	4:00 PM	New Mexico	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	KSL	W 37–13	62,308
November 24	4:00 PM	at Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN	W 34–27	45,064
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game notes

Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 13 6 7 8 34 Utah 7 3 0 17 27 Date: November 24 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 4:07 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:33 Game attendance: 45,064 Game weather: Party Cloudy, 36 F Referee: Tom Robinson TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Barnett (Play-by-play), Bill Curry (Color), Mike Golic (Color) & Michele Tafoya (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 14:08 UTAH Andre Dyson 24-yard interception return (Ryan Kaneshiro kick) UTAH 7-0 1 7:50 BYU Owen Pochman 45-yard field goal UTAH 7-3 1 4:42 BYU Brian McDonald 3-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 10-7 1 0:11 BYU Owen Pochman 38-yard field goal BYU 13-7 2 14:07 BYU Owen Pochman 35-yard field goal BYU 16-7 2 4:42 BYU Owen Pochman 22-yard field goal BYU 19-7 2 1:35 UTAH Ryan Kaneshiro 40-yard field goal BYU 19-10 3 4:35 BYU Mike Rigell 35-yard pass from Brandon Doman BYU 26-10 4 13:53 UTAH Ryan Kaneshiro 33-yard field goal BYU 26-13 4 7:51 UTAH Thomas Fortune 2-yard run (Ryan Kaneshiro kick) BYU 26-20 4 2:16 UTAH Matt Nickel 20-yard pass from Darnell Arceneaux (Ryan Kaneshiro kick) UTAH 27-26 4 0:23 BYU Brandon Doman 4-yard run (Brandon Doman to Soren Halladay pass) BYU 34-27