2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2000 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–3, and a 6–2 record in Big 12 Conference play, including a 29–28 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and winning Big 12 North division. The season culminated with a win over Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

2000 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 North co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 27-24 vs. Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
Record	11–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (2nd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy		6	–	2					11	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 25 Iowa State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Colorado		3	–	5					3	–	8
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					3	–	8
South Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 12 Texas		7	–	1					9	–	3
Texas A&M		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		3	–	5					7	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Baylor		0	–	8					2	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	1:00 p.m.	vs. Iowa*	No. 8	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Eddie Robinson Classic)	FSN	W 27–7	77,148^[1]
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 54–10	48,902^[2]
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Ball State*	No. 7	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 76–0	46,916^[3]
September 23	1:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 4	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 55–10	47,926^[4]
September 30	2:30 p.m.	at Colorado	No. 5	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 44–21	51,896^[5]
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 52–13	48,500^[6]
October 14	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Oklahoma	No. 2	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (College GameDay)	ABC	L 31–41	53,011^[7]
October 21	6:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 10	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 28–23	51,140^[8]
October 28	2:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	No. 10	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	L 10–26	80,659^[9]
November 4	11:30 a.m.	Iowa State	No. 19	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FSN	W 56–10	50,114^[10]
November 11	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Nebraska	No. 16	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FSN	W 29–28	53,811^[11]
November 18	11:30 a.m.	at Missouri	No. 9	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	W 28–24	49,277^[12]
December 2	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 8	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Big 12 Championship Game) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–27	79,655^[13]
January 1	10:00 a.m.	vs. No. 21 Tennessee*	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 35–21	63,465^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 18 Jonathan Beasley Sr OL 53 Nick Leckey Fr OL 64 Ryan Lilja Fr TE 85 Shad Meier Sr WR 5 Quincy Morgan Sr QB 3 Ell Roberson Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 44 Monty Beisel Sr CB 23 Jerametrius Butler Jr DB 35 Dyshod Carter Sr SS 40 Jarrod Cooper Sr LB 52 Ben Leber Jr FS 38 Jon McGraw So CB 4 Terence Newman So LB 56 Terry Pierce So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Snyder Coordinators/assistant coaches Ron Hudson – Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks Michael Smith – Running backs Greg Peterson – Wide receivers, passing game coordinator, & recruiting coordinator Matt Miller – Tight ends Paul Dunn – Offensive line Phil Bennett – Defensive Coordinator Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line Bob Fello – Defensive end & Special Teams Coordinator Jim Gush – Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	8	8	7	7	4 (1)	5 (1)	4 (1)	2 (3)	10	10	19	16	9	8	8	11	9
Coaches Poll	9	9	7	7	5	5 (1)	4 (1)	3 (3)	8	8	15	11	9	7	7	9	8
BCS	Not released									10	—	11	10	9	9	9	Not released

Game summaries

No. 8 Oklahoma

No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners at No. 2 Kansas State Wildcats

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 8 Oklahoma 17 14 7 3 41 No. 2 Kansas State 7 7 3 14 31 Date: October 14 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 53,011 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color), Jack Arute (Sideline)

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	0	10	0	10
Texas A&M	12	7	0	7	26

Iowa State

Game Nine: Iowa State Cyclones @ Kansas State Wildcats – Game summary^[16]

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cyclones	3	0	0	7	10
Wildcats	21	14	14	7	56

at KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas

• Date: November 4
• Game time: 11:38 a.m. CST kickoff
• Game weather: Temperature: 59 Wind: S 5-15 Weather: Mostly sunny
• Game attendance: 50,114
• Referee: Referee: Jon Bible; Umpire: Bob Holliday; Linesman: David Alexander; Line judge: Gary Brown; Back judge: Ron Murphy; Field judge: Greg Burks; Side judge: Butch Clark
• TV announcers (FSN): Drew Goodman (Play-by-play), Dave Lapham (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline)

Game information

Scoring Summary: First Quarter 09:48 KSU – Scobey, Josh 2 yd run (Rheem, Jamie kick) 7 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:03 ISU 0 – KSU 7 05:10 ISU – Gomez, Carl 30 yd field goal 11 plays, 67 yards, TOP 4:38 ISU 3 – KSU 7 04:18 KSU – Scobey, Josh 1 yd run (Rheem, Jamie kick) 4 plays, 64 yards, TOP 0:52 ISU 3 – KSU 14 01:21 KSU – Scobey, Josh 4 yd run (Rheem, Jamie kick) 4 plays, 50 yards, TOP 0:46 ISU 3 – KSU 21 Second Quarter 11:27 KSU – Claybon, Chris 8 yd run (Rheem, Jamie kick) 11 plays, 52 yards, TOP 4:22 ISU 3 – KSU 28 00:22 KSU – Morgan, Quincy 29 yd pass from Beasley, J. (Rheem, Jamie kick) 4 plays, 43 yards, TOP 0:44 ISU 3 – KSU 35 Third Quarter 09:45 KSU – Beasley, J. 1 yd run (Rheem, Jamie kick) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:38 ISU 3 – KSU 42 07:10 KSU – Scobey, Josh 11 yd run (Rheem, Jamie kick) 5 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:27 ISU 3 – KSU 49 Fourth Quarter 11:17 ISU – Rosenfels, Sage 1 yd run (Gomez, Carl kick) 7 plays, 58 yards, TOP 3:32 ISU 10 – KSU 49 05:17 KSU – Clark, Brandon 23 yd pass from Roberson, Ell (Rheem, Jamie kick) 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:19 ISU 10 – KSU 56^[17]

No. 4 Nebraska

No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 16 Kansas State Wildcats

1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Cornhuskers 14 0 0 14 28 • No. 16 Wildcats 7 10 6 6 29 Date: November 11 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 53,811 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play) & James Lofton (Color)

Scoring summary Q1 12:55 NEB Craver 12 yard blocked punt return (Brown kick) NEB 7–0 Q1 5:21 KSU Scobey 1 yard run (Rheem kick) Tie 7–7 Q1 :31 NEB Crouch 1 yard run (Brown kick) NEB 14–7 Q2 2:42 KSU Rheem 38 yard field goal NEB 14–10 Q2 1:17 KSU Morgan 49 yard pass from Beasley (Rheem kick) KSU 17–14 Q3 11:41 KSU Rheem 27 yard field goal KSU 20–14 Q3 9:11 KSU Rheem 29 yard field goal KSU 23–14 Q4 14:02 NEB Alexander 19 yard run (Brown kick) KSU 23–21 Q4 9:53 NEB Alexander 45 yard run (Brown kick) NEB 28–23 Q4 2:52 KSU Morgan 12 yard pass from Beasley (two-point conversion failed) KSU 29–28

See also: 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry

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vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game)

Main article: 2000 Big 12 Championship Game

No. 8 Kansas State Wildcats vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Wildcats 0 10 7 7 24 • No. 1 Sooners 3 7 7 10 27 Date: December 2 Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Game attendance: 79,655 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

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vs. No. 21 Tennessee (Cotton Bowl Classic)

Main article: 2001 Cotton Bowl Classic

See also: 2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team

No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers vs. No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats

1 2 3 4 Total No. 21 Volunteers 0 14 0 7 21 • No. 11 Wildcats 7 14 14 0 35 Date: January 1, 2001 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Game attendance: 63,465 TV announcers (FOX): Thom Brennaman (Play-by-play), Tim Green (Color) & Dave Lapham (Sideline)

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Statistics

Score by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 133 188 106 87 514 Opponents 72 61 37 70 240

Team

KSU Opp Scoring 433 144   Points per Game 39.5 18.5 First Downs 276 197   Rushing 146 78   Passing 106 95   Penalty 24 24 Total Offense 5,330 3,517   Avg per Play 5.7 4.0   Avg per Game 410.0 270.5 Fumbles-Lost 26-10 16-9 Penalties-Yards 108-931 99-720   Avg per Game 71.6 55.4

KSU Opp Punts-Yards 61-2,202 94-3,402   Avg per Punt 36.1 36.2 Time of Possession/Game 30:18 29:42 3rd Down Conversions 62/175 59/201 4th Down Conversions 11/21 11/23 Touchdowns Scored 66 29 Field Goals-Attempts 17-20 12-13 PAT-Attempts 59-62 26-27 Attendance 351,820 230,332   Games/Avg per Game 7/50,260 4/57,583

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Josh Scobey	13	169	775	57	718	4.2	16	34	55.2
Rock Cartwright	12	46	279	1	278	6.0	5	24	23.2
David Allen	9	62	259	29	230	3.7	1	28	25.6
Total	13	595	2,872	297	2,575	4.3	42	55	198.1
Opponents	13	473	1,768	492	1,276	2.7	20	66	98.2

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G	Pct.
Jonathan Beasley	13	132.12	313-156-10	2,636	17	74	202.8	49.8
Ell Roberson	6	98.24	23-10-2	119	2	23	19.8	43.5
Total	13	128.44	338-166-13	2,755	19	74	211.9	49.1
Opponents	13	94.90	399-204-20	2,241	8	74	172.4	51.1

Receiving

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Quincy Morgan	13	64	1,166	18.2	14	69	89.7
Aaron Lockett	13	36	584	16.2	2	50	44.9
Total	13	166	2,755	16.6	19	74	211.9
Opponents	13	204	2,241	11.	8	74	172.4

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