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
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 9
Record11–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Hudson (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (2nd season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
(Capacity: 50,300)
2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 261:00 p.m.vs. Iowa*No. 8
FSNW 27–777,148[1]
September 26:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 8
FSNW 54–1048,902[2]
September 166:00 p.m.Ball State*No. 7
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 76–046,916[3]
September 231:00 p.m.North Texas*No. 4
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 55–1047,926[4]
September 302:30 p.m.at ColoradoNo. 5
ABCW 44–2151,896[5]
October 71:00 p.m.at KansasNo. 4
W 52–1348,500[6]
October 142:30 p.m.No. 8 OklahomaNo. 2
ABCL 31–4153,011[7]
October 216:00 p.m.Texas TechdaggerNo. 10
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNW 28–2351,140[8]
October 282:30 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 10
ABCL 10–2680,659[9]
November 411:30 a.m.Iowa StateNo. 19
FSNW 56–1050,114[10]
November 116:00 p.m.No. 4 NebraskaNo. 16
FSNW 29–2853,811[11]
November 1811:30 a.m.at MissouriNo. 9
FSNW 28–2449,277[12]
December 27:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 OklahomaNo. 8
ABCL 24–2779,655[13]
January 110:00 a.m.vs. No. 21 Tennessee*No. 11
FOXW 35–2163,465[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
Head coach
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 Injured
  • Redshirt 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
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP88774 (1)5 (1)4 (1)2 (3)10101916988119
Coaches Poll997755 (1)4 (1)3 (3)88151197798
BCSNot released10—1110999Not released

Game summaries

No. 8 Oklahoma
No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners at No. 2 Kansas State Wildcats
1 234Total
• No. 8 Oklahoma 17 1473 41
No. 2 Kansas State 7 7314 31

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 34Total
Cyclones 3 0 0710
Wildcats 21 14 14756

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 234Total
No. 4 Cornhuskers 14 0014 28
• No. 16 Wildcats 7 1066 29
Scoring summary
Q112:55NEBCraver 12 yard blocked punt return (Brown kick)NEB 7–0
Q15:21KSUScobey 1 yard run (Rheem kick)Tie 7–7
Q1:31NEBCrouch 1 yard run (Brown kick)NEB 14–7
Q22:42KSURheem 38 yard field goalNEB 14–10
Q21:17KSUMorgan 49 yard pass from Beasley (Rheem kick)KSU 17–14
Q311:41KSURheem 27 yard field goalKSU 20–14
Q39:11KSURheem 29 yard field goalKSU 23–14
Q414:02NEBAlexander 19 yard run (Brown kick)KSU 23–21
Q49:53NEBAlexander 45 yard run (Brown kick)NEB 28–23
Q42:52KSUMorgan 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 234Total
No. 8 Wildcats 0 1077 24
• No. 1 Sooners 3 7710 27

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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 234Total
No. 21 Volunteers 0 1407 21
• No. 11 Wildcats 7 14140 35

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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
KSUOpp
Scoring433144
  Points per Game39.518.5
First Downs276197
  Rushing14678
  Passing10695
  Penalty2424
Total Offense5,3303,517
  Avg per Play5.74.0
  Avg per Game410.0270.5
Fumbles-Lost26-1016-9
Penalties-Yards108-93199-720
  Avg per Game71.655.4
KSUOpp
Punts-Yards61-2,20294-3,402
  Avg per Punt36.136.2
Time of Possession/Game30:1829:42
3rd Down Conversions62/17559/201
4th Down Conversions11/2111/23
Touchdowns Scored6629
Field Goals-Attempts17-2012-13
PAT-Attempts59-6226-27
Attendance351,820230,332
  Games/Avg per Game7/50,2604/57,583

Rushing
NameGPAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Josh Scobey13169775577184.2163455.2
Rock Cartwright124627912786.052423.2
David Allen962259292303.712825.6
Total135952,8722972,5754.34255198.1
Opponents134731,7684921,2762.7206698.2

Passing
NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntYdsTDLngAvg/GPct.
Jonathan Beasley13132.12313-156-102,6361774202.849.8
Ell Roberson698.2423-10-211922319.843.5
Total13128.44338-166-132,7551974211.949.1
Opponents1394.90399-204-202,241874172.451.1

Receiving
NameGPNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
Quincy Morgan13641,16618.2146989.7
Aaron Lockett133658416.225044.9
Total131662,75516.61974211.9
Opponents132042,24111.874172.4

References
  1. "Kansas St 27 Iowa 7". USA Today. August 26, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  2. "Kansas St 54 Louisiana Tech 10". USA Today. September 2, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. "Kansas State 76 Ball State 0". USA Today. September 16, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  4. "Kansas State 55 North Texas 10". USA Today. September 23, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. "Kansas St 44 Colorado 21". USA Today. September 30, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. "Kansas St 52 Kansas 13". USA Today. October 7, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  7. "Oklahoma 41 Kansas St 31". USA Today. October 14, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  8. "Kansas St 28 Texas Tech 23". USA Today. October 21, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  9. "Texas A&M 26 Kansas St 10". USA Today. October 28, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  10. "Kansas St 56 Iowa St 10". USA Today. November 4, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  11. "Kansas St 29 Nebraska 28". USA Today. November 11, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  12. "Kansas St 28 Missouri 24". USA Today. November 18, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  13. "Oklahoma 27 Kansas St 24". USA Today. December 2, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  14. "Kansas St 35 Tennessee 21". USA Today. January 1, 2001. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  15. DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (2000)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  16. "Iowa State – Kansas State Box Score". Iowa State University Department of Athletics. November 4, 2000. Archived from the original on April 22, 2001. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  17. "Iowa St. 39, Missouri 20". CNN. October 28, 2000. Archived from the original on May 23, 2001. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  18. "Sooners: imperfect perfection". Tampa Bay Times. December 3, 2000. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  19. "Kansas State cruises". Tampa Bay Times. January 2, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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