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2000 BYU

6–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Mountain West Conference), coached by LaVell Edwards.

Schedule and results

BYU in 2000, game by game: lost vs. No. 2 Florida State 3–29; won at Virginia 38–35; lost at Air Force 23–31; lost vs. Mississippi State 28–44; won vs. UNLV 10–7; lost at Syracuse 14–42; won vs. Utah State 38–14; lost vs. San Diego State 15–16; won vs. Wyoming 19–7; lost at Colorado State 21–45; won vs. New Mexico 37–13; won at Utah 34–27+24−28Lost 3–29 vs. No. 2 Florida State-26No. 2 Florida StateWon 38–35 at Virginia+3VirginiaLost 23–31 at Air Force-8Air ForceLost 28–44 vs. Mississippi State-16Mississippi Sta…Won 10–7 vs. UNLV+3UNLVLost 14–42 at Syracuse-28SyracuseWon 38–14 vs. Utah State+24Utah StateLost 15–16 vs. San Diego State-1San Diego StateWon 19–7 vs. Wyoming+12WyomingLost 21–45 at Colorado State-24Colorado StateWon 37–13 vs. New Mexico+24New MexicoWon 34–27 at Utah+7Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 26vs2Florida StateL 3–⁠2927%
Sep 2atVirginiaW 38–⁠3543%
Sep 9atAir ForceL 23–⁠3143%
Sep 14vsMississippi StateL 28–⁠4449%
Sep 23vsUNLVW 10–⁠777%
Sep 30atSyracuseL 14–⁠4240%
Oct 6vsUtah StateW 38–⁠1473%
Oct 21vsSan Diego StateL 15–⁠1667%
Oct 26vsWyomingW 19–⁠776%
Nov 2atColorado StateL 21–⁠4525%
Nov 18vsNew MexicoW 37–⁠1364%
Nov 24atUtahW 34–⁠2741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 34–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2000.

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
280–⁠310
Coach
LaVell Edwards
Elo
1548 −17 this season
SP+ rating
2.4 No. 58 of 116; offense No. 69, defense No. 54
SRS
−0.9 No. 66 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinators
Roger French and Lance Reynolds
Defensive coordinator
Ken Schmidt
Captains
Setema Gali, Margin Hooks, Jared Lee and Kalani Sitake
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 7Owen Pochman KNew England Patriots
Rd 7Tevita Ofahengaue TEArizona Cardinals

2000 Mountain West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠110–⁠214
Air Force5–⁠29–⁠3
UNLV4–⁠38–⁠5
BYU4–⁠36–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠45–⁠7
Utah3–⁠44–⁠7
San Diego State3–⁠43–⁠8
Wyoming0–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.