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2000 Purdue

8–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Joe Tiller, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 2000, game by game: won vs. Central Michigan 48–0; won vs. Kent State 45–10; lost at No. 21 Notre Dame 21–23; won vs. Minnesota 38–24; lost at Penn State 20–22; won vs. No. 6 Michigan 32–31; won at No. 17 Northwestern 41–28; won at Wisconsin 30–24; won vs. No. 12 Ohio State 31–27; lost at Michigan State 10–30; won vs. Indiana 41–13; lost vs. No. 4 Washington 24–34+48−20Won 48–0 vs. Central Michigan+48Central MichiganWon 45–10 vs. Kent State+35Kent StateLost 21–23 at No. 21 Notre Dame-2No. 21 Notre DameWon 38–24 vs. Minnesota+14MinnesotaLost 20–22 at Penn State-2Penn StateWon 32–31 vs. No. 6 Michigan+1No. 6 MichiganWon 41–28 at No. 17 Northwestern+13No. 17 NorthwesternWon 30–24 at Wisconsin+6WisconsinWon 31–27 vs. No. 12 Ohio State+4No. 12 Ohio StateLost 10–30 at Michigan State-20Michigan StateWon 41–13 vs. Indiana+28IndianaLost 24–34 vs. No. 4 Washington-10No. 4 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsCentral MichiganW 48–⁠080%
Sep 9vsKent StateW 45–⁠1088%
Sep 16at21Notre DameL 21–⁠2352%
Sep 23vsMinnesotaW 38–⁠2464%
Sep 30atPenn StateL 20–⁠2253%
Oct 7vs6MichiganW 32–⁠3146%
Oct 14at17NorthwesternW 41–⁠2853%
Oct 21atWisconsinW 30–⁠2442%
Oct 28vs12Ohio StateW 31–⁠2759%
Nov 11atMichigan StateL 10–⁠3061%
Nov 18vsIndianaW 41–⁠1382%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4WashingtonRose BowlL 24–⁠3444%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 34–⁠24 in the Rose Bowl; No. 13 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 21
  6. Wk 6: 22
  7. Wk 8: 21
  8. Wk 9: 17
  9. Wk 10: 16
  10. Wk 11: 11
  11. Wk 12: 9
  12. Wk 13: 17
  13. Wk 14: 14
  14. Wk 15: 14
  15. Wk 16: 14
  16. Final: 13

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.

Big Ten champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Michigan and Northwestern

Heisman voteDrew Brees, third

Led the nationDrew Brees: total offense (4,189 yds), total offense per game (358.1)

Maxwell AwardDrew Brees, QB

John Mackey AwardTim Stratton, TE

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Big Ten
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 9
Points
381–⁠266
Coach
Joe Tiller
Elo
1627 +37 this season
SP+ rating
13.7 No. 24 of 116; offense No. 21, defense No. 39
SRS
11.6 No. 22 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Jim Chaney
Defensive coordinator
Brock Spack
Captains
Akin Ayodele and Drew Brees
Most valuable player
Drew Brees
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 2Drew Brees QBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 2Matt Light OGNew England Patriots
Rd 5Vinny Sutherland WRAtlanta Falcons
Rd 5Chukky Okobi CPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Brandon Gorin OTSan Diego Chargers

All-Big Ten

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Akin AyodeleDLCoaches-2; Media-2
  • Matt MitrioneDLCoaches-2; Media-2

From Wikipedia’s 2000 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2000 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠29–⁠311
Purdue6–⁠28–⁠413
Northwestern6–⁠28–⁠4
Ohio State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wisconsin4–⁠49–⁠423
Minnesota4–⁠46–⁠6
Penn State4–⁠45–⁠7
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠9
Illinois2–⁠65–⁠6
Michigan State2–⁠65–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠63–⁠8

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