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2000 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2000
team	Washington Huskies
sport	football
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
CoachRank	3
APRank	3
record	11–1
conf_record	7–1
head_coach	Rick Neuheisel
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Keith Gilbertson
oc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Spread
def_coach	Tim Hundley
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	Multiple
stadium	Husky Stadium
mvp
captain	Larry Tripplett
captain2	Marques Tuiasosopo
captain3	Chad Ward
champion	Pac-10 co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](2001-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 34–24 vs. [Purdue](2000-purdue-boilermakers-football-team)

Rose Bowl champion The 2000 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Rick Neuheisel and played their home games on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium. Washington lost only once, on the road at Oregon, and won the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day to finish with an 11–1 record.

On the new FieldTurf at Husky Stadium, Washington opened the 2000 season on September2 with a 44–20 victory over Idaho. Fourth-ranked Miami traveled to Seattle the next week and senior QB Marques Tuiasosopo threw for 223 yards and ran for 45 as the Huskies handed the Hurricanes their only loss of the season, 34–29.

The following week, Neuheisel led UW against his former team, the Colorado Buffaloes, at Folsom Field in Boulder. The Huskies celebrated their coach's homecoming with a 17–14 victory. Border rival Oregon spoiled Washington's hopes for a perfect season with a 23–16 setback in the wind in Eugene,

In the next five weeks, the Huskies battled back from second half deficits in every game, including a 31–28 win in the rain at Stanford that was marked with tragedy; safety Curtis Williams (1978–2002) was paralyzed after a neck injury late in the third quarter. For the remainder of the season, players and coaches wore the letters "CW" on helmets and uniforms in honor of him; he died from complications less than 19 months later.

After several second half comebacks, Washington was finally able to win a game easily with a 51–3 victory over Washington State in the Apple Cup in Pullman, setting a record for largest margin of victory (48 points) in the series. (The 1990 team led by 52 points, also in Pullman, but reserves allowed a late touchdown.) The win over the Cougars, paired with an Oregon State win over Oregon in the Civil War, put the Huskies in the Rose Bowl, taking the tiebreaker with the better non-conference record.

On New Year's Day in Pasadena, Tuiasosopo earned Rose Bowl MVP honors as he led fourth-ranked Washington to a 34–24 win over No. 14 Purdue and Drew Brees;

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

Idaho

Miami (FL)

At Colorado

At Oregon

Oregon State

Source: Box Score

Vs. Purdue (Rose Bowl)

Main article: 2001 Rose Bowl

Roster

Keith Gilbertson (OC, TE)
Tim Hundley (DC, ILB)
Steve Axman (AHC, QB, WR)
Randy Hart (DL)
Bobby Hauck (S, ST)
Chuck Heater (CB)
Wayne Moses (RB)
Brent Myers (OL)
Tom Williams (OLB)
Ikaika Malloe (GA)

Awards and honors

Marques Tuiasosopo, Rose Bowl Player of the Game

NFL draft selections

Main article: 2001 NFL draft

References

(October 1, 2000). "Ducks flying high". Eugene Register-Guard.
Nadel, John. (January 2, 2001). "Huskies follow leader to bowl victory". Eugene Register-Guard.
Blanchette, John. (January 2, 2001). "Command performance". Spokesman-Review.
Maisel, Ivan. (January 8, 2001). "Passion play".
(September 10, 2000). "No. 4 Miami leaves Seattle with bite marks". Eugene Register-Guard.
Mossman, John. (September 17, 2000). "Huskies give Neuheisel a happy homecoming". Eugene Register-Guard.
Rodman, Bob. (October 8, 2000). "Beavers just miss upset bid". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 29, 2000). "Husky rally trumps Cardinal 31-28". Eugene Register-Guard.
Blanchette, John. (January 2, 2001). "Huskies have surprise locker room visitor". Spokesman-Review.
Melley, Brian. (May 14, 2002). "Curtis Williams: Huskies say goodbye". Kitsap Sun.
McCauley, Janie. (May 7, 2002). "Paralyzed Washington football player dies". Eugene Register-Guard.
(May 6, 2002). "Former Husky Curtis Williams passes away". University of Washington Athletics.
Miller, Ted. (May 6, 2002). "Paralyzed Husky is dead at 24". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
(November 19, 2000). "No. 6 Wash. 51, Wash. St. 3". Sunday Star News.
(November 19, 2000). "Huskies reach Rose Bowl". Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
Bergum, Steve. (November 18, 1990). "Huskies regain their bite". Spokesman-Review.
Grummert, Dale. (November 18, 1990). "Huskies bomb Cougars out of their misery, 55-10". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(January 4, 2001). "Final poll". Spokesman-Review.
(January 4, 2001). "College football: final polls". Eugene Register-Guard.
[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100253/100253388.htm USA Today]
(September 30, 2000). "Game Day". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 18, 2000). "Huskies roster". Spokesman-Review.
Mike Gastineau (October 2010). The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists. ReadHowYouWant.com. pp. 527–. {{ISBN. 978-1-4587-7974-8.
"2001 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".

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