2000 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 2000 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Dan McCarney's sixth season as head coach. The team captains were Chris Anthony, Ryan Harklau, Reggie Hayward, and Sage Rosenfels. The Cyclones were quarterbacked by Sage Rosenfels. Sage is among many former Cyclones from the 2000 team to make it to the NFL. Others were J. J. Moses, Reggie Hayward, Ennis Haywood, Tony Yelk, Mike Banks, Jordan Carstens, Tyson Smith and James Reed. It was Iowa State's first appearance in a bowl game since the 1978 Peach Bowl. The Insight.com Bowl victory was the programs first victory ever in bowl game. Iowa State was picked by the media to finish 5th in the Big 12 North Division. Two players participated in post season bowl games. Sage Rosenfels played in the Senior Bowl and Reggie Hayward played in the Hula Bowl where he won the defensive MVP. Iowa State's nine victories were the most since 1906.
Schedule
The Ohio game's date and time was changed from August 31 at 7 p.m. to September 2 at 11:30 a.m. The Baylor game was originally scheduled for 1:00 p.m., but was changed to 6:00 p.m. The Nebraska game was originally scheduled for kickoff at 1:00 p.m., it was changed to 2:30 p.m. to accommodate a broadcast on ABC. The Oklahoma State game was originally scheduled for 1:00 p.m. but was changed to 7:00 p.m.The Missouri game time was changed from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to accommodate a Fox Sports Net cablecast. On December 3 Iowa State announced it would accept a bowl invitation from the Insight.com Bowl.
Game summaries
Game 1: vs. Ohio Bobcats
Game 2: vs. UNLV Rebels
Game 3: @ Iowa Hawkeyes
Game 4: @ Baylor Bears
Game 5: vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers
Game 6: @ Oklahoma State Cowboys
Game 7: vs. Texas A&M Aggies
Game 8: vs. Missouri Tigers
Game 9: @ Kansas State Wildcats
Game 10: @ Colorado Buffaloes
Game 11: vs. Kansas Jayhawks
Game 12: vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
Personnel
Roster
On June 30, 2000 FB Robert Lewis was dismissed from the team for violating team rules.List of signees.
Depth chart
Note: No= Number; Name = Name; Pos = Position; Ht = Height; Wt = Weight; Yr = Year; Hometown = Hometown; * = Letter earned;
C = Captain
No. | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Yr | Hometown |
1 | Tyson Smith | LB | 6-4 | 210 | Fr. | Des Moines, Iowa |
2 | Ennis Haywood** | RB | 5-11 | 206 | Jr. | Dallas, Texas |
3 | Bryan Ollie | DB | 5-8 | 178 | Fr.# | Des Moines, Iowa |
4 | Derrick Walker* | LB | 6-2 | 235 | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
4 | Sam Holden | DB | 6-3 | 197 | So.# | Manchester, Iowa |
5 | Andrew Moser* | LB | 5-10 | 231 | Jr.# | Guttenberg, Iowa |
5 | Todd Miller | WR | 5-9 | 160 | Fr. | Mount Pleasant, Iowa |
6 | Carl Gomez*** | P | 6-2 | 198 | Sr. | Miami, Florida |
6 | JaMaine Billups | RB | 6-0 | 192 | Fr. | Omaha, Nebraska |
7 | Dustin Avey*** | DB | 6-2 | 208 | Sr.# | Ames, Iowa |
8 | Jamarcus Powers* | DB | 5-8 | 164 | Sr. | La Marque, Texas |
9 | Adam Runk** | DB | 6-2 | 184 | Jr.# | Stillwater, Minnesota |
10 | Johnny Smith III | DB | 5-10 | 170 | Fr.# | Bradenton, Florida |
10 | Dan Salmen | QB | 6-1 | 187 | Fr.# | St. Paul, Minnesota |
11 | Steffen Nass | P/PK | 6-3 | 197 | So.# | Clinton, Iowa |
11 | Princeton Harris | DB | 6-1 | 207 | Fr. | Friendswood, Texas |
12 | Joel Washington | DB | 6-1 | 197 | Fr.# | Southfield, Michigan |
13 | Julian Cummings | DB | 5-8 | 167 | Fr.# | West Covina, California |
13 | Andy Kohler | WR | 6-4 | 185 | Fr. | Ames, Iowa |
14 | Jesse Arnold | WR | 6-3 | 200 | So. | St. Charles, Iowa |
14 | Tony Yelk | PK | 6-1 | 190 | Fr. | Arlington, Wisconsin |
14 | Harold Clewis | DB | 5-10 | 173 | Fr. | Missouri City, Texas |
15 | Reggie Hayward***C | DE | 6-5 | 250 | Sr. | Dolton, Illinois |
15 | Kyle Swenor | QB | 6-2 | 201 | Fr.# | Levering, Michigan |
15 | Cris Love | QB | 6-5 | 200 | Fr. | Round Rock, Texas |
17 | Gerrin Scott | QB | 6-0 | 209 | Fr.# | Denver, Colorado |
17 | Adam Wagner | WR | 5-9 | 173 | So.# | Ames, Iowa |
17 | Anthony Forrest | DB | 6-1 | 185 | Fr. | Ft. Worth, Texas |
18 | Sage Rosenfels***C | QB | 6-4 | 221 | Sr.# | Maquoketa, Iowa |
18 | Marc Timmons | DB | 5-9 | 168 | Fr.# | Bradenton, Florida |
19 | Craig Campbell* | WR | 5-11 | 185 | Jr. | Sante Fe Springs, California |
20 | Michael Wagner | RB | 5-7 | 182 | Fr.# | West Covina, California |
20 | Henry Poullard | DB | 5-11 | 165 | Fr. | La Porte, Texas |
21 | Atif Austin* | DB | 5-8 | 180 | So.# | Tarpon Springs, Florida |
21 | Nick Hein | DB | 5-7 | 179 | Sr.# | Monticello, Iowa |
22 | Ryan Sloth** | DB | 5-8 | 184 | Sr.# | Belmond, Iowa |
23 | Stevie Johnson | LB | 6-4 | 225 | Sr. | Beaumont, Mississippi |
24 | Doug Densmore*** | DB | 5-10 | 195 | Sr.# | Sterling, Illinois |
25 | Scott Horne | DB | 6-2 | 212 | So. | Vancouver, B.C. |
26 | Jack Whitver | WR | 5-10 | 180 | Fr.# | Grinnell, Iowa |
27 | Breon Ansley*** | DB | 5-7 | 172 | Sr. | Rowland Heights, California |
29 | Jordan Wagner | WR | 6-0 | 186 | Fr.# | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
31 | Mike Banks** | TE | 6-4 | 254 | Jr. | Ogden, Iowa |
31 | Clint Bushbaum | DB | 6-0 | 187 | So.# | Rockwell, Iowa |
32 | J.J. Moses** | WR | 5-6 | 170 | Sr. | Waterloo, Iowa |
33 | Jedd Moore | LB | 5-11 | 201 | Sr.# | Waterloo, Iowa |
33 | Larry Anglin | RB | 5-9 | 190 | Jr. | Compton, California |
34 | Royce Hooks | LB | 5-9 | 201 | Fr.# | Jacksonville, Florida |
35 | Andrae Rainey | WR | 6-1 | 187 | Jr.# | Waterloo, Iowa |
35 | Cale Stubbe | LB | 6-3 | 235 | Fr. | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
36 | Brett Kellogg | LB | 6-3 | 235 | Fr. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
37 | Jamie Burkhead | DB | 6-2 | 191 | Sr. | Tucson, Az |
38 | Curt Schroeder | LB | 6-0 | 203 | Jr.# | Camanche, Iowa |
39 | Matt Grosserode | FB | 5-10 | 210 | Fr. | Lincoln, Nebraska |
40 | Brent Nash | LB | 5-11 | 225 | Fr. | Beverly Hills, California |
41 | Ab Turner** | LB | 6-0 | 220 | Sr.# | Denver, Colorado |
42 | Frank Garcia | FB | 5-9 | 225 | Fr.# | North Bay Village, Florida |
42 | Nick Linder | DB/WR | 5-10 | 181 | Fr.# | Iowa City, Iowa |
43 | Sean Manatt | DB | 5-10 | 181 | So.# | Ames, Iowa |
43 | Ryan Corcoran | RB | 5-10 | 200 | Fr. | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
44 | Ryan Harklau***C | DL | 6-4 | 280 | Sr.# | Humboldt, Iowa |
45 | Joe Woodley | FB | 5-10 | 233 | Fr.# | West Des Moines, Iowa |
46 | Matt Word* | LB | 5-11 | 235 | So. | Miami, Florida |
47 | Chris Whitaker* | LB | 5-11 | 235 | So. | East St. Louis, Illinois |
48 | Justin Eilers | LB | 6-2 | 225 | Jr. | Boise, Idaho |
49 | Eric Weiford** | DE/LB | 5-11 | 215 | Sr.# | Oelwein, Iowa |
51 | Andy Leaders | LB | 6-3 | 225 | Fr. | Omaha, Nebraska |
52 | James Reed*** | DL | 6-0 | 285 | Sr.# | Saginaw, Michigan |
53 | Todd Slycord | DL/LB | 5-11 | 224 | Fr.# | West Des Moines, Iowa |
54 | Adam Jablonski | DL/LB | 6-3 | 226 | So.# | Mason City, Iowa |
55 | Jared Bucksa* | OL | 6-3 | 288 | Jr.# | New Brighton, Minnesota |
56 | Adam Sansale | OL | 6-2 | 286 | Jr.# | South St. Paul, Minnesota |
56 | Tyrone Tucker | LB | 6-2 | 236 | Jr. | Miami, Florida |
56 | Tiray Johnson | DL | 5-11 | 261 | Jr.# | Detroit, Michigan |
58 | Scott Davis | OL | 6-4 | 300 | Jr.# | Coral Springs, Florida |
60 | Brent Nelson | OL | 6-3 | 240 | Fr. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
62 | George Cunningham | OL | 6-6 | 274 | Jr.# | Algona, Iowa |
63 | Ben Bruns*** | OL | 6-3 | 295 | Sr.# | Denver, Iowa |
64 | Andrew Kelley | OL | 6-2 | 309 | Jr.# | Knoxville, Iowa |
65 | Bob Montgomery | OL | 6-3 | 311 | Fr.# | Lincoln, Nebraska |
66 | Kerry Carlson | OL | 6-2 | 291 | Jr. | Goodhue, Minnesota |
66 | Kit Curry | DL/LB | 6-1 | 227 | Fr.# | Humboldt, Iowa |
67 | Cory Hannen** | OL | 6-5 | 300 | Jr.# | Hiawatha, Iowa |
67 | Luke VanderSanden | DL | 6-3 | 275 | Fr. | Inwood, Iowa |
68 | Zach Butler* | OL | 6-4 | 285 | So.# | Iowa City, Iowa |
69 | Scott Rickard* | OL | 6-3 | 274 | Sr. | Garland, Texas |
70 | Ben Beaudet*** | OL | 6-4 | 286 | Sr.# | Lake Elmo, Minnesota |
71 | Mitch Ehrenfelt | OL | 6-4 | 300 | Fr.# | Richland, Iowa |
73 | Ross Dean | OL | 6-5 | 256 | Fr.# | Oskaloosa, Iowa |
74 | Ryan Terpening | OL | 6-7 | 260 | Fr. | Farmington, Minnesota |
75 | Marcel Howard** | OL | 6-6 | 313 | Jr.# | Davenport, Iowa |
76 | Lorenzo White | OL | 6-5 | 340 | Jr. | Richmond, Texas |
77 | Brian Donahue* | OL | 6-5 | 273 | Jr.# | Chicago, Illinois |
78 | T.J. Woods | OL | 6-5 | 303 | Jr. | San Dimas, California |
79 | Matt Bockes | OL | 6-0 | 257 | Fr.# | Grundy Center, Iowa |
80 | Andy Stensrud*** | OL | 6-7 | 280 | Sr. | Lake Mills, Iowa |
81 | Josh Stensrud | TE | 6-3 | 241 | So.# | Waseca, Minnesota |
82 | Lane Danielsen | WR | 6-0 | 197 | Fr.# | Grundy Center, Iowa |
83 | Jamaul Montgomery | WR | 5-11 | 190 | Fr.# | Long Beach, California |
84 | Jason Lyftogt* | TE | 6-4 | 253 | Jr.# | Orange City, Iowa |
85 | DeAndre Phillips | WR | 5-11 | 185 | Fr. | Mission Hills, California |
86 | Chris Anthony***C | WR | 6-3 | 204 | Sr. | Bettendorf, Iowa |
87 | Steve Pfaller | WR | 6-3 | 195 | Fr. | Iowa City, Iowa |
88 | Tom Kucera | WR | 6-2 | 200 | So.# | Atlantic, Iowa |
89 | Chinwuba Ikwuakor | DL | 6-4 | 229 | Fr.# | Arvada, Colorado |
89 | Mitch Kennedy | OL | 6-3 | 240 | Fr. | Atlantic, Iowa |
90 | Casey Shelton | DE | 6-6 | 275 | Fr.# | West Des Moines, Iowa |
91 | Tim TeBrink | DE | 6-3 | 245 | Fr. | Alton, Iowa |
92 | Jordan Carstens | DL | 6-5 | 275 | Fr.# | Bagley, Iowa |
93 | Kevin Costello | DL | 6-3 | 235 | Fr.# | West Des Moines, Iowa |
93 | Kyle Knock | TE | 6-2 | 250 | So.# | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
94 | Aaron Howard | DL | 6-1 | 222 | Fr.# | Davenport, Iowa |
95 | Brent Braaksma | OL/TE | 6-6 | 250 | Jr.# | Sheldon, Iowa |
95 | William Judd | DL | 6-4 | 280 | Jr. | Bonita, California |
96 | Mike McKnight* | PK | 6-2 | 209 | Jr.# | Fort Dodge, Iowa |
96 | Paul Jarrett | DL | 6-4 | 230 | Fr. | Lincoln, Nebraska |
97 | Shawn Sangster | DL | 6-0 | 259 | Fr.# | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
98 | Nigel Tharpe*** | DL | 6-3 | 290 | Sr.# | Detroit, Michigan |
98 | Mitch Curtis | PK | 6-1 | 238 | Fr.# | Newton, Iowa |
99 | Kevin DeRonde** | DE | 6-5 | 255 | Jr.# | Pella, Iowa |
99 | Casey Baldwin | P | 6-2 | 212 | Fr.# | Perry, Iowa |
Coaching staff
Player statistics
Passing
Note: Att= Attempts; Cmp= Completions; PCT= Percent; Yds = Yards; Tds = Touchdowns; Int = InterceptionsPlayer | Att | Cmp | PCT | Yds | Tds | Int |
Sage Rosenfels | 366 | 194 | 53.0 | 2608 | 10 | 12 |
Gerrin Scott | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 61 | 1 | 0 |
Ennis Haywood | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Lane Danielsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 376 | 198 | 52.7 | 2680 | 11 | 13 |
Rushing
Note: Att= Attempts; Yds = Yards; AVG = Average; Tds = TouchdownsPlayer | Att | Yds | AVG | Tds |
Ennis Haywood | 250 | 1311 | 5.2 | 8 |
Michael Wagner | 86 | 398 | 4.6 | 5 |
Sage Rosenfels | 87 | 363 | 4.2 | 10 |
J.J. Moses | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 2 |
Hiawatha Rutland | 18 | 128 | 7.1 | 0 |
Joe Woodley | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 3 |
Jamaine Billups | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
Casey Baldwin | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
Gerrin Scott | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 |
Team | 6 | -11 | -1.8 | 0 |
Total | 481 | 2355 | 4.9 | 28 |
Receiving
Note: Rec= Receptions; Yds = Yards; AVG = Average; Tds = TouchdownsPlayer | Rec | Yds | AVG | Tds |
J.J. Moses | 57 | 840 | 14.74 | 4 |
Chris Anthony | 40 | 520 | 13.00 | 3 |
Mike Banks | 27 | 278 | 12.30 | 0 |
Ennis Haywood | 26 | 226 | 8.69 | 0 |
Craig Campbell | 25 | 415 | 16.60 | 1 |
Lane Danielsen | 8 | 184 | 23.00 | 2 |
Jamaul Montgomery | 5 | 108 | 21.60 | 0 |
Kyle Knock | 5 | 72 | 14.40 | 0 |
Michael Wagner | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 1 |
Josh Stensrud | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 |
Jack Whitver | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 |
Hiawatha Rutland | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
Total | 198 | 2680 | 13.54 | 11 |
Scoring
Note: TDs = Touchdowns; Rush = Rushing; Rec = Receiving; Ret = Return; PTS = PointsPlayer | TDs | Rush | Rec | Ret | PTS |
Sage Rosenfels | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Ennis Haywood | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Michael Wagner | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
J.J. Moses | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
Chris Anthony | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Lane Danielsen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
Joe Woodley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Jamaine Billups | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Craig Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Jamarcus Powers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Marc Timmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 43 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 258 |
Kicking
Note: Pat = Point after touchdown; FG = Field goal; PTS = PointsPlayer | Pat | FG | PTS |
Carl Gomez | 16 | 8 | 40 |
Mike Mcknight | 16 | 7 | 37 |
Total | 32 | 15 | 77 |
Rankings
AP Poll
Iowa State did not receive any points in the previous AP polls until October 1, 2000.On October 1, 2000 Iowa State received 5 points ranking them T-36th overall.
On October 8, 2000 Iowa State received 8 points ranking them 34th overall.
On October 15, 2000 Iowa State received 19 points ranking them 29th overall.
On October 22, 2000 Iowa State received 3 points ranking them 37th overall.
On October 29, 2000 Iowa State received 2 points ranking them T-36th overall.
On November 5, 2000 Iowa State did not receive any points.
On November 12, 2000 Iowa State received 6 points ranking them 33rd overall.
On November 19, 2000 Iowa State received 10 points ranking them 31st overall.
On November 26, 2000 Iowa State received 25 points ranking them 30th overall.
On December 3, 2000 Iowa State received 22 points ranking them 30th overall.
In the final poll Iowa State was ranked 25th with 188 points.
Coaches Poll
Iowa State did not receive any points in the coaches poll until September 17, 2000. On September 17, 2000 Iowa State received 4 points ranking them T-43rd. On September 24, 2000 Iowa State received 7 points for a ranking of 39th. On October 1, 2000 Iowa State received 37 points for a ranking of 31st. On October 8, 2000 Iowa State received 22 points for a ranking of T-35th. On October 15, 2000 Iowa State received 35 points for a ranking of 29th. On October 22, 2000 Iowa State received 2 points for a ranking of T-39th. On October 29, 2000 Iowa State received 16 points for a ranking of 33rd. On November 5, 2000 Iowa State did not receive any points in the poll. On November 12, 2000 Iowa State received 14 points for a ranking of 34th. On November 19, 2000 Iowa State received 14 points for a ranking of T-31st. On November 26, 2000 Iowa State received 28 points for a ranking of 30th. On December 3, 2000 Iowa State received 29 points for a ranking of 30th. On January 4, 2001 in the final poll of the year Iowa State received 225 points for a ranking of 23rd.BCS Poll
Iowa State was never ranked in the BCS poll.Week-by-week
Awards
Award | Name |
Reuben J. Miller Award | Chris Anthony, WR |
Al and Dean Knudson Award | James Reed, DT |
Bill Daily Award | Doug Densmore, DB; Ryan Sloth, DB |
Ralph Aulmann Memorial Award | Chris Anthony, WR; Ryan Harklau, DL; Reggie Hayward, DE; Sage Rosenfels, QB |
Dury Moss Award | Lorenzo White, OG |
Ray Scott Award | Sage Rosenfels, QB; J.J. Moses, WR |
Arthur Floyd Scott Award | Ben Bruns, OL; Reggie Hayward, DL |
Jim Doran Award | Carl Gomez |
The Consideration Award | J.J. Moses, WR |
Scout Team Players of The Year | Brett Kellogg, LB; Eric Perry, QB |
Sports Illustrated All-Bowl Team | |
All-American 1st Team | |
All-American 2nd Team | |
All-Big 12 1st team | Ennis Haywood, RB; J.J. Moses, KR |
All-Big 12 2nd team | Ben Bruns, C; J.J. Moses, WR; Reggie Hayward, DE/OLB |
All-Big 12 3rd team | James Reed, DL; Jamarcus Powers, DB |
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention | Sage Rosenfels, QB; Chris Anthony, WR; Andy Stensrud, OL; Mike Banks, TE; Dustin Avey, DB |
All-Big 12 Academic 1st team | Dustin Avey, DB; Jordan Carstens, DL; Scott Davis, OL; Nick Hein, DB; Mike McKnight, PK; Sage Rosenfels, QB; Jamie Burkhead, DB; Adam Runk, DB; Ryan Sloth, DB; Eric Weiford, DL |
All-Big 12 Academic 2nd team | Ben Bruns, Craig Campbell, Lane Danielson, Marcel Howard |
Big 12 player of the week | QB Sage Rosenfels vs. Iowa, Sept. 16; RB Ennis Haywood vs. Baylor, Oct. 2 |
NFL players
- Reggie Hayward, 2001 third-round draft pick of the Denver Broncos
- Sage Rosenfels, 2001 fourth-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins
- James Reed, 2001 Seventh-round draft pick of the New York Jets
- Mike Banks, 2002 Seventh-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals
- J.J. Moses, Green Bay Packers
- Ennis Haywood, Dallas Cowboys
- Tony Yelk, Atlanta Falcons
- Jordan Carstens, Carolina Panthers
- Tyson Smith, New York Giants