2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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The 2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe Tiller, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the Big Ten title with Michigan and Northwestern. Purdue earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where the Boilermakers lost to Washington. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana . Purdue's offense was led by quarterback and Heisman Trophy-finalist Drew Brees. Brees led the Big Ten in completions, attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns, setting the Big Ten career record for career passing yards with 11,517 passing former Purdue player, Mark Herrmann who had set the mark with 9,946 in 1980. The team had neither a 1,000-yard rusher nor a 1,000-yard receiver. Vinny Sutherland was the leading receiver with 926 receiving yards, and Montrell Lowe led the...

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