College Football Belt - 2000 Florida State vs Brigham Young

Florida State

Seminoles ©

Brigham Young

Cougars

The Pigskin Classic

Played August 26, 2000

at Alltel Stadium

Jacksonville, Florida

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Teams' Belt Records

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
Team	Belt Reigns	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Florida State ©	2	20	1	0	.952	10	0	0	1.000	8	0	0	1.000	2	1	0	.667
Brigham Young	2	9	3	0	.750	3	2	0	.600	4	1	0	.800	2	0	0	1.000

Previous Belt Meetings: None

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Final
Florida State	15	7	0	7	29
Brigham Young	0	0	3	0	3

The 2^nd ranked Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden defended The Belt in Jacksonville at the Pigskin Classic against the Brigham Young Cougars with coach Lavell Edwards. The Seminoles’ defense was never challenged as they held the Cougars to a 42-yard field goal from All-MWC PK Owen Pochman. The kick preserved the Cougars streak of 313 consecutive games without being shutout but the Seminoles won 29-3. Florida State had plenty of offense left from their National Championship team. Heisman Trophy winning, All-ACC QB Chris Weinke threw for 318 yards with a touchdown but the real story of this game was the Seminoles' defense led by All-American DE Jamal Reynolds who recorded a safety & 2 sacks. The Cougars were held to –2 yards rushing in 24 attempts, lost 1 fumble, had 3 passes intercepted & allowed a safety. Seminoles’ WR Atrews Bell scored on 3-yard pass from Weinke in the 1^st quarter & on a 6-yard double reverse in the 2^nd quarter. Florida State's other scores came on a 19-yard pass from Weinke to WR Javon Walker in the opening quarter & a 5-yard touchdown run from RB Travis Minor in the final period. Florida State's All-American WR Marvin “Snoop” Minnis had 9 catches for 137 yards, & Walker had 8 catches for 70 yards with a touchdown for the Seminoles. Brigham Young's QB Bret Engemann threw for 139 yards but 2 interceptions in the loss. Florida State finished the season 11-2; ACC Champions, ranked 5^th nationally while the Cougars finished 6-6 in Edwards final season. Brigham Young would play for The Belt again in 2004.

Rushing Yards	Att	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain	Rushing Yards	Att	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain
Travis Minor	16	37	1	2.31	Kalani Sitake	5	20	0	4.00
William McCray	5	25	0	5.00	Brian McDonald	3	16	0	5.33
Jeff Chaney	5	12	0	2.40	Marcus Whalen	3	10	0	3.33
Atrews Bell	1	6	1	6.00	Ned Stearns	2	-1	0	-0.50
Davy Ford	1	-3	0	-0.33	Jared Lee	1	-1	0	-1.00
Talman Gardner	1	-5	0	-5.00	Luke Staley	1	-1	0	-1.00
Chris Weinke	7	-15	0	-2.14	Charlie Peterson	4	-9	0	-2.25
					Bret Engemann	4	-30	0	-7.50

Receiving Yards	Catches	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain	Receiving Yards	Catches	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain
Marvin Minnis	9	137	0	15.22	Tev Ofahengaue	3	75	0	25.00
Javon Walker	8	70	1	8.75	Margin Hooks	4	66	0	16.50
Atrews Bell	4	37	1	9.25	Jonathan Pittman	3	37	0	12.33
Anquan Boldin	4	32	0	8.00	Ned Stearns	2	24	0	12.00
Robert Morgan	3	28	0	9.33	Ben Horton	1	11	0	11.00
Ryan Sprague	1	17	0	17.00	Luke Staley	2	6	0	3.00
Talman Gardner	1	12	0	12.00	Kalani Sitake	1	5	0	5.00
Travis Minor	2	-15	0	-7.50	Brian McDonald	1	3	0	3.00
					Mike Rigell	1	0	0	0.00

Passing	Att	Comp	Int	Yards	TDs	Passing	Att	Comp	Int	Yards	TDs
Chris Weinke	50	32	0	318	2	Bret Engemann	28	12	2	139	0
Davy Ford	1	0	0	0	0	Charlie Peterson	18	6	1	88	0