2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2000 record 5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Ron Turner
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 70,904)
2000 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 11 Michigan +  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 13 Purdue $+  6 –2     8 –4  
Northwestern +  6 –2     8 –4  
Ohio State  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 23 Wisconsin  4 –4     9 –4  
Minnesota  4 –4     6 –6  
Penn State  4 –4     5 –7  
Iowa  3 –5     3 –9  
Illinois  2 –6     5 –6  
Michigan State  2 –6     5 –6  
Indiana  2 –6     3 –8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his fourth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–6 and failed to make a bowl game.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 2:30 PM Middle Tennessee* No. 21 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 35–6   35,032
September 9 9:00 PM at San Diego State* No. 21 Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA ESPN2 W 49–13   26,779
September 14 11:00 AM California* No. 19 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN W 17–15   50,181
September 23 6:30 PM No. 10 Michigan No. 17 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN L 31–35   72,524
September 30 11:00 AM at Minnesota No. 22 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN L 10–44   44,462
October 14 1:00 PM Iowadagger Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 31–0   62,639
October 21 11:00 AM at Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN2 L 25–39   96,475
October 28 11:00 AM at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN L 10–14   73,826
November 4 11:00 AM Indiana Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN+ W 42–35   54,283
November 11 3:00 PM No. 13 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN L 21–24   61,207
November 18 11:00 AM at No. 23 Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN2 L 23–61   40,658
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 34 Jameel Cook Sr
G 64 David Diehl So
QB 15 Kurt Kittner Jr
T 59 Marques Sullivan Sr
TE 87 Josh Whitman Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 99 Fred Wakefield Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 51 Nathan Hodel Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ fightingillini.com
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