2000 Michigan State Spartans football team

2000 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2000 record 5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Bobby Williams (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (2nd season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 AstroTurf)
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 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the first year for head coach Bobby Williams, who took over the program after previous head coach Nick Saban had left to take the head coaching position at Louisiana State University.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 9 12:00 PM Marshall* No. 24 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN W 34–24   72,983
September 16 7:00 PM at Missouri* No. 22 Faurot Field • Columbia, MO FSN W 13–10   55,289
September 23 3:30 PM No. 16 Notre Dame* No. 23 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) ABC W 27–21   74,714
September 30 12:00 PM Northwestern No. 18 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN+ L 17–37   73,128
October 7 12:00 PM at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN+ L 16–21   63,290
October 14 12:00 PM Wisconsindagger Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN+ L 10–17   74,863
October 21 3:30 PM at No. 16 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) ABC L 0–14   111,514
October 28 12:00 PM Illinois Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN W 30–10   73,826
November 4 12:00 PM at No. 16/19 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN L 13–27   98,406
November 11 1:05 PM No. 9/10 Purdue Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ABC W 30–10   74,624
November 18 12:00 PM at Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy) ESPN+ L 23–42   96,070
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

2001 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Renaldo Hill7202CornerbackArizona Cardinals
Tupe Peko7217GuardNew York Jets
T. J. Turner7239Outside LinebackerNew England Patriots
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