2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten co-champion
Alamo Bowl, L 17–66 vs. Nebraska
Conference Big Ten Conference
2000 record 8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Randy Walker (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Home stadium Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 7:00 PM Northern Illinois* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 35–17   23,352
September 9 12:00 PM Duke* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 38–5   23,209
September 16 11:00 AM at No. 20 TCU* Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX FSN L 14–41   30,796
September 23 11:00 AM at No. 7 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN+ W 47–44   78,597
September 30 11:00 AM at No. 18 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 37–17   73,128
October 7 11:00 AM Indiana No. 22 Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN+ W 52–33   30,201
October 14 11:00 AM No. 21 Purduedagger No. 17 Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN L 28–41   41,503
October 28 11:00 AM at Minnesota No. 23 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 41–35   59,004
November 4 2:30 PM No. 12 Michigan No. 21 Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ABC W 54–51   47,130
November 11 11:00 AM at Iowa No. 12 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN+ L 17–27   54,345
November 18 11:00 AM Illinois No. 23 Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN2 W 61–23   40,658
December 30 7:00 PM vs. No. 9 Nebraska* No. 18 Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) ESPN L 17–66   60,028
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 20 Damien Anderson Jr
C 62 Austin King So
T 73 Jeff Roehl So
QB 10 Zak Kustok Jr
WR 32 Sam Simmons Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2 Kevin Bentley Jr
CB 6 Harold Blackmon Sr
DE 7 Ray Bogenrief Fr
DT 92 Javiar Collins Sr
LB 8 Napoleon Harris Jr
DE 95 Dwayne Missouri Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-03-05

References

  1. ↑ 2000 Northwestern Football Season
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