2000 UTEP Miners football team

2000 UTEP Miners football
WAC co-champion
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2000 record 8–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach Gary Nord (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Patrick Higgins (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Larry Hoefer (1st season)
Home stadium Sun Bowl Stadium
(Capacity: 51,500)
2000 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 21 TCU +  7 –1     10 –2  
UTEP +  7 –1     8 –4  
Fresno State  6 –2     7 –5  
San Jose State  5 –3     7 –5  
Tulsa  4 –4     5 –7  
Rice  2 –6     3 –8  
Hawaii  2 –6     3 –9  
SMU  2 –6     3 –9  
Nevada  1 –7     2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

During the 2000 season Brian Natkin became the first, and so far only, unanimous All-American in UTEP football history.[1]

Roster

2000 UTEP Miners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 7 Lee Mays Jr
TE 87 Brian Natkin Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 47 Jon Dorenbos So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:30 PM at Oklahoma* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma FSN L 14–55   74,761
September 9 7:05 PM SMU Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas W 37–20   31,483
September 16 7:00 PM at Texas A&M* Kyle Field • College Station, Texas L 17–45   69,184
September 23 7:05 PM Hawaii Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas W 39–7   36,637
September 30 7:05 PM New Mexico State* Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas (The Battle of I-10) W 41–31   50,068
October 7 5:00 PM at Tulsa Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma KKWB W 40–7   18,689
October 14 7:00 PM at San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California KKWB W 47–30   13,274
October 21 7:05 PM Fresno Statedagger Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas W 23–13   50,085
November 4 1:00 PM at Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada W 45–22   15,249
November 11 7:05 PM Rice Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas W 38–21   53,304
November 18 1:00 PM at No. 15 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas FSN L 14–47   41,068
December 23 11:30 AM vs. Boise State* Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho (Humanitarian Bowl) ESPN2 L 23–38   26,203
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf
  2. ↑ "Football: 2000 Results". University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 16, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
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