2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2000 Wisconsin Badgers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 2120 vs. UCLA
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 23
2000 record94 (44 Big Ten)
Head coachBarry Alvarez (11th season)
Offensive coordinatorBrian White
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 76,129, Astroturf)
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 13 Purdue $+  6 2     8 4  
Northwestern +  6 2     8 4  
No. 11 Michigan +  6 2     9 3  
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.Western Michigan*No. 4ESPN+W 19–777,843[1]
September 92:30 p.m.Oregon*No. 5
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCW 27–2378,521[2]
September 161:00 p.m.Cincinnati*No. 4
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 28–25 OT78,749[3]
September 2311:00 a.m.NorthwesternNo. 7
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+L 44–47 2OT78,597[4]
September 3011:00 a.m.at No. 9 MichiganNo. 17ABCL 10–13111,341[5]
October 72:30 p.m.No. 8 Ohio StateNo. 24
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCL 7–2379,045[6]
October 1411:00 a.m.at Michigan State
ESPN+W 17–1074,863[7]
October 2111:00 a.m.No. 17 Purdue
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPNL 24–30 OT79,048[8]
October 2811:00 a.m.at IowaESPN+W 13–762,560[9]
November 411:00 a.m.Minnesota
ESPN2W 41–2079,171[10]
November 1111:00 a.m.at Indiana
ESPN+W 43–2230,469[11]
November 2510:00 p.m.at Hawaii*ESPN+W 34–1841,313[12]
December 291:00 p.m.vs. UCLA*
CBSW 21–2049,093[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 81 Mark Anelli Jr
RB 29 Michael Bennett Jr
QB 5 Brooks Bollinger So
WR 88 Chris Chambers Sr
T 54 Dave Costa Sr
WR 22 Nick Davis Jr
G 60 Bill Ferrario Sr
C 72 Al Johnson So
T 64 Ben Johnson So
C 70 Casey Rabach Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 77 Wendell Bryant Jr
FS 8 Jason Doering Sr
CB 36 Mike Echols Jr
CB 2 Jamar Fletcher Sr
LB 49 Nick Greisen Jr
LB 19 Roger Knight Sr
DT 78 Ross Kolodziej Sr
LB 46 Jeff Mack So
DE 99 Jake Sprague So
CB 23 B. J. Tucker So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Regular starters

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 4 (1) 4 (1) 5 (1) 4 (1) 7 17 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 
Coaches Poll 5 (1) 5 (1) 6 (1) 5 (1) 6 14 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 24 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

2001 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Jamar FletcherCornerback126Miami Dolphins
Michael BennettRunning Back127Minnesota Vikings
Chris ChambersWide Receiver252Miami Dolphins
Casey RabachCenter392Baltimore Ravens
Bill FerrarioGuard4105Green Bay Packers
Roger KnightLinebacker6182Pittsburgh Steelers
Jason DoeringDefensive Back6193Indianapolis Colts
Ross KolodziejDefensive End7230New York Giants

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Awards and records

References

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