2000 Connecticut Huskies football team

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2000 Connecticut Huskies football
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ConferenceIndependent
2000 record3–8
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Warner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Mike Toop (2nd season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium (16,200)
Seasons
  1999
2001  
2000 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 15 Notre Dame  %     93 
UCF      74 
Middle Tennessee      65 
Connecticut      38 
Louisiana Tech      39 
Louisiana–Lafayette      110 
Louisiana–Monroe      110 
Navy      110 
  • % BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. This was Connecticut's first season competing at the NCAA Division I-A, having transitioned from NCAA Division I-AA, where they were a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Huskies competed as a transitional member as they increased the scholarship count to the Division I-A level of 85. Led by Randy Edsall in his second year as head coach, Connecticut finished the season with a record of 4–8.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmat Eastern Michigan CPTV L 25–3211,148
September 97:00 pm Colgate W 27–716,632
September 167:00 pmat Buffalo CPTVW 24–2113,678
September 231:30 pm Northeastern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT
L 27–3516,549
September 307:00 pmat Louisville L 22–4138,121
October 712:00 pmat Boston College NESN L 3–5535,383
October 217:00 pmat Akron W 38–356,467
October 281:30 pm South Florida Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT
ESPN+ L 13–2116,585
November 412:30 pm Middle Tennessee
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT
L 10–6611,115
November 1112:30 pm Rhode Island
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Storrs, CT (rivalry)
L 21–269,951
November 181:00 pmat Ball State L 0–2910,195

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