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Las Vegas Bowl, L 14–31 vs. UNLV | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Western Division | |
Record | 6–6 (3–5 SEC) |
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Offensive coordinator | Houston Nutt (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | John Thompson (1st season) |
Home stadium | Razorback Stadium (Capacity: 50,019) War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 53,727) |
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No. 10 Florida x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 South Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Georgia | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 18 Auburn x | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 LSU | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Mississippi State | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It marked the Razorbacks' 108th overall season and their 8th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team is led by head coach Houston Nutt, in his third year, and played its home games at both Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville and War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. They finished the season with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6 overall, 3–5 in the SEC) and with a loss against UNLV in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 8:00 pm | Southwest Missouri State * | W 38–0 | 53,946 | ||
September 16 | 6:00 pm | Boise State * |
| W 38–31 | 54,286 | |
September 23 | 8:00 pm | Alabama | ESPN2 | W 28–21 | 51,482 | |
September 30 | 11:30 am | No. 25 Georgia |
| JPS | L 7–38 | 51,162 |
October 7 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe * |
| W 52–6 | 50,947 | |
October 14 | 11:30 am | at No. 24 South Carolina | JPS | L 7–27 | 81,935 | |
October 28 | 1:00 pm | at No. 25 Auburn | PPV | L 19–21 | 83,642 | |
November 4 | 2:00 pm | Ole Miss |
| L 24–38 | 49,647 | |
November 11 | 11:30 am | at Tennessee | JPS | L 20–63 | 107,262 | |
November 18 | 1:00 pm | at No. 13 Mississippi State | W 17–10 OT | 40,010 | ||
November 24 | 1:30 pm | No. 24 LSU |
| CBS | W 14–3 | 43,982 |
December 20 | 7:00 pm | vs. UNLV * | ESPN2 | L 14–31 | 29,113 | |
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