2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

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2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 14–31 vs. UNLV
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme I formation
Defensive coordinator John Thompson (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadium Razorback Stadium
War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
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  
Western Division
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
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28:00 pm Southwest Missouri State *
W 38–053,946 [1]
September 166:00 pm Boise State *
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 38–3154,286 [2]
September 238:00 pm Alabama
ESPN2 W 28–2151,482 [3]
September 3011:30 amNo. 25 Georgia
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
 JPS L 7–3851,162 [4]
October 76:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 52–650,947 [5]
October 1411:30 amat No. 24 South Carolina
JPSL 7–2781,935 [6]
October 281:00 pmat No. 25 Auburn
PPV L 19–2183,642 [7]
November 42:00 pm Ole Miss
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
L 24–3849,647 [8]
November 1111:30 amat Tennessee
JPSL 20–63107,262 [9]
November 181:00 pmat No. 13 Mississippi State
W 17–10 OT40,010 [10]
November 241:30 pmNo. 24 LSU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)
 CBS W 14–343,982 [11]
December 207:00 pmvs. UNLV *
ESPN2L 14–3129,113 [12]

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Roster

2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
FS 6 Ken Hamlin So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

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