2000 Connecticut Huskies football team

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2000 Connecticut Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–8
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Warner (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Nick Rapone (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1999
2001  
2000 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 15 Notre Dame  %    9 3  
UCF    7 4  
Middle Tennessee    6 5  
Connecticut    3 8  
Louisiana Tech    3 9  
Louisiana–Lafayette    1 10  
Louisiana–Monroe    1 10  
Navy    1 10  
  • % 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 3–8.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27:00 pmat Eastern Michigan CPTV L 25–3211,148
September 97:00 pm Colgate W 27–716,632 [1]
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 Plus 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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References

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