2000 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

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2000 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–9
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorConroy Hines (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Tom Masella (2nd season)
CaptainBrian Bradford, Sean Cangelosi, James Jordan, Quincy Stewart
Home stadium Joe Aillet 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 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University as an independent during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Jack Bicknell Jr., the Bulldogs played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. The team finished the season with a record of 3–9.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 266:00 pm Mississippi Valley State
W 63–1018,565 [1]
September 26:00 pmat Kansas State
FSN L 10–5448,902 [2]
September 911:00 amat Penn State
ESPN Plus L 7–6794,955 [3]
September 166:00 pm Stephen F. Austin
  • Joe Aillet Stadium
  • Ruston, LA
L 31–34 2OT17,320 [4]
September 236:00 pmat Tulsa
L 10–2217,673 [5]
October 76:00 pmat Middle Tennessee
L 21–4911,302 [6]
October 146:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Joe Aillet Stadium
  • Ruston, LA (rivalry)
W 48–1418,125 [7]
October 211:00 pmat Auburn
PPV L 28–3882,140 [8]
October 285:00 pmat No. 4 Miami (FL)
ESPN PlusL 31–4246,617 [9]
November 46:00 pm UCF
  • Joe Aillet Stadium
  • Ruston, LA
L 16–2012,532 [10]
November 116:00 pmat Louisiana–Monroe
W 42–1914,756 [11]
November 1810:00 pmat Hawaii
L 10–2731,963 [12]

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