2000 Michigan State Spartans football team

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2000 Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans script.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Morris Watts (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (2nd season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 AstroTurf)
Seasons
  1999
2001  
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Purdue $+  6 2   8 4  
Northwestern +  6 2   8 4  
No. 11 Michigan +  6 2   9 3  
Ohio State  5 3   8 4  
No. 23 Wisconsin  4 4   9 4  
Minnesota  4 4   6 6  
Penn State  4 4   5 7  
Iowa  3 5   3 9  
Illinois  2 6   5 6  
Michigan State  2 6   5 6  
Indiana  2 6   3 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the first year for head coach Bobby Williams, who took over the program after previous head coach Nick Saban had left to take the head coaching position at Louisiana State University.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 912:00 p.m. Marshall *No. 24 ESPN W 34–2472,983
September 167:00 p.m.at Missouri *No. 22 FSN W 13–1055,289
September 233:30 p.m.No. 16 Notre Dame *No. 23
ABC W 27–2174,714
September 3012:00 p.m. Northwestern No. 18
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+ L 17–3773,128
October 712:00 p.m.at Iowa ESPN+L 16–2163,290
October 1412:00 p.m. Wisconsin Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+L 10–1774,863
October 213:30 p.m.at No. 16 Michigan ABCL 0–14111,514
October 2812:00 p.m. Illinois
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNW 14–1073,826
November 412:00 p.m.at No. 16 Ohio State ESPNL 13–2798,406
November 111:05 p.m.No. 9 Purdue
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ABCW 30–1074,624
November 1812:00 p.m.at Penn State ESPN+L 23–4296,070
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Charles Rogers Fr
RB 8 T. J. Duckett So
QB 9 Jeff Smoker Fr
OT 74 Tupe Peko Sr
TE 83 Chris Baker Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 15 Renaldo Hill Sr
LB 35 T. J. Turner Sr
LB 50 Josh Thornhill Jr
DT 95 Josh Shaw Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 12 Craig Jarrett Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP 252424222318
Coaches Poll 22222320201525
BCS Not releasedNot released

2001 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 2001 NFL draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL team
Renaldo Hill 7202Cornerback Arizona Cardinals
Tupe Peko 7217Guard New York Jets
T. J. Turner 7239Outside Linebacker New England Patriots

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