2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2000 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten co-champion
Alamo Bowl, L 17–66 vs. Nebraska
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Spread
Captains
  • Harold Blackmon [1]
  • Conrad Emmerich
Home stadium Ryan Field
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pm Northern Illinois *
W 35–1723,352
September 912:00 pm Duke *
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 38–523,209
September 1611:00 amat No. 20 TCU *
 FSN L 14–4130,796
September 2311:00 amat No. 7 Wisconsin
ESPN+ W 47–44 2OT78,597
September 3011:00 amat No. 18 Michigan State
ESPN+W 37–1773,128
October 711:00 am Indiana No. 22
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+W 52–3330,201
October 1411:00 amNo. 21 Purdue Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 17
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
 ESPN L 28–4141,503
October 2811:00 amat Minnesota No. 23
 ESPN2 W 41–3559,004
November 42:30 pmNo. 12 Michigan No. 21
 ABC W 54–5147,130
November 1111:00 amat Iowa No. 12
ESPN+L 17–2754,345
November 1811:00 am Illinois No. 23
ESPN2W 61–2340,658
December 307:00 pmvs. No. 9 Nebraska *No. 18
ESPNL 17–6660,028
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Personnel

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 20 Damien Anderson Sr
WR Louis AyeniSo
OL Leon Brockmeier
OL Lance Clelland
QB Matt DanielsonSo
TE David FarmanJr
WR Ronnie FosterSo
WR Teddy JohnsonSr
WR Roger JordanFr
C 62 Austin King So
QB 10 Zak Kustok Sr
RB Kevin LawrenceJr
RB Gilles LeziFr
OL 66Steve NataliFr
WR 86El Da’Sheon NixFr
WR 17Steve ParkerJr
WR 80Kunle PatrickSo
OT 73 Jeff Roehl So
WR Jon SchweighardtSo
WR 32 Sam Simmons Jr
OL Mike Souza
RB Torri StuckeyFr
WR Derrick ThompsonSr
TE Eric WorleySo
RB Jason WrightFr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2 Kevin Bentley Jr
CB 6 Harold Blackmon  (C)Sr
DE 7Ray BogenriefFr
DB Marvin BrownSr
LB Vincent CartavaSo
DL 98Pete ChapmanSo
DT 92 Javiar Collins Sr
DB Raheem CovingtonJr
LB 3Pat DurrSo
DL Conrad Emmerich
LB 8 Napoleon Harris Sr
DE 95 Dwayne Missouri Sr
DB Rashad Morton
LB Billy SilvaJr
DL Salem Simon
DB Rashidi Wheeler
DB Sean WieberJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Brian HuffmanFr
K 39Tim LongSr
P J.J. StandringSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-03-05

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP ——————22172523211223201918—
Coaches Poll ——————2418——231824212019—
BCS Not released——15————Not released

Season summary

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References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ 2000 Northwestern Football Season


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