2000 Utah Utes football team
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| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (3–4 MW) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tommy Lee (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (6th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Rice-Eccles Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Colorado State $ | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Ron McBride. The team played its home games at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The 2000 season saw the Utes sliding back again. They went 4–7, the worst W-L record since Ron McBride's first season in 1990.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 7:00 pm | Arizona* | ESPN2 | L 3–17 | 41,352 | |
| September 9 | 4:00 pm | at California* | KJZZ | L 21–24 | 43,500 | |
| September 16 | 6:00 pm | Washington State* |
| KJZZ | L 21–38 | 38,814 |
| September 23 | 5:00 pm | Air Force |
| ABC | L 14–23 | 37,151 |
| September 30 | 3:05 pm | at Utah State* | KSL | W 35–14 | 29,814 | |
| October 14 | 1:05 pm | at San Diego State | ESPN+ | W 21–7 | 17,498 | |
| October 21 | 5:00 pm | Colorado State |
| KJZZ | L 17–24 | 37,505 |
| October 28 | 1:00 pm | at New Mexico | ESPN+ | L 3–10 | 21,366 | |
| November 4 | 1:00 pm | UNLV |
| ESPN+ | W 38–16 | 34,842 |
| November 11 | 4:00 pm | at Wyoming | KJZZ | W 34–0 | 10,195 | |
| November 24 | 4:00 pm | BYU |
| ESPN | L 27–34 | 45,064 |
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Roster
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After the season
[edit]NFL draft
[edit]Two players went in the 2001 NFL draft, including future pro bowler Steve Smith.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Andre Dyson | Cornerback | 2 | 60 | Tennessee Titans |
| Steve Smith | Wide receiver | 3 | 74 | Carolina Panthers |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- ^ "2000 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ "2000 Final Statistics". University of Utah Department of Athletics. June 28, 2001. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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