2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

The 2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It marked the Razorbacks' 108th overall season and their 8th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team is led by head coach Houston Nutt, in his third year, and played its home games at both Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville and War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. They finished the season with a record of six wins and six losses (6–6 overall, 3–5 in the SEC) and with a loss against UNLV in the Las Vegas Bowl.

2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 14–31 vs. UNLV
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
2000 record6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHouston Nutt (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Thompson (1st season)
Home stadiumRazorback Stadium
(Capacity: 50,019)

War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 53,727)
2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida x$  7 1     10 3  
No. 19 South Carolina  5 3     8 4  
No. 20 Georgia  5 3     8 4  
Tennessee  5 3     8 4  
Vanderbilt  1 7     3 8  
Kentucky  0 8     2 9  
Western Division
No. 18 Auburn x  6 2     9 4  
No. 22 LSU  5 3     8 4  
Ole Miss  4 4     7 5  
No. 24 Mississippi State  4 4     8 4  
Arkansas  3 5     6 6  
Alabama  3 5     3 8  
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28:00 pmSouthwest Missouri State*W 38–053,946
September 166:00 pmBoise State*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Little Rock, AR
W 38–3154,286
September 238:00 pmAlabamaESPN2W 28–2151,482
September 3011:30 amNo. 25 Georgia
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
JPSL 7–3851,162
October 76:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe*
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
W 52–650,947
October 1411:30 amat No. 24 South CarolinaJPSL 7–2781,935
October 281:00 pmat No. 25 AuburnPPVL 19–2183,642
November 42:00 pmOle Miss
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)
L 24–3849,647
November 1111:30 amat TennesseeJPSL 20–63107,262
November 181:00 pmat No. 13 Mississippi StateW 17–10 OT40,010
November 241:30 pmNo. 24 LSU
CBSW 14–343,982
December 207:00 pmvs. UNLV*ESPN2L 14–3129,113

References

  1. "2000 Arkansas season statistics" (PDF). Arkansas Athletics, University of Arkansas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-18. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
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