2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They were a member of Conference USA.

2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
Mobile Alabama Bowl champion
Mobile Alabama Bowl, W 2821 vs. TCU
ConferenceConference USA
2000 record84 (43 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Klenakis (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDave Wommack (2nd as DC, 6th overall season)
Home stadiumM. M. Roberts Stadium
(Capacity: 33,000)
2000 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Louisville $  6 1     9 3  
East Carolina  5 2     8 4  
Cincinnati  5 2     7 5  
Southern Miss  4 3     8 4  
UAB  3 3     7 4  
Tulane  3 4     6 5  
Memphis  2 5     4 7  
Houston  2 5     3 8  
Army  1 6     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:45 pmat No. 13 Tennessee*No. 22ESPNL 16–19108,064
September 168:00 pmat No. 15 Alabama*No. 25ESPN2W 21–083,091
September 237:00 pmat Oklahoma State*No. 22W 28–641,205
September 302:30 pmMemphisNo. 21FSNW 24–330,658
October 76:00 pmSouth Florida*No. 17
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
W 41–726,559
October 1411:00 amat TulaneNo. 16FSNW 56–2427,645
October 282:30 pmat HoustonNo. 14W 6–317,565
November 42:30 pmLouisvilleNo. 13
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
FSNL 28–4931,667
November 112:30 pmat UABNo. 25W 33–30 2OT25,000
November 1812:00 pmat CincinnatiNo. 24L 24–2721,958
November 2412:30 pmEast Carolina
  • M. M. Roberts Stadium
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi
FSNL 9–1425,152
December 207:00 pmvs. No. 16 TCU*ESPN2W 28–2140,300
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 73 Jeremy Bridges So
QB 17 Jeff Kelly Jr
G 76 Torrin Tucker Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 5 Greg Brooks Fr
LB 24 Rod Davis Fr
DT 98 John Nix Sr
CB 28 Etric Pruitt Fr
DE 96 Cedric Scott Sr
DT 78 DeQuincy Scott Jr
DT 90 Daleroy Stewart Sr
CB 19 Raymond Walls Sr
S 9 Chad Williams Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 23 22 25 25 22 21 17 16 15 14 13 25 24 NR NR NR NR 
Coaches Poll 25 24 24 NR 23 21 18 16 15 14 11 22 20 NR NR NR NR 
BCS Not released 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

References

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