2000 Texas Longhorns football team

The 2000 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown.

2000 Texas Longhorns football
Holiday Bowl, L 30–35 vs. Oregon
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
2000 record9–3 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Davis (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorCarl Reese (3rd season)
Home stadiumDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 80,092)
2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy  6 2     11 3  
No. 8 Nebraska x  6 2     10 2  
No. 25 Iowa State  5 3     9 3  
Colorado  3 5     3 8  
Kansas  2 6     4 7  
Missouri  2 6     3 8  
Southern Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#  8 0     13 0  
No. 12 Texas  7 1     9 3  
Texas A&M  5 3     7 5  
Texas Tech  3 5     7 6  
Oklahoma State  1 7     3 8  
Baylor  0 8     2 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
    1. BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Texas finished with a 7–1 record in conference play, Mack Brown's best conference record yet. Their only conference loss came to Oklahoma, which was both conference and national champion. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and were defeated by #8 Oregon in the 2000 Holiday Bowl, 35–30.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 911:30 a.m.Louisiana–Lafayette*No. 6FSSWW 52–1080,017[1]
September 169:15 p.m.at Stanford*No. 5FSNL 24–2743,970[1]
September 236:00 p.m.Houston*No. 15
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
FSNW 48–081,592[1]
September 3011:00 a.m.Oklahoma StateNo. 13
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCW 42–781,692[1]
October 711:00 a.m.vs. No. 10 OklahomaNo. 11ABCL 14–6375,587[1]
October 142:30 p.m.at ColoradoNo. 25W 28–1452,030[1]
October 211:30 p.m.Missouri
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 46–1282,892[1]
October 2811:30 a.m.BaylorNo. 22
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
FSNW 48–1483,092[1]
November 46:00 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 20FSNW 29–1753,027[1]
November 111:00 p.m.at KansasNo. 19W 51–1627,200[1]
November 242:30 p.m.No. 22 Texas A&MNo. 12
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 43–1784,012[1]
December 297:30 p.m.vs. No. 8 OregonNo. 12ESPNL 30–3563,278[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source:[2]

Roster

2000 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 2 Chris Simms So
WR 4 Roy Williams Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 40 Cory Redding So
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 7 (1) 7 (2) 6 (2) 5 (2) 15 13 11 25 NR 22 20 19 14 12 12 12 12 
Coaches Poll 8 8 8 6 15 13 10 23 21 20 20 19 15 13 12 12 12 
BCS Not released NR NR NR 14 12 12 12 Not released

References

  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Texas–Austin Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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