2000 Utah Utes football team

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.

2000 Utah Utes football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2000 record4–7 (3–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Lee (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (6th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,634)
2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmArizona*ESPN2L 3–1741,352
September 94:00 pmat California*KJZZL 21–2443,500
September 166:00 pmWashington State*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
KJZZL 21–3838,814
September 235:00 pmAir Force
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ABCL 14–2337,151
September 303:05 pmat Utah State*KSLW 35–1429,814
October 141:05 pmat San Diego StateESPN+W 21–717,498
October 215:00 pmColorado State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
KJZZL 17–2437,505
October 281:00 pmat New MexicoESPN+L 3–1021,366
November 41:00 pmUNLV
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN+W 38–1634,842
November 114:00 pmat WyomingKJZZW 34–010,195
November 244:00 pmBYU
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)
ESPNL 27–3445,064

[1][2] [3]

Roster

2000 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 85 Matt Hansen TE 6-6 230 Fr. HS 6-18-79 21 Logan, Utah/Mountain Crest HS 84 Mark Henderson WR 6-0 194 Sr. JC 11-10-76 23 Las Vegas, Nev./Dixie JC 30 Dameon Hunter RB 5-11 231 Jr. JC 2-18-79 21 San Bernardino, Calif./ Chaffey JC 60 Alex Jacobsen OL 6-5 270 So. JC 4-23-81
Pos.#NameClass
RB 37 Mbe Agbor Sr
QB 14 Darnell Arceneaux Sr
T 69 Jordan Gross So
WR 1 Cliff Russell Jr
WR 7 Steve Smith Sr
Defense 48 Joey Bolinger DB 6-2 202 Fr. HS 12-27-81 18 Edmond, Okla./Edmond North HS 99 Justyn Boudreau DE 6-3 237 Fr. RS 2-23-78 22 Clearfield, Utah/Clearfield HS
Pos.#NameClass
DE 47 Andy Bowers Sr
DB 21 Andre Dyson Sr
DE 63 Garrett Smith  So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster
Last update: 2000-11-09

After the season

NFL draft

Two players went in the 2001 NFL Draft, including future pro bowler Steve Smith.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Andre DysonCornerback260Tennessee Titans
Steve SmithWide Receiver374Carolina Panthers

References

  1. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. "2000 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  3. "2000 Final Statistics". University of Utah Department of Athletics. June 28, 2001. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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