2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2000 record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Glen Mason (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorMitch Browning (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Gibbs (4th season)
MVPBen Hamilton, Ron Johnson
CaptainBen Hamilton, Sean Hoffman, Karon Riley
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Purdue $+   6 – 2     8 – 4  
Northwestern +   6 – 2     8 – 4  
No. 11 Michigan +   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Ohio State   5 – 3     8 – 4  
No. 23 Wisconsin   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Minnesota   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Penn State   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Iowa   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Illinois   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Michigan State   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Indiana   2 – 6     3 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–6 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 375 to 318.[1] The team made an appearance in the MicronPC.com Bowl, but was not ranked in either the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll or Associated Press poll.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 211:00 amLouisiana–Monroe*
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
MSCW 47–1040,183
September 91:30 pmOhio*
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
L 17–2341,637
September 1611:30 amat Baylor*
FSNW 34–920,125
September 2311:00 amat No. 21 Purdue
ESPNL 24–3867,425
September 3011:00 amNo. 22 Illinois
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
ESPNW 44–1044,462
October 711:00 amPenn State
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
ESPN2W 25–1644,439
October 1411:00 amat No. 6 Ohio State
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, Ohio
ESPN2W 29–1798,120
October 211:00 pmat IndianaNo. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 43–5130,882
October 2811:00 amNo. 23 Northwestern
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
ESPN2L 35–4159,004
November 411:00 amWisconsin
ESPN2L 20–4179,171
November 1811:00 amIowa
ESPN+W 27–2454,387
December 286:00 pmvs. NC State*
TBSL 30–3828,359
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Personnel[]

2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 8 Asad Abdul-Khaliq Fr
TE Scooter Baugus So
WR Antonie Burns
OL Derek Burns
QB Travis Cole Jr
RB Renato Fitzpatrick So
OT 74 Adam Haayer Sr
OG 55 Ben Hamilton Sr
WR Antoine Henderson Sr
WR 3 Ron Johnson Jr
WR Elvin Jones
QB Benji Kamrath Fr
WR Ryan Keller Sr
OL Jake Kuppe
WR Jermaine Mays Jr
WR Tony Patterson
RB Tellis Redmon So
OL Ryan Roth
RB Thomas Tapeh Fr
TE Ben Utecht Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 99 Matt Anderle Jr
LB Phil Archer Fr
S, WR 2 Jack Brewer Jr
DB Trevis Graham Sr
DB Clorenzo Griffin Sr
LB Justin Hall
LB Jimmy Henry
LB Sean Hoffman
DB Delvin Jones Jr
DE Dan Kwapinski
CB 39 Michael Lehan So
LB Ben Mezera
CB 42 Willie Middlebrooks Jr
LB Curtese Poole
DE 91 Karon Riley Sr
DT 93 John Schlecht Sr
DL Eric Stenzel
DL Greg White
DL Maurice White
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P Preston Gruening So
K Dan Nystrom So
Head coach
  • Glen Mason
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings[]

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 22 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches Poll NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

Season summary[]

at Ohio State[]

See also: 1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
1 234Total
• Minnesota 17 606 29
Ohio St 3 707 17
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 98,120

Minnesota snapped a 16-game losing streak to Ohio State and beat Glen Mason's alma mater in Columbus for the first time since 1949.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ USA Today Retrieved November 12, 2012.
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