American college football season
2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Conference Big 12 Conference Division North Division Coaches No. 7 AP No. 8 2000 record 10–2 (6–2 Big 12) Head coach Frank Solich (3rd season)Offensive coordinator Frank Solich (3rd season) Offensive scheme I formation Defensive coordinator Craig Bohl (1st season)Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,918)Seasons
The 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
The Cornhusker's 2000 Red-White spring game featured Nebraska's first (and currently only) female player : KaLena "Beanie" Barnes, a senior sprinter for Nebraska's women's track-and-field teams, played in spring practice as a punter and recorded one 35-yard punt.[1] [2] [3] She would not stay with the team for the regular season.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 11:30 am San José State * No. 1 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska PPV W 49–1377,728
September 9 1:30 pm at No. 23 Notre Dame * No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana (College GameDay )NBC W 27–24 OT 80,232
September 23 2:30 pm Iowa * No. 1 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ABC W 42–1378,070
September 30 6:00 pm Missouri No. 1 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) FSN W 42–2477,744
October 7 2:30 pm at Iowa State No. 2 ABC W 49–2750,074
October 14 6:00 pm at Texas Tech No. 1 Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas FSN W 56–348,961
October 21 1:00 pm Baylor No. 1 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 59–077,959
October 28 11:00 am at No. 3 Oklahoma No. 1 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (rivalry , College GameDay )ABC L 14–3175,989
November 4 2:30 pm Kansas No. 5 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ABC W 56–1778,096
November 11 6:00 pm at No. 16 Kansas State No. 4 KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas FSN L 28–2953,811
November 24 11:00 am Colorado No. 10 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ABC W 34–3277,672
December 30 7:00 pm vs. No. 18 Northwestern * No. 9 ESPN W 66–1760,028
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff [ ]
2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
IB
32
Matt Albertson
So
IB
38
Dan Alexander
Sr
OG
64
Steve Altstadt
Jr
OG
Jake Andersen
Fr
SE
20
Tom Beveridge
Sr
TE
84
Jon Bowling
So
IB
36
Correll Buckhalter
Sr
QB
11
Joe Chrisman
So
OG
59
Wes Cody
So
IB
1
Thunder Collins
Jr
SE
32
Kelly Cook
Fr
WB
86
Ben Cornelsen
So
QB
7
Eric Crouch
Jr
TE
91
Will Dabbert
So
FB
4
Judd Davies
Fr
IB
2
Josh Davis
Fr
SE
3
Matt Davison
Sr
OG
57
Jon Dawson
Fr
IB
30
Dahrran Diedrick
So
OG
Mike Erickson
Fr
OT
M.J. Flaum
Fr
OG
77
Toniu Fonoti
So
C
52
John Garrison
So
WB
8
John Gibson
Sr
TE
99
Aaron Golliday
So
FB
49
Nick Gragert
Jr
OT
72
Tim Green
Fr
IB
6
DeAntae Grixby
So
SE
83
Seth Gutz
Sr
OG
62
Andy Gwennap
So
OG
69
Brian Hale
Fr
WB
89
Troy Hassebroek
So
OG
55
Russ Hochstein
Sr
SE
Jason Jisa
Fr
TE
82
Trevor Johnson
Fr
FB
44
Paul Kastl
So
TE
Dusty Keiser
Fr
WB
19
John Klem
So
OT
73
Scott Koethe
So
OT
75
Kyle Kollmorgen
Jr
C
74
David Kolowski
So
OT
67
Nate Kolterman
So
FB
Steve Kriewald
Fr
SE
28
Tim Liley
Fr
OG
70
Jack Limbaugh
Fr
QB
14
Brett Lindstrom
Fr
WB
DeWayne Long
Fr
OG
71
Chris Loos
Fr
QB
10
Jammal Lord
Fr
WB
Alvin Marshall
Fr
WB
33
Luke McGowan
Fr
TE
90
Jake McKee
Sr
SE
Ryan Mikluscak
Fr
IB
21
Robin Miller
RFr
FB
15
Willie Miller
Sr
TE
43
John Murphy
Sr
OT
63
Brian Nelson
Fr
WB
12
Bobby Newcombe
Sr
WB
Jack O'Holleran
Fr
SE
23
Ryan Ommert
Fr
WB
81
Matt Plooster
RFr
OT
Nick Povendo
Fr
C
54
Dominic Raiola
Jr
IB
46
Tim Reese
RFr
OG
66
Jon Rutherford
Jr
OG
79
Chris Saalfeld
Sr
OT
65
Jason Schwab
Sr
TE
Chris Septak
Fr
C
53
Matt Shook
So
OG
76
Dan Swantek
Fr
SE
9
Wilson Thomas
So
SE
47
Fred Thorne
RFr
FB
35
Curtis Tomasevicz
Fr
OT
68
Dan Vili Waldrop
RFr
OT
56
Cody Volk
RFr
OT
58
Dave Volk
Jr
FB
27
Andy Wingender
Fr
TE
87
Tracey Wistrom
Jr
WB
Ben Zajicek
Fr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
RE
98
Demoine Adams
So
ROV
27
Willie Amos
Fr
RCB
28
Josh Anderson
Sr
SLB
41
Rod Baker
Sr
NT
59
Ryon Bingham
Fr
ROV
12
Rob Blomeier
Fr
ROV
4
Mic Boettner
Jr
FS
14
Dion Booker
Jr
RE
Manaia Brown
Fr
SLB
49
Brad Bryan
Fr
WLB
36
Chad Buller
Fr
FS
Dan Burrow
Fr
MLB
48
Jamie Burrow
Jr
LCB
Terrell Butler
Fr
NT
55
Jon Clanton
So
MLB
Shaun Coleman
Fr
SLB
Ira Cooper
Fr
MLB
52
Jon Coyne
Jr
LCB
3
Keyuo Craver
Jr
ROV
37
Tim Demerath
Jr
ROV
2
Mike Demps
So
RE
46
Ty Dilts
So
FS
19
Clint Finley
Sr
FS
38
Eric Fischer
Sr
SLB
53
Gabe Fries
So
ROV
1
Taylor Gehman
So
RCB
5
DeJuan Groce
So
RE
97
Matt Grummert
Sr
LCB
26
Kevin Guse
Fr
LCB
18
Jeff Hemje
Jr
SLB
51
Anthony Hoke
Fr
SLB
T.J. Hollowell
Fr
WLB
Lannie Hopkins
Fr
RCB
24
Matt Ickes
Jr
LCB
Joel Jackson
Fr
WLB
23
Blanchard Johnson
Fr
DT
94
Patrick Kabongo
Fr
DT
91
Loran Kaiser
Sr
RE
57
Chris Kelsay
So
NT
70
Jason Lohr
Jr
MLB
44
Jason Long
Fr
MLB
54
Mike Makris
RFr
DT
79
Stephen Manning
So
RE
Jeff McBride
Fr
LCB
33
Dwayne McClary
Sr
DT
71
Matt McGinn
Jr
RCB
6
Lornell McPherson
Fr
WLB
58
Tim Miller
RFr
RE
93
Brandon Mooberry
Sr
RCB
22
Don Neal
Fr
NT
87
Casey Nelson
Jr
CB
Jamie Otto
Fr
RE
78
Phil Peetz
RFr
SLB
44
Jon Penny
Jr
FS
21
Jerrell Pippens
RFr
MLB
13
Carlos Polk
Sr
WLB
Jason Richenberger
Fr
RCB
13
Pat Ricketts
RFr
RE
85
Kyle Ringenberg
So
MLB
50
Steve Safranek
RFr
FS
11
Carl Scholting
RFr
SLB
43
Scott Shanle
So
DT
56
Jeremy Slechta
Jr
WLB
15
Jemond Smith
So
RE
92
Justin Smith
So
MLB
40
Luke Smith
So
WLB
34
Randy Stella
So
RCB
16
Erwin Swiney
Sr
NT
96
Junior Tagoa'i
RFr
MLB
90
Tony Tata
So
ROV
8
Aaron Terpening
So
RE
Benard Thomas
Fr
RE
83
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Sr
WLB
9
Mark Vedral
Jr
ROV
25
Joe Walker
Sr
NT
Brian Wanish
Sr
RE
99
Adrian Warrior
So
FS
42
Troy Watchorn
Sr
LCB
29
Jay White
So
RE
95
J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann
Jr
ROV
20
Wes Woodward
Jr
Special teams
Head coach
Frank Solich 3rd season 22nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Craig Bohl 1st season as DC/LB coach 9th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Turner Gill 9th season as QB coach 9th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
14th season as WR/TE coach 14th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown
Jeff Jamrog 1st season as DL coach 3rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Dan Young 18th season as OL/K coach 18th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir 27th season as OL coach 27th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling
Nelson Barnes 4th season as RE coach 4th year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas
George Darlington DB coach 28th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers
Dave Gillespie 3rd season as RB coach 12th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha
Boyd Epley 32nd season as S&C coach 32nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 16, 2011
Depth chart [ ]
Defense
FS
Dion Booker
Clint Finley
⋅
WEAK
MIDDLE
STRONG
Randy Stella
Carlos Polk
Scott Shanle
Mark Vedral
Jamie Burrow
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
ROVER
Joe Walker
Troy Watchorn
⋅
CB
Keyuo Craver
Patt Ricketts
⋅
DE
DT
DT
DE
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Jason Lohr
Loran Kaiser
Chris Kelsay
Demoine Adams
Jon Clanton
Jeremy Slechta
Justin Smith
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
DeJuan Groce
Erwin Swiney
⋅
Offense
WR
Matt Davison
Wilson Thomas
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Jason Schwab
Toniu Fonoti
Dominic Raiola
Russ Hochstein
Davie Volk
Kyle Kollmorgen
Wes Cody
Matt Shook
Jon Rutherford
Chris Loos
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Tracy Wisrom
Aaron Golliday
Jon Bowling
WR
Bobby Newcombe
John Gibson
⋅
QB
Eric Crouch
Jammal Lord
⋅
RB
Dan Alexander
Correll Buckhalter
Dahrran Diedrick
FB
Willie Miller
Judd Davis
⋅
Special Teams
PK Josh Brown
P Dan Hadenfeldt
Game summaries [ ]
San José State [ ]
San José State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 2Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,728TV announcers (PPV ): Warren Swain (Play-by-play) & Adrian Fiala (Color)
Notre Dame [ ]
Nebraska at Notre Dame [box score]
1
2 3 4 OT Total
• Nebraska
7
7 7 0 6
27
Notre Dame
0
7 7 7 3
24
Date: September 9Location: Notre Dame Stadium , Notre Dame, Indiana Game attendance: 80,232TV announcers (NBC ): Craig Minervini (Play-by-play), Pat Haden (Color) & Bob Wischusen (Sideline)
Iowa [ ]
Iowa at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa
7
6 0 0
13
• Nebraska
7
14 7 14
42
Date: September 23Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 78,070TV announcers (ABC ): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play) & Ed Cunningham (Color)
Missouri [ ]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Missouri
7
7 10 0
24
• Nebraska
7
21 7 7
42
Date: September 30Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,744TV announcers (FSN ): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)
Iowa State [ ]
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
0
13 8 28
49
Iowa State
7
7 6 7
27
Texas Tech [ ]
Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
14
14 7 21
56
Texas Tech
0
0 3 0
3
Date: October 14Location: Jones SBC Stadium , Lubbock, Texas Game attendance: 48,961TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)
Baylor [ ]
Baylor at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Baylor
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
38
14 7 0
59
Date: October 21Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,959
Oklahoma [ ]
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
14
0 0 0
14
• Oklahoma
0
24 7 0
31
Date: October 28Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium , Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,989TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)
Kansas [ ]
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
0
3 0 14
17
• Nebraska
21
14 14 7
56
Date: November 4Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 78,096TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)
Kansas State [ ]
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Date: November 11Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 53,811TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)
Colorado [ ]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Colorado
0
10 7 15
32
• Nebraska
14
0 7 13
34
Date: November 24Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,672TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)
Northwestern [ ]
Nebraska vs Northwestern [box score]
Date: December 30Location: Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas Game attendance: 60,028TV announcers (ESPN ): Dave Barnett (Play-by-play), Bill Curry (Color), Mike Golic (Color) & Michele Tafoya (Sideline)
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
4
10
9
10
9
8
Coaches Poll
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
5
10
8
9
8
7
BCS
Not released
1
4
4
8
8
8
8
Not released
After the season [ ]
Nebraska finished in a tie for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 3rd conference-wide, with a final record of 10–2 (6–2).
The season was concluded by #9 Nebraska blowing out #18 Northwestern by 66–17, the largest margin of victory in Alamo Bowl history.
Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 31–7 (18–6).
Awards [ ]
[5]
Award
Name(s)
Rimington Trophy
Dominic Raiola
Draddy Trophy
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Sports Illustrated All-Bowl Team
Russ Hochstein
All-American 1st Team
Dominic Raiola, Carlos Polk , Russ Hochstein
All-American 2nd Team
Eric Crouch , Tracey Wistrom
All-Big 12 1st team
Dan Alexander , Keyuo Craver , Toniu Fonoti , Dan Hadenfeldt, Russ Hochstein, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Kyle Vanden Bosch , Tracey Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team
Eric Crouch
All-Big 12 3rd team
Troy Watchorn
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Correll Buckhalter , Matt Davison, Bobby Newcombe, Dave Volk
NFL and pro players [ ]
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2000 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[6]
References [ ]
^ Alden, Doug (April 15, 2000). "NEBRASKA WOMAN MAKES FOOTBALL DEBUT" . Associated Press . Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
^ Weaver, Dave (April 15, 2000). Kicking at stereotypes (Photograph). Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska . Associated Press . Archived from the original on June 27, 2001. Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
^ "Box Score (Final): WHITE TEAM vs RED TEAM (Apr 15, 2000 at Lincoln, Nebraska)" . HuskerMax. Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
^ "Football - 2000 Schedule/Results" . University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 15, 2009 .
^ 2000 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers" . Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009 .
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