2000 Utah Utes football team

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2000 Utah Utes football
Utah Utes - U logo.svg
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)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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

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.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmArizona*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
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 Forcedagger
  • 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 State
  • Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
ESPN+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 Mexico
ESPN+L 3–1021,366
November 41:00 pmUNLV
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN+W 38–1634,842
November 114:00 pmat Wyoming
KJZZW 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
Pos. # Name Class
RB 37 Mbe Agbor Sr
QB 14 Darnell Arceneaux Sr
T 69 Jordan Gross So
TE 85 Matt Hansen Fr
WR 84 Mark Henderson Sr
OL 60 Alex Jacobsen So
WR 1 Cliff Russell Jr
WR 7 Steve Smith Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 99 Justyn Boudreau Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 47 Andy Bowers Sr
DB 21 Andre Dyson Sr
DE 63 Garrett Smith Redshirt.svg So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt 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.

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Andre Dyson Cornerback 2 60 Tennessee Titans
Steve Smith Wide Receiver 3 74 Carolina Panthers

References[]

  1. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "2000 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. 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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