2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2000 Wisconsin Badgers football
2000 Wisconsin Badgers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 21–20 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 23
2000 record	9–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian White
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium; (Capacity: 76,129, Astroturf)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 4	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 19–7	77,843^[1]
September 9	2:30 p.m.	Oregon*	No. 5	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	W 27–23	78,521^[2]
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*	No. 4	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 28–25 ^OT	78,749^[3]
September 23	11:00 a.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	L 44–47 ^2OT	78,597^[4]
September 30	11:00 a.m.	at No. 9 Michigan	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (College GameDay)	ABC	L 10–13	111,341^[5]
October 7	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Ohio State	No. 24	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	L 7–23	79,045^[6]
October 14	11:00 a.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 17–10	74,863^[7]
October 21	11:00 a.m.	No. 17 Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	L 24–30 ^OT	79,048^[8]
October 28	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 13–7	62,560^[9]
November 4	11:00 a.m.	Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN2	W 41–20	79,171^[10]
November 11	11:00 a.m.	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	W 43–22	30,469^[11]
November 25	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	ESPN+	W 34–18	41,313^[12]
December 29	1:00 p.m.	vs. UCLA*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 21–20	49,093^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`81`	Mark Anelli	Jr
RB	`29`	Michael Bennett	Jr
QB	`5`	Brooks Bollinger	So
WR	`88`	Chris Chambers	Sr
T	`54`	Dave Costa	Sr
WR	`22`	Nick Davis	Jr
G	`60`	Bill Ferrario	Sr
C	`72`	Al Johnson	So
T	`64`	Ben Johnson	So
C	`70`	Casey Rabach	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`77`	Wendell Bryant	Jr
FS	`8`	Jason Doering	Sr
CB	`36`	Mike Echols	Jr
CB	`2`	Jamar Fletcher	Sr
LB	`49`	Nick Greisen	Jr
LB	`19`	Roger Knight	Sr
DT	`78`	Ross Kolodziej	Sr
LB	`46`	Jeff Mack	So
DE	`99`	Jake Sprague	So
CB	`23`	B. J. Tucker	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v t Wisconsin Badgers football
Venues	Randall Field (1895–1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game Crazylegs
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders Retired numbers
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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