2000 Utah Utes football team

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2000 Utah Utes football
Conference Mountain West Conference
2000 record 4–7 (3–4 MWC)
Head coach Ron McBride
Offensive coordinator Tommy Lee
Defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham (6th as coordinator ; 7th overall year)
Home stadium Rice–Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,634)
Seasons
« 1999 2001 »
2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#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.

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Schedule [edit]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 PM Arizona* Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 L 3–17   41,352
September 9 4:00 PM at California* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA KJZZ L 21–24   43,500
September 16 6:00 PM Washington State* Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT KJZZ L 21–38   38,814
September 23 5:00 PM Air Forcedagger Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ABC L 14–23   37,151
September 30 3:05 PM at Utah State* Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers) KSL W 35–14   29,814
October 14 1:05 PM at San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA ESPN+ W 21–7   17,498
October 21 5:00 PM Colorado State Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT KJZZ L 17–24   37,505
October 28 1:00 PM at New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN+ L 3–10   21,366
November 4 1:00 PM UNLV Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT ESPN+ W 38–16   34,842
November 11 4:00 PM at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY KJZZ W 34–0   10,195
November 24 4:00 PM BYU Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War) ESPN L 27–34   45,064
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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After the season [edit]

NFL draft [edit]

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 [edit]

  1. ^ "Ute Record Book". University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
  2. ^ "2000 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
  3. ^ "2000 Final Statistics". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
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