2000 South Florida Bulls football team

2000 South Florida Bulls football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Jim Leavitt (4th season)
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium (41,441, grass)

2000 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Davidson			–						10	–	0
No. 7 Hofstra ^			–						9	–	4
Southern Utah			–						7	–	4
South Florida			–						7	–	4
Elon			–						7	–	4
Morehead State			–						6	–	3
Saint Mary's			–						6	–	5
Charleston Southern			–						5	–	6
Georgetown			–						5	–	6
Jacksonville			–						3	–	8
Samford			–						4	–	7
Cal Poly			–						3	–	8
Liberty			–						3	–	8
Austin Peay			–						2	–	9
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season, and was the fourth team fielded by the school. The Bulls were led by head coach Jim Leavitt in his fourth year, played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and competed as a Division I-AA Independent. The Bulls finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 40–0	30,043
September 9	1:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 9–27	63,821
September 16	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 James Madison	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 26–7	23,002
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 13–28	21,157
September 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Troy State	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	WMOR	W 20–10	25,786
October 7	7:00 p.m.	at No. 18 (I-A) Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	FSNF	L 7–41	26,559
October 21	7:00 p.m.	Liberty	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	FSNF	W 44–6	25,161
October 28	1:30 p.m.	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	WMOR	W 21–13	16,585
November 4	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Western Kentucky	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 30–24	31,104
November 11	3:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	FSNF	L 9–45	12,147
November 18	3:30 p.m.	Austin Peay	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 59–0	23,390
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: GoUSFBulls.com: Football – 2000 Schedule & Results

Roster

2000 South Florida Bulls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 4 DeAndrew Rubin So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 12 Anthony Henry Sr LB 5 Kawika Mitchell So DE 41 Shurron Pierson So DB 32 J. R. Reed Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 7 Bill Gramatica Sr	Head coach Jim Leavitt Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster