American college football season
2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Big 12 North co-champion Alamo Bowl champion |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | North Division |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 7 |
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AP | No. 8 |
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Record | 10–2 (6–2 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Frank Solich (3rd season)
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Offensive scheme | I formation |
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Defensive coordinator | Craig Bohl (1st season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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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 |
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September 2 | 11:30 am | San José State* | No. 1 | | PPV | W 49–13 | 77,728 |
September 9 | 1:30 pm | at No. 23 Notre Dame* | No. 1 | | NBC | W 27–24 OT | 80,232 |
September 23 | 2:30 pm | Iowa* | No. 1 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)
| ABC | W 42–13 | 78,070 |
September 30 | 6:00 pm | Missouri | No. 1 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)
| FSN | W 42–24 | 77,744 |
October 7 | 2:30 pm | at Iowa State | No. 2 | | ABC | W 49–27 | 50,074 |
October 14 | 6:00 pm | at Texas Tech | No. 1 | | FSN | W 56–3 | 48,961 |
October 21 | 1:00 pm | Baylor | No. 1 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, Nebraska
| | W 59–0 | 77,959 |
October 28 | 11:00 am | at No. 3 Oklahoma | No. 1 | | ABC | L 14–31 | 75,989 |
November 4 | 2:30 pm | Kansas | No. 5 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)
| ABC | W 56–17 | 78,096 |
November 11 | 6:00 pm | at No. 16 Kansas State | No. 4 | | FSN | L 28–29 | 53,811 |
November 24 | 11:00 am | Colorado | No. 10 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)
| ABC | W 34–32 | 77,672 |
December 30 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 18 Northwestern* | No. 9 | | ESPN | W 66–17 | 60,028 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings 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 | G | 64 | Steve Altstadt | Jr | G | | Jake Andersen | Fr | SE | 20 | Tom Beveridge | Sr | TE | 84 | Jon Bowling | So | IB | 36 | Correll Buckhalter | Sr | QB | 11 | Joe Chrisman | So | G | 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 | G | 57 | Jon Dawson | Fr | IB | 30 | Dahrran Diedrick | So | G | | Mike Erickson | Fr | OT | | M.J. Flaum | Fr | G | 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 | G | 62 | Andy Gwennap | So | G | 69 | Brian Hale | Fr | WB | 89 | Troy Hassebroek | So | G | 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 | G | 70 | Jack Limbaugh | Fr | QB | 14 | Brett Lindstrom | Fr | WB | | DeWayne Long | Fr | G | 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 | G | 66 | Jon Rutherford | Jr | G | 79 | Chris Saalfeld | Sr | OT | 65 | Jason Schwab | Sr | TE | | Chris Septak | Fr | C | 53 | Matt Shook | So | G | 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 Pos. | # | Name | Class | PK | 26 | Josh Brown | So | PK | 22 | Sandro DeAngelis | Fr | P | 17 | Dan Hadenfeldt | Sr | P | 18 | Kyle Larson | Fr | PK | 10 | Chace Long | Sr | | - Head coach
- 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 - Ron Brown
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
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Depth Chart
Defense | FS | Dion Booker | Troy Watchorn | Willie Amos | | WILL | MIKE | SAM | Randy Stella | Carlos Polk | Scott Shanle | Mark Vedral | Jamie Burrow | T.J. Hollowell | Jon Penny | Tony Tata | Rod Baker | | ROVER | Joe Walker | Clint Finley | Wes Woodward | | CB | Keyuo Craver | Pat Ricketts | Dwayne McClary | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | Kyle Vanden Bosch | Jason Lohr | Loran Kaiser | Chris Kelsay | J.P. Wichmann | Jon Clanton | Jeremy Slechta | Demoine Adams | Kyle Ringenberg | Junior Tagoa'i. | Casey Nelson | Justin Smith | | | CB | DeJuan Groce | Erwin Swiney | Jeff Hemje | | Offense | WR | Matt Davison | Wilson Thomas | Tom Beveridge | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Dave Volk | Toniu Fonoti | Dominic Raiola | Russ Hochstein | Jason Schwab | Jon Rutherford | Dan V Waldrop | Jon Rutherford | Jon Dawson | Kyle Kollmorgen | Chris Loos | Wes Cody | Matt Shook | John Garrison | Scott Koethe | | TE | Tracey Wistrom | Aaron Golliday | Jon Bowling Trevor Johnson | | WR | Bobby Newcombe | John Gibson | Troy Hassebroek | | | QB | Eric Crouch | Jammal Lord | Joe Chrisman | | | | RB | Dan Alexander | Correll Buckhalter | Dahrran Diedrick Thunder Collins | | | FB | Willie Miller | Judd Davies | Paul Kastl | | Special teams | PK Josh Brown | P Dan Hadenfeldt | KR Joe Walker | PR Bobby Newcombe | | | | | |
Game summaries
San José State
San José State at Nebraska [box score] |
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 | |
Iowa
Iowa at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Iowa | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | • Nebraska | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 | |
Missouri
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Missouri | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 | • Nebraska | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |
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 | |
Baylor
Baylor at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Nebraska | 38 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 59 | |
Oklahoma
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | • Oklahoma | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 31 | |
Kansas
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Kansas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 | • Nebraska | 21 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 56 | |
Kansas State
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score] |
Colorado
Colorado at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Colorado | 0 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 32 | • Nebraska | 14 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 34 | |
Northwestern
Nebraska vs Northwestern [box score] |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 1 (36) | 1 (35) | 1 (39) | 1 (41) | 1 (43) | 1 (39) | 2 (28) | 1 (67) | 1 (66) | 1 (67) | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
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Coaches Poll | 1 (36) | 1 (40) | 1 (43) | 1 (48) | 1 (44) | 1 (44) | 1 (37) | 1 (53) | 1 (57) | 1 (58) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
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BCS | Not released | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Not released |
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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
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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 News. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Weaver, Dave (April 15, 2000). "Kicking at stereotypes". Nando Times. 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 August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
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Venues | - Lincoln Park (1890–1895)
- "M" Street Park (1894–1996)
- Antelope Field (1897–1908)
- Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
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