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2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–6 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 375 to 318.[1] The team made an appearance in the MicronPC.com Bowl, but was not ranked in either the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll or Associated Press poll.

2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMitch Browning (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Gibbs (4th season)
MVPBen Hamilton, Ron Johnson
CaptainBen Hamilton, Sean Hoffman, Karon Riley
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 211:00 amLouisiana–Monroe*
MSCW 47–1040,183
September 91:30 pmOhio*
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
L 17–2341,637
September 1611:30 amat Baylor*
FSNW 34–920,125
September 2311:00 amat No. 21 Purdue
ESPNL 24–3867,425
September 3011:00 amNo. 22 Illinois
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
ESPNW 44–1044,462
October 711:00 amPenn State
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
ESPN2W 25–1644,439
October 1411:00 amat No. 6 Ohio State
ESPN2W 29–1798,120
October 211:00 pmat IndianaNo. 22
L 43–5130,882
October 2811:00 amNo. 23 Northwestern
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
ESPN2L 35–4159,004
November 411:00 amWisconsin
ESPN2L 20–4179,171
November 1811:00 amIowa
ESPN+W 27–2454,387
December 286:00 pmvs. NC State*
TBSL 30–3828,359
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Personnel

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2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 8 Asad Abdul-Khaliq Fr
TE 88 Scooter Baugus So
WR 18 Antonie Burns Jr
OL 68 Derek Burns Jr
QB Travis Cole Jr
RB Renato Fitzpatrick So
OT 74 Adam Haayer Sr
G 55 Ben Hamilton Sr
WR Antoine Henderson Sr
WR 3 Ron Johnson Jr
WR 80 Elvin Jones
QB 19 Benji Kamrath   Fr
WR 1 Ryan Keller Sr
OL Jake Kuppe
WR 15 Jermaine Mays Jr
WR 17 Tony Patterson Fr
RB Tellis Redmon So
OL Ryan Roth
RB Thomas Tapeh Fr
TE 82 Ben Utecht Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 99 Matt Anderle Jr
LB 31 Phil Archer Fr
S, WR 2 Jack Brewer Jr
DB Trevis Graham Sr
DB Clorenzo Griffin Sr
LB 38 Justin Hall Sr
LB Jimmy Henry
LB 45 Sean Hoffman Sr
DB 21 Delvin Jones Jr
DE 87 Dan Kwapinski   Fr
CB 39 Michael Lehan So
LB 97 Ben Mezera Sr
CB 42 Willie Middlebrooks Jr
LB Curtese Poole
DE 91 Karon Riley Sr
DT 93 John Schlecht Sr
DL Eric Stenzel
DL Greg White
DL Maurice White
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P Preston Gruening So
K Dan Nystrom So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

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See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP————————22————————
Coaches Poll————————23————————
BCSNot released———————Not released

Game summaries

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At No. 6 Ohio State

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See also: 2000 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
1 234Total
• Golden Gophers 17 606 29
No. 6 Buckeyes 3 707 17
Scoring summary
18:16MinnesotaDan Nystrom 23-yard field goalMinnesota 3-0
15:12MinnesotaScooter Baugus 2-yard pass from Travis Cole (Dan Nystrom kick)Minnesota 10-0
12:58Ohio StDan Stultz 32-yard field goalMinnesota 10-3
10:03MinnesotaRon Johnson 3-yard pass from Travis Cole (Dan Nystrom kick)Minnesota 17-3
211:48Ohio StJonathan Wells 7-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)Minnesota 17-10
28:34MinnesotaDan Nystrom 32-yard field goalMinnesota 20-10
23:47MinnesotaDan Nystrom 42-yard field goalMinnesota 23-10
412:24Ohio StDarnell Sanders 4-yard pass from Steve Bellisari (Dan Stultz kick)Minnesota 23-17
44:51MinnesotaTellis Redmon 20-yard run (two-point conversion failed)Minnesota 29-17

Minnesota snapped a 16-game losing streak to Ohio State and beat Glen Mason's alma mater in Columbus for the first time since 1949.[2]

vs. NC State (MicronPC.com Bowl)

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Main article: 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl
See also: 2000 NC State Wolfpack football team

[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Minnesota vs. Ohio State". USA Today. October 15, 2000. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Another Wolfpack Comeback Beats Minnesota, 38-30". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. December 28, 2000. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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