2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the college football season of 2000–2001. The team's coach was Glen Mason, he led the team to an 6–6 record and an appearance in the. Minnesota played its home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was not ranked in either the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll or Associated Press poll.

Ohio State
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.