The 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2000 college football season.
The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the first year for head coach Bobby Williams, who took over the program after previous head coach Nick Saban had left to take the head coaching position at LSU.
Schedule[]
Date
|
Time
|
Opponent#
|
Rank#
|
Site
|
TV
|
Result
|
Attendance
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September 9*
|
12:00 PM
|
Marshall
|
#24
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
ESPN
|
W 34–24
|
72,983
|
September 16*
|
7:00 PM
|
at Missouri
|
#22
|
Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
|
FSN
|
W 13–10
|
55,289
|
September 23*
|
3:30 PM
|
#16 Notre Dame
|
#23
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)
|
ABC
|
W 27–21
|
74,714
|
September 30
|
12:00 PM
|
Northwestern
|
#18
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
ESPN+
|
L 17–37
|
73,128
|
October 7
|
12:00 PM
|
at Iowa
|
#25
|
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
|
ESPN+
|
L 16–21
|
63,290
|
October 14†
|
12:00 PM
|
Wisconsin
|
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
ESPN+
|
L 10–17
|
74,863
|
October 21
|
3:30 PM
|
at #16 Michigan
|
|
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
|
ABC
|
L 0–14
|
111,514
|
October 28
|
12:00 PM
|
Illinois
|
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
ESPN
|
W 30–10
|
73,826
|
November 4
|
12:00 PM
|
at #16/NR Ohio State
|
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
|
ESPN
|
L 13–27
|
98,406
|
November 11
|
1:05 PM
|
#9/10 Purdue
|
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
ABC
|
W 30–10
|
74,624
|
November 18
|
12:00 PM
|
at Penn State
|
|
Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)
|
ESPN+
|
L 23–42
|
96,070
|
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
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2001 NFL Draft[]
The following players were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft.
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