2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten co-champion
Alamo Bowl, L 17–66 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2000 record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Captain	Harold Blackmon
Captain	Conrad Emmerich
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons

2000 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11/10 Michigan §		6	–	2					9	–	3
#13/13 Purdue †§		6	–	2					8	–	4
Northwestern §		6	–	2					8	–	4
Ohio State		5	–	3					8	–	4
#23/24 Wisconsin		4	–	4					9	–	4
Minnesota		4	–	4					6	–	6
Penn State		0 (*4)	–	4					0 (*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 champion § – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	Northern Illinois*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL		W 35–17	23,352
September 9	12:00 PM	Duke*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL		W 38–5	23,209
September 16	11:00 AM	at No. 20 TCU*		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FSN	L 14–41	30,796
September 23	11:00 AM	at No. 7 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 47–44	78,597
September 30	11:00 AM	at No. 18 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 37–17	73,128
October 7	11:00 AM	Indiana	No. 22	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 52–33	30,201
October 14	11:00 AM	No. 21 Purdue	No. 17	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 28–41	41,503
October 28	11:00 AM	at Minnesota	No. 23	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 41–35	59,004
November 4	2:30 PM	No. 12 Michigan	No. 21	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC	W 54–51	47,130
November 11	11:00 AM	at Iowa	No. 12	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 17–27	54,345
November 18	11:00 AM	Illinois	No. 23	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN2	W 61–23	40,658
December 30	7:00 PM	vs. No. 9 Nebraska*	No. 18	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–66	60,028
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 20 Anderson, DamienDamien Anderson 5.0 !Jr C 62 King, AustinAustin King 3.0 !So T 73 Roehl, JeffJeff Roehl 3.0 !So QB 10 Kustok, ZakZak Kustok 5.0 !Jr WR 32 Simmons, SamSam Simmons 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 2 Bentley, KevinKevin Bentley 5.0 !Jr CB 6 Blackmon, HaroldHarold Blackmon (C) 7.0 !Sr DE 7 Bogenrief, RayRay Bogenrief 1.0 !Fr DT 92 Collins, JaviarJaviar Collins 7.0 !Sr LB 8 Harris, NapoleonNapoleon Harris 5.0 !Jr DE 95 Missouri, DwayneDwayne Missouri 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Randy Walker Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2001-03-05

References

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