2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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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

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

August 317:00 PMNorthern Illinois*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

W 35–17 23,352 September 912:00 PMDuke*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

W 38–5 23,209 September 1611:00 AMat No. 20 TCU*

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, TX

FSNL 14–41 30,796 September 2311:00 AMat No. 7 Wisconsin

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPN+W 47–44 78,597 September 3011:00 AMat No. 18 Michigan State

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

ESPN+W 37–17 73,128 October 711:00 AMIndianaNo. 22

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN+W 52–33 30,201 October 1411:00 AMNo. 21 PurdueNo. 17

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPNL 28–41 41,503 October 2811:00 AMat MinnesotaNo. 23

• Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
• Minneapolis, MN

ESPN2W 41–35 59,004 November 42:30 PMNo. 12 MichiganNo. 21

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ABCW 54–51 47,130 November 1111:00 AMat IowaNo. 12

• Kinnick Stadium
• Iowa City, IA

ESPN+L 17–27 54,345 November 1811:00 AMIllinoisNo. 23

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

ESPN2W 61–23 40,658 December 307:00 PMvs. No. 9 Nebraska*No. 18

• Alamodome
• San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)

ESPNL 17–66 60,028

Roster

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 20 Damien Anderson Jr C 62 Austin King So OT 73 Jeff Roehl So QB 10 Zak Kustok Jr WR 32 Sam Simmons Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 2 Kevin Bentley Jr CB 6 Harold Blackmon Sr DT 92 Javiar Collins Sr LB 8 Napoleon Harris Jr DE 95 Dwayne Missouri 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