American college football season
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois* | | | | W 35–17 | 23,352 |
September 9 | 12:00 pm | Duke* | | | | W 38–5 | 23,209 |
September 16 | 11:00 am | at No. 20 TCU* | | | FSN | L 14–41 | 30,796 |
September 23 | 11:00 am | at No. 7 Wisconsin | | | ESPN+ | W 47–44 2OT | 78,597 |
September 30 | 11:00 am | at No. 18 Michigan State | | | ESPN+ | W 37–17 | 73,128 |
October 7 | 11:00 am | Indiana | No. 22 | | ESPN+ | W 52–33 | 30,201 |
October 14 | 11:00 am | No. 21 Purdue![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 17 | | ESPN | L 28–41 | 41,503 |
October 28 | 11:00 am | at Minnesota | No. 23 | | ESPN2 | W 41–35 | 59,004 |
November 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 12 Michigan | No. 21 | | ABC | W 54–51 | 47,130 |
November 11 | 11:00 am | at Iowa | No. 12 | | ESPN+ | L 17–27 | 54,345 |
November 18 | 11:00 am | Illinois | No. 23 | | ESPN2 | W 61–23 | 40,658 |
December 30 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 9 Nebraska* | No. 18 | | 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
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2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | RB | 20 | Damien Anderson | Sr | WR | 34 | Louis Ayeni | So | OL | 67 | Leon Brockmeier | Sr | OL | 77 | Lance Clelland | Sr | QB | 19 | Matt Danielson | So | TE | 15 | David Farman | Jr | WR | 85 | Ronnie Foster | So | WR | | Teddy Johnson | Sr | WR | | Roger Jordan | Fr | C | 62 | Austin King | So | QB | 10 | Zak Kustok | Sr | RB | | Kevin Lawrence | Jr | RB | | Gilles Lezi | Fr | OL | 66 | Steve Natali | Fr | WR | 86 | El DaSheon Nix | Fr | WR | 17 | Steve Parker | Jr | WR | 80 | Kunle Patrick | So | OT | 73 | Jeff Roehl | So | WR | | Jon Schweighardt | So | WR | 32 | Sam Simmons | Jr | OL | | Mike Souza | RB | | Torri Stuckey | Fr | WR | | Derrick Thompson | Sr | TE | | Eric Worley | So | RB | | Jason Wright | Fr | | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | | Brian Huffman | Fr | K | 39 | Tim Long | Sr | P | | J.J. Standring | Sr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2001-03-05 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 18 | — |
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Coaches Poll | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 18 | — | — | 23 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 19 | — |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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National championships in bold |