2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 12 North Co-Champions Alamo Bowl Champions
Alamo Bowl, W 66–17 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
2000 record	10–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Solich (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bohl (1st year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,918)

2000 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
#9 Kansas State xy		6	–	2					11	–	3
#8 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	2
#25 Iowa State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Colorado		3	–	5					3	–	8
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					3	–	8
Southern Division
#1 Oklahoma x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
#12 Texas		7	–	1					9	–	3
Texas A&M		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		3	–	5					7	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Baylor		0	–	8					2	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:30 AM	San José State*	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	PPV	W 49–13	77,728
September 9	1:30 PM	at No. 23 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 27–24 ^OT	80,232
September 23	2:30 PM	Iowa*	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry**)	ABC	W 42–13	78,070
September 30	6:00 PM	Missouri	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	FSN	W 42–24	77,744
October 7	2:30 PM	at Iowa State	No. 2	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ABC	W 49–27	50,074
October 14	6:00 PM	at Texas Tech	No. 1	Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 56–3	48,961
October 21	1:00 PM	Baylor	No. 1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 59–0	77,959
October 28	11:00 AM	at No. 3 Oklahoma	No. 1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Rivalry)	ABC	L 14–31	75,989
November 4	2:30 PM	Kansas	No. 5	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 56–17	78,096
November 11	6:00 PM	at No. 16 Kansas State	No. 4	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 28–29	53,811
November 24	11:00 AM	Colorado	No. 10	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ABC	W 34–32	77,672
December 30	7:00 PM	vs. No. 18 Northwestern*	No. 9	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 66–17	60,028
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

** – The series between Iowa and Nebraska was not considered a rivalry at the time of this game. The series officially became a trophy rivalry when Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.

Roster and coaching staff

2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class IB 32 Albertson, MattMatt Albertson So IB 38 Alexander, DanDan Alexander Sr OG 64 Altstadt, SteveSteve Altstadt Jr OG Andersen, JakeJake Andersen Fr SE 20 Beveridge, TomTom Beveridge Sr TE 84 Bowling, JonJon Bowling So IB 36 Buckhalter, CorrellCorrell Buckhalter Sr QB 11 Chrisman, JoeJoe Chrisman So OG 59 Cody, WesWes Cody So IB 1 Collins, ThunderThunder Collins Jr SE 32 Cook, KellyKelly Cook Fr WB 86 Cornelsen, BenBen Cornelsen So QB 7 Crouch, EricEric Crouch Jr TE 91 Dabbert, WillWill Dabbert So FB 4 Davies, JuddJudd Davies Fr IB 2 Davis, JoshJosh Davis Fr SE 3 Davison, MattMatt Davison Sr OG 57 Dawson, JonJon Dawson Fr IB 30 Diedrick, DahrranDahrran Diedrick So OG Erickson, MikeMike Erickson Fr OT Flaum, M.J.M.J. Flaum Fr OG 77 Fonoti, ToniuToniu Fonoti So C 52 Garrison, JohnJohn Garrison So WB 8 Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson Sr TE 99 Golliday, AaronAaron Golliday So FB 49 Gragert, NickNick Gragert Jr OT 72 Green, TimTim Green Fr IB 6 Grixby, DeAntaeDeAntae Grixby So SE 83 Gutz, SethSeth Gutz Sr OG 62 Gwennap, AndyAndy Gwennap So OG 69 Hale, BrianBrian Hale Fr WB 89 Hassebroek, TroyTroy Hassebroek So OG 55 Hochstein, RussRuss Hochstein Sr SE Jisa, JasonJason Jisa Fr TE 82 Johnson, TrevorTrevor Johnson Fr FB 44 Kastl, PaulPaul Kastl So TE Keiser, DustyDusty Keiser Fr WB 19 Klem, JohnJohn Klem So OT 73 Koethe, ScottScott Koethe So OT 75 Kollmorgen, KyleKyle Kollmorgen Jr C 74 Kolowski, DavidDavid Kolowski So OT 67 Kolterman, NateNate Kolterman So FB Kriewald, SteveSteve Kriewald Fr SE 28 Liley, TimTim Liley Fr OG 70 Limbaugh, JackJack Limbaugh Fr QB 14 Lindstrom, BrettBrett Lindstrom Fr WB Long, DeWayneDeWayne Long Fr OG 71 Loos, ChrisChris Loos Fr QB 10 Lord, JammalJammal Lord Fr WB Marshall, AlvinAlvin Marshall Fr WB 33 McGowan, LukeLuke McGowan Fr TE 90 McKee, JakeJake McKee Sr SE Mikluscak, RyanRyan Mikluscak Fr IB 21 Miller, RobinRobin Miller RFr FB 15 Miller, WillieWillie Miller Sr TE 43 Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy Sr OT 63 Nelson, BrianBrian Nelson Fr WB 12 Newcombe, BobbyBobby Newcombe Sr WB O'Holleran, JackJack O'Holleran Fr SE 23 Ommert, RyanRyan Ommert Fr WB 81 Plooster, MattMatt Plooster RFr OT Povendo, NickNick Povendo Fr C 54 Raiola, DominicDominic Raiola Jr IB 46 Reese, TimTim Reese RFr OG 66 Rutherford, JonJon Rutherford Jr OG 79 Saalfeld, ChrisChris Saalfeld Sr OT 65 Schwab, JasonJason Schwab Sr TE Septak, ChrisChris Septak Fr C 53 Shook, MattMatt Shook So OG 76 Swantek, DanDan Swantek Fr SE 9 Thomas, WilsonWilson Thomas So SE 47 Thorne, FredFred Thorne RFr FB 35 Tomasevicz, CurtisCurtis Tomasevicz Fr OT 68 Vili Waldrop, DanDan Vili Waldrop RFr OT 56 Volk, CodyCody Volk RFr OT 58 Volk, DaveDave Volk Jr FB 27 Wingender, AndyAndy Wingender Fr TE 87 Wistrom, TraceyTracey Wistrom Jr WB Zajicek, BenBen Zajicek Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class RE 98 Adams, DemoineDemoine Adams So ROV 27 Amos, WillieWillie Amos Fr RCB 28 Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson Sr SLB 41 Baker, RodRod Baker Sr NT 59 Bingham, RyonRyon Bingham Fr ROV 12 Blomeier, RobRob Blomeier Fr ROV 4 Boettner, MicMic Boettner Jr FS 14 Booker, DionDion Booker Jr RE Brown, ManaiaManaia Brown Fr SLB 49 Bryan, BradBrad Bryan Fr WLB 36 Buller, ChadChad Buller Fr FS Burrow, DanDan Burrow Fr MLB 48 Burrow, JamieJamie Burrow Jr LCB Butler, TerrellTerrell Butler Fr NT 55 Clanton, JonJon Clanton So MLB Coleman, ShaunShaun Coleman Fr SLB Cooper, IraIra Cooper Fr MLB 52 Coyne, JonJon Coyne Jr LCB 3 Craver, KeyuoKeyuo Craver Jr ROV 37 Demerath, TimTim Demerath Jr ROV 2 Demps, MikeMike Demps So RE 46 Dilts, TyTy Dilts So FS 19 Finley, ClintClint Finley Sr FS 38 Fischer, EricEric Fischer Sr SLB 53 Fries, GabeGabe Fries So ROV 1 Gehman, TaylorTaylor Gehman So RCB 5 Groce, DeJuanDeJuan Groce So RE 97 Grummert, MattMatt Grummert Sr LCB 26 Guse, KevinKevin Guse Fr LCB 18 Hemje, JeffJeff Hemje Jr SLB 51 Hoke, AnthonyAnthony Hoke Fr SLB Hollowell, T.J.T.J. Hollowell Fr WLB Hopkins, LannieLannie Hopkins Fr RCB 24 Ickes, MattMatt Ickes Jr LCB Jackson, JoelJoel Jackson Fr WLB 23 Johnson, BlanchardBlanchard Johnson Fr DT 94 Kabongo, PatrickPatrick Kabongo Fr DT 91 Kaiser, LoranLoran Kaiser Sr RE 57 Kelsay, ChrisChris Kelsay So NT 70 Lohr, JasonJason Lohr Jr MLB 44 Long, JasonJason Long Fr MLB 54 Makris, MikeMike Makris RFr DT 79 Manning, StephenStephen Manning So RE McBride, JeffJeff McBride Fr LCB 33 McClary, DwayneDwayne McClary Sr DT 71 McGinn, MattMatt McGinn Jr RCB 6 McPherson, LornellLornell McPherson Fr WLB 58 Miller, TimTim Miller RFr RE 93 Mooberry, BrandonBrandon Mooberry Sr RCB 22 Neal, DonDon Neal Fr NT 87 Nelson, CaseyCasey Nelson Jr CB Otto, JamieJamie Otto Fr RE 78 Peetz, PhilPhil Peetz RFr SLB 44 Penny, JonJon Penny Jr FS 21 Pippens, JerrellJerrell Pippens RFr MLB 13 Polk, CarlosCarlos Polk Sr WLB Richenberger, JasonJason Richenberger Fr RCB 13 Ricketts, PatPat Ricketts RFr RE 85 Ringenberg, KyleKyle Ringenberg So MLB 50 Safranek, SteveSteve Safranek RFr FS 11 Scholting, CarlCarl Scholting RFr SLB 43 Shanle, ScottScott Shanle So DT 56 Slechta, JeremyJeremy Slechta Jr WLB 15 Smith, JemondJemond Smith So RE 92 Smith, JustinJustin Smith So MLB 40 Smith, LukeLuke Smith So WLB 34 Stella, RandyRandy Stella So RCB 16 Swiney, ErwinErwin Swiney Sr NT 96 Tagoa'i, JuniorJunior Tagoa'i RFr MLB 90 Tata, TonyTony Tata So ROV 8 Terpening, AaronAaron Terpening So RE Thomas, BenardBenard Thomas Fr RE 83 Vanden Bosch, KyleKyle Vanden Bosch Sr WLB 9 Vedral, MarkMark Vedral Jr ROV 25 Walker, JoeJoe Walker Sr NT Wanish, BrianBrian Wanish Sr RE 99 Warrior, AdrianAdrian Warrior So FS 42 Watchorn, TroyTroy Watchorn Sr LCB 29 White, JayJay White So RE 95 Wichmann, J.P. (John Paul)J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann Jr ROV 20 Woodward, WesWes Woodward Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 26 Brown, JoshJosh Brown So PK 22 DeAngelis, SandroSandro DeAngelis Fr P 17 Hadenfeldt, DanDan Hadenfeldt Sr P 18 Larson, KyleKyle Larson Fr PK 10 Long, ChaceChace Long Sr	Head coach Frank Solich    3rd season    22nd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Craig Bohl    1st season as DC/LB coach    9th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Turner Gill    9th season as QB coach    9th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown    14th season as WR/TE coach    14th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Jeff Jamrog    1st season as DL coach    3rd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Dan Young    18th season as OL/K coach    18th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    27th season as OL coach    27th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes    4th season as RE coach    4th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington    DB coach    28th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie    3rd season as RB coach    12th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley    32nd season as S&C coach    32nd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 16, 2011

Game notes

San José State

San José State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total San José State 6 0 7 0 13 • Nebraska 14 14 14 7 49 Date: September 2 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,728 TV announcers (PPV): Warren Swain (Play-by-play) & Adrian Fiala (Color)

Notre Dame

Nebraska at Notre Dame [box score]

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Nebraska 7 7 7 0 6 27 Notre Dame 0 7 7 7 3 24 Date: September 9 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana Game attendance: 80,232 TV announcers (NBC): Craig Minervini (Play-by-play), Pat Haden (Color) & Bob Wischusen (Sideline)

Iowa

Iowa at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 7 6 0 0 13 • Nebraska 7 14 7 14 42 Date: September 23 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 78,070 TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play) & Ed Cunningham (Color)

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 7 7 10 0 24 • Nebraska 7 21 7 7 42 Date: September 30 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,744 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 13 8 28 49 Iowa State 7 7 6 7 27 Date: October 7 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 50,074 TV announcers (ABC): Chip Tarkenton (Play-by-play) & Reggie Rivers (Color)

Texas Tech

Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 14 7 21 56 Texas Tech 0 0 3 0 3 Date: October 14 Location: Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas Game attendance: 48,961 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Baylor

Baylor at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 38 14 7 0 59 Date: October 21 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,959

Oklahoma

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 14 0 0 0 14 • Oklahoma 0 24 7 0 31 Date: October 28 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,989 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 3 0 14 17 • Nebraska 21 14 14 7 56 Date: November 4 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 78,096 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Kansas State

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 14 0 0 14 28 • Kansas State 7 10 6 6 29 Date: November 11 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 53,811 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), James Lofton (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 0 10 7 15 32 • Nebraska 14 0 7 13 34 Date: November 24 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,672 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Northwestern

Nebraska vs Northwestern [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 31 21 7 66 Northwestern 3 14 0 0 17 Date: December 30 Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Game attendance: 60,028 TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Barnett (Play-by-play), Bill Curry (Color), Mike Golic (Color) & Michele Tafoya (Sideline)

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	10	9	10	9	8
Coaches																	7
BCS	Not released									1	4	4	8	8	8	8	N/A

After the season

Nebraska finished in a tie for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 3rd conference-wide, with a final record of 10–2 (6–2).

The season was concluded by #9 Nebraska blowing out #18 Northwestern by 66–17, the largest margin of victory in Alamo Bowl history.

Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 31–7 (18–6).

Awards

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Award	Name(s)
Rimington Trophy	Dominic Raiola
Sports Illustrated All-Bowl Team	Russ Hochstein
All-American 1st Team	Dominic Raiola, Carlos Polk, Russ Hochstein
All-American 2nd Team	Eric Crouch, Tracey Wistrom
All-Big 12 1st team	Dan Alexander, Keyuo Craver, Toniu Fonoti, Dan Hadenfeldt, Russ Hochstein, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Tracey Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team	Eric Crouch
All-Big 12 3rd team	Troy Watchorn
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention	Correll Buckhalter, Matt Davison, Bobby Newcombe, Dave Volk

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2000 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Demoine Adams	Edmonton Eskimos
Dan Alexander	Tennessee Titans
Ryon Bingham	San Diego Chargers
Josh Brown	Seattle Seahawks
Correll Buckhalter	Philadelphia Eagles
Eric Crouch	St. Louis Rams
Keyuo Craver	New Orleans Saints
Josh Davis	New York Jets
Clint Finley	Kansas City Chiefs
Toniu Fonoti	San Diego Chargers
Aaron Golliday	Scottish Claymores
DeJuan Groce	St. Louis Rams
Russ Hochstein	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
T. J. Hollowell	New York Giants
Trevor Johnson	New York Jets
Patrick Kabongo	Detroit Lions
Chris Kelsay	Buffalo Bills
Kyle Larson	Cincinnati Bengals
Jammal Lord	Houston Texans
Bobby Newcombe	Montreal Alouettes
Jerrell Pippens	Chicago Bears
Carlos Polk	San Diego Chargers
Dominic Raiola	Detroit Lions
Scott Shanle	St. Louis Rams
Jeremy Slechta	Philadelphia Eagles
Erwin Swiney	Green Bay Packers
Kyle Vanden Bosch	Arizona Cardinals
Joe Walker	Tennessee Titans

References

1. "Football - 2000 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
2. 2000 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.