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[edit] Rankings

[edit] After the season

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Contents

[edit] San José State

[edit] Notre Dame

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Iowa State

[edit] Texas Tech

[edit] Baylor

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kansas State

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Northwestern

[edit] Awards

[edit] NFL and Pro Players

	2000 Big 12 Football standings
	North
	South
	Championship: Oklahoma 27 vs Kansas State 24; Rankings: AP / Coaches

Nebraska Cornhuskers football
2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
	Big 12 North Co-Champions
	2000 Alamo Bowl, W 66-17 vs Northwestern
Conference	Big 12 Conference North
	Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#8
2000 record	10-2 (6-2 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich
Offensive coordinator	Frank Solich
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bohl
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
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The 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team was the representative of 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.

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Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2*	San José State	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 49-13	77,728
September 9*	at #23 Notre Dame	#1	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC	W 27-24 ^OT	80,232
September 23*	Iowa	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	W 42-13	78,070
September 30	Missouri	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	FSN	W 42-24	77,744
October 7	at Iowa State	#2	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa	ABC	W 49-27	50,074
October 14	at Texas Tech	#1	Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, Texas	FSN	W 56-3	48,961
October 21	Baylor	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 59-0	77,959
October 28	at #3 Oklahoma	#1	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	L 14-31	75,989
November 4†	Kansas	#5	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	W 56-17	78,096
November 11	at #16 Kansas State	#4	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	FSN	L 28-29	53,811
November 24	Colorado	#10	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	W 34-32	77,672
December 30*	vs. #18 Northwestern	#9	Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas (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.

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Name	Title	First year in this position	Years at Nebraska	Alma Mater
Frank Solich	Head Coach Offensive Coordinator	1998	1979-2003	Nebraska
Craig Bohl	Defenisive Coordinator Linebackers	2000	1981-1983, 1995-2002	Nebraska
Turner Gill	Assistant Head Coach Quarterbacks	1992	1989, 1992-2004	North Texas
Ron Brown	Receivers Tight Ends	1987	1987-2003, 2008-	Brown University
Jeff Jamrog	Defensive Line	2000	1988-1989, 2000-2003, 2008-	Nebraska
Dan Young	Offensive Line Kicking	1983	1983-2002	Reed College
Milt Tenopir	Offensive Line	1974	1974-2002	Sterling
Nelson Barnes	Rush Ends	1997	1997-2002	North Texas
George Darlington	Defensive Backs		1973-2002	Rutgers
Dave Gillespie	Running Backs	1998	1985-1993, 1998-2003	Nebraska-Omaha
Boyd Epley	Head Strength Coach	1969	1969-2003	Nebraska

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: 2000-09-09
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana
Game attendance: 80,232

Iowa at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	7	6	0	0	13
• Nebraska	7	14	7	14	42

Date: 2000-09-23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 78,070

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	7	7	10	0	24
• Nebraska	7	21	7	7	42

Date: 2000-09-30
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,744

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: 2000-10-07
Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa
Game attendance: 50,074

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: 2000-10-14
Location: Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas
Game attendance: 48,961

Baylor at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	38	14	7	0	59

Date: 2000-10-21
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,959

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	14	0	0	0	14
• Oklahoma	0	24	7	0	31

Date: 2000-10-28
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,989

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	3	0	14	17
• Nebraska	21	14	14	7	56

Date: 2000-11-04
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 78,096

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: 2000-11-11
Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game attendance: 53,811

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	10	7	15	32
• Nebraska	14	0	7	13	34

Date: 2000-11-24
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,672

Nebraska vs Northwestern [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	31	21	7	66
Northwestern	3	14	0	0	17

Date: 2000-12-30
Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Game attendance: 60,028

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

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).

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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

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.^[5]

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

^ "Football - 2000 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=3&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2000. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
^ Nebraska 2000 Roster
^ Nebraska 2000 Commitments
^ 2000 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1242517036910412. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

[0] "Football - 2000 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=3&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2000. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

[1] Nebraska 2000 Roster

[2] Nebraska 2000 Commitments

[3] 2000 Husker Honors

[4] "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1242517036910412. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

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Adams, Demoine #98 (So.) RE
Albertson, Matt #32 (So.) IB
Alexander, Dan #38 (Sr.) IB
Altstadt, Steve #64 (Jr.) OG
Amos, Willie #27 (Fr.) ROV
Andersen, Jake (Fr.) OG
Anderson, Josh #28 (Sr.) RCB
Baker, Rod #41 (Sr.) SLB
Beveridge, Tom #20 (Sr.) SE
Bingham, Ryon #59 (Fr.) NT
Blomeier, Rob #12 (Fr.) ROV
Boettner, Mic #4 (Jr.) ROV
Booker, Dion #14 (Jr.) FS
Bowling, Jon #84 (So.) TE
Brown, Josh #26 (So.) PK
Brown, Manaia (Fr.) RE
Bryan, Brad #49 (Fr.) SLB
Buckhalter, Correll #36 (Sr.) IB
Buller, Chad #36 (Fr.) WLB
Burrow, Dan (Fr.) FS
Burrow, Jamie #48 (Jr.) MLB
Butler, Terrell (Fr.) LCB
Chrisman, Joe #11 (So.) QB
Clanton, Jon #55 (So.) NT
Cody, Wes #59 (So.) OG
Coleman, Shaun (Fr.) MLB
Collins, Thunder #1 (Jr.) IB
Cook, Kelly #32 (Fr.) SE
Cooper, Ira (Fr.) SLB
Cornelsen, Ben #86 (So.) WB
Coyne, Jon #52 (Jr.) MLB
Craver, Keyuo #3 (Jr.) LCB
Crouch, Eric #7 (Jr.) QB
Dabbert, Will #91 (So.) TE
Davies, Judd #4 (Fr.) FB
Davis, Josh #2 (Fr.) IB
Davison, Matt #3 (Sr.) SE
Dawson, Jon #57 (Fr.) OG
DeAngelis, Sandro #22 (Fr.) PK
Demerath, Tim #37 (Jr.) ROV
Demps, Mike #2 (So.) ROV
Diedrick, Dahrran #30 (So.) IB
Dilts, Ty #46 (So.) RE
Erickson, Mike (Fr.) OG
Finley, Clint #19 (Sr.) FS
Fischer, Eric #38 (Sr.) FS
Flaum, M.J. (Fr.) OT
Fonoti, Toniu #77 (So.) OG
Fries, Gabe #53 (So.) SLB
Garrison, John #52 (So.) C
Gehman, Taylor #1 (So.) ROV
Gibson, John #8 (Sr.) WB
Golliday, Aaron #99 (So.) TE
Gragert, Nick #49 (Jr.) FB
Green, Tim #72 (Fr.) OT

Grixby, DeAntae #6 (So.) IB
Groce, DeJuan #5 (So.) RCB
Grummert, Matt #97 (Sr.) RE
Guse, Kevin #26 (Fr.) LCB
Gutz, Seth #83 (Sr.) SE
Gwennap, Andy #62 (So.) OG
Hadenfeldt, Dan #17 (Sr.) P
Hale, Brian #69 (Fr.) OG
Hassebroek, Troy #89 (So.) WB
Hemje, Jeff #18 (Jr.) LCB
Hochstein, Russ #55 (Sr.) OG
Hoke, Anthony #51 (Fr.) SLB
Hollowell, T.J. (Fr.) SLB
Hopkins, Lannie (Fr.) WLB
Ickes, Matt #24 (Jr.) RCB
Jackson, Joel (Fr.) LCB
Jisa, Jason (Fr.) SE
Johnson, Blanchard #23 (Fr.) WLB
Johnson, Trevor #82 (Fr.) TE
Kabongo, Patrick #94 (Fr.) DT
Kaiser, Loran #91 (Sr.) DT
Kastl, Paul #44 (So.) FB
Keiser, Dusty (Fr.) TE
Kelsay, Chris #57 (So.) RE
Klem, John #19 (So.) WB
Koethe, Scott #73 (So.) OT
Kollmorgen, Kyle #75 (Jr.) OT
Kolowski, David #74 (So.) C
Kolterman, Nate #67 (So.) OT
Kriewald, Steve (Fr.) FB
Larson, Kyle #18 (Fr.) P
Liley, Tim #28 (Fr.) SE
Limbaugh, Jack #70 (Fr.) OG
Lindstrom, Brett #14 (Fr.) QB
Lohr, Jason #70 (Jr.) NT
Long, Chace #10 (Sr.) PK
Long, DeWayne (Fr.) WB
Loos, Chris #71 (Fr.) OG
Lord, Jammal #10 (Fr.) QB
Makris, Mike #54 (RFr.) MLB
Manning, Stephen #79 (So.) DT
Marshall, Alvin (Fr.) WB
McBride, Jeff (Fr.) RE
McClary, Dwayne #33 (Sr.) LCB
McGinn, Matt #71 (Jr.) DT
McGowan, Luke #33 (Fr.) WB
McKee, Jake #90 (Sr.) TE
McPherson, Lornell #6 (Fr.) RCB
Mikluscak, Ryan (Fr.) SE
Miller, Robin #21 (RFr.) IB
Miller, Tim #58 (RFr.) WLB
Miller, Willie #15 (Sr.) FB
Mooberry, Brandon #93 (Sr.) RE
Murphy, John #43 (Sr.) TE
Neal, Don #22 (Fr.) RCB

Nelson, Brian #63 (Fr.) OT
Nelson, Casey #87 (Jr.) NT
Newcombe, Bobby #12 (Sr.) WB
O'Holleran, Jack (Fr.) WB
Ommert, Ryan #23 (Fr.) SE
Otto, Jamie (Fr.) CB
Peetz, Phil #78 (RFr.) RE
Penny, Jon #44 (Jr.) SLB
Pippens, Jerrell #21 (RFr.) FS
Plooster, Matt #81 (RFr.) WB
Polk, Carlos #13 (Sr.) MLB
Povendo, Nick (Fr.) OT
Raiola, Dominic #54 (Jr.) C
Reese, Tim #46 (RFr.) IB
Richenberger, Jason (Fr.) WLB
Ricketts, Pat #13 (RFr.) RCB
Ringenberg, Kyle #85 (So.) RE
Rutherford, Jon #66 (Jr.) OG
Saalfeld, Chris #79 (Sr.) OG
Safranek, Steve #50 (RFr.) MLB
Scholting, Carl #11 (RFr.) FS
Schwab, Jason #65 (Sr.) OT
Septak, Chris (Fr.) TE
Shanle, Scott #43 (So.) SLB
Shook, Matt #53 (So.) C
Slechta, Jeremy #56 (Jr.) DT
Smith, Jemond #15 (So.) WLB
Smith, Justin #92 (So.) RE
Smith, Luke #40 (So.) MLB
Stella, Randy #34 (So.) WLB
Swantek, Dan #76 (Fr.) OG
Swiney, Erwin #16 (Sr.) RCB
Tagoa'i, Junior #96 (RFr.) NT
Tata, Tony #90 (So.) MLB
Terpening, Aaron #8 (So.) ROV
Thomas, Benard (Fr.) RE
Thomas, Wilson #9 (So.) SE
Thorne, Fred #47 (RFr.) SE
Tomasevicz, Curt #35 (Fr.) FB
Vanden Bosch, Kyle #83 (Sr.) RE
Vedral, Mark #9 (Jr.) WLB
Vili Waldrop, Dan #68 (RFr.) OT
Volk, Cody #56 (RFr.) OT
Volk, Dave #58 (Jr.) OT
Walker, Joe #25 (Sr.) ROV
Wanish, Brian (Sr.) NT
Warrior, Adrian #99 (So.) RE
Watchorn, Troy #42 (Sr.) FS
White, Jay #29 (So.) LCB
Wichmann, J.P. (John Paul) #95 (Jr.) RE
Wingender, Andy #27 (Fr.) FB
Wistrom, Tracey #87 (Jr.) TE
Woodward, Wes #20 (Jr.) ROV
Zajicek, Ben (Fr.) WB