2000 Utah Utes football team

2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Colorado State $	6	–	1	10	–	2
Air Force	5	–	2	9	–	3
UNLV	4	–	3	8	–	5
BYU	4	–	3	6	–	6
New Mexico	3	–	4	5	–	7
Utah	3	–	4	4	–	7
San Diego State	3	–	4	3	–	8
Wyoming	0	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the MW. Utah's record was the program's worst since McBride's first season, in 1990. The team played home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	Arizona*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	L 3–17	41,352
September 9	4:00 pm	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	KJZZ	L 21–24	43,500
September 16	6:00 pm	Washington State*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	L 21–38	38,814
September 23	5:00 pm	Air Force	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ABC	L 14–23	37,151
September 30	3:05 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	KSL	W 35–14	29,814
October 14	1:05 pm	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN Plus	W 21–7	17,498
October 21	5:00 pm	Colorado State	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	L 17–24	37,505
October 28	1:00 pm	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN Plus	L 3–10	21,366
November 4	1:00 pm	UNLV	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN Plus	W 38–16	34,842
November 11	4:00 pm	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	KJZZ	W 34–0	10,195
November 24	4:00 pm	BYU	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN	L 27–34	45,064
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Mountain time

2000 Utah Utes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`37`	Mbe Agbor	Sr
QB	`14`	Darnell Arceneaux	Sr
OT	`69`	Jordan Gross	So
TE	`85`	Matt Hansen	Fr
WR	`84`	Mark Henderson	Sr
OL	`60`	Alex Jacobsen	So
WR	`1`	Cliff Russell	Jr
WR	`7`	Steve Smith	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`99`	Justyn Boudreau	Fr
DE	`47`	Andy Bowers	Sr
DB	`21`	Andre Dyson	Sr
DE	`63`	Garrett Smith	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2000-11-09

Two players went in the 2001 NFL draft, including future pro bowler Steve Smith.

^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
^ "2000 Final Statistics". University of Utah Department of Athletics. June 28, 2001. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2009.