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American college football season

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Kish (4th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons← 19992001 →
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 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his fourth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–6 and failed to make a bowl game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:30 pmMiddle Tennessee*No. 21W 35–635,032
September 99:00 pmat San Diego State*No. 21ESPN2W 49–1326,779
September 1611:00 amCalifornia*No. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPNW 17–1550,181
September 236:30 pmNo. 10 MichiganNo. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ESPNL 31–3572,524
September 3011:00 amat MinnesotaNo. 22ESPNL 10–4444,462
October 141:00 pmIowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 31–062,639
October 2111:00 amat Penn StateESPN2L 25–3996,475
October 2811:00 amat Michigan StateESPNL 10–1473,826
November 411:00 amIndiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ESPN+W 42–3554,283
November 113:00 pmNo. 13 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPNL 21–2461,207
November 1811:00 amat No. 23 NorthwesternESPN2L 23–6140,658
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 34 Jameel Cook Sr
G 64 David Diehl So
QB 15 Kurt Kittner Jr
WR 17 Greg Lewis So
WR 6 Brandon Lloyd So
WR 86 Aaron Moorehead So
OT 59 Marques Sullivan Sr
TE 87 Josh Whitman Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 99 Fred Wakefield Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 51 Nathan Hodel Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP212121191924———————————
Coaches Poll212021191722———————————
BCSNot released———————Not released

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