2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMitch Browning (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Gibbs (4th season)
MVPBen Hamilton, Ron Johnson
CaptainBen Hamilton, Sean Hoffman, Karon Riley
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–6 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 375 to 318.[1] The team made an appearance in the MicronPC.com Bowl, but was not ranked in either the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll or Associated Press poll.

  1. ^ "2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.