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2000 California

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Tom Holmoe.

Schedule and results

California in 2000, game by game: won vs. Utah 24–21; lost at No. 19 Illinois 15–17; lost at Fresno State 3–17; lost vs. Washington State 17–21; lost at Arizona State 10–30; won vs. No. 13 UCLA 46–38; lost at No. 9 Washington 24–36; won at USC 28–16; lost vs. No. 14 Oregon State 32–38; lost at No. 6 Oregon 17–25; lost vs. Stanford 30–36+12−20Won 24–21 vs. Utah+3UtahLost 15–17 at No. 19 Illinois-2No. 19 IllinoisLost 3–17 at Fresno State-14Fresno StateLost 17–21 vs. Washington State-4Washington StateLost 10–30 at Arizona State-20Arizona StateWon 46–38 vs. No. 13 UCLA+8No. 13 UCLALost 24–36 at No. 9 Washington-12No. 9 WashingtonWon 28–16 at USC+12USCLost 32–38 vs. No. 14 Oregon State-6No. 14 Oregon StateLost 17–25 at No. 6 Oregon-8No. 6 OregonLost 30–36 vs. Stanford-6Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsUtahW 24–⁠2147%
Sep 16at19IllinoisL 15–⁠1726%
Sep 23atFresno StateL 3–⁠1740%
Sep 30vsWashington StateL 17–⁠2160%
Oct 7atArizona StateL 10–⁠3028%
Oct 14vs13UCLAW 46–⁠3838%
Oct 21at9WashingtonL 24–⁠3620%
Oct 28atUSCW 28–⁠1631%
Nov 4vs14Oregon StateL 32–⁠3836%
Nov 11at6OregonL 17–⁠2516%
Nov 18vsStanfordL 30–⁠3651%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 36–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2000.

2 consensus All-AmericansAndre Carter, DE; Nick Harris, P

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠295
Coach
Tom Holmoe
Elo
1433 −29 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 51 of 116; offense No. 57, defense No. 47
SRS
3.9 No. 48 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Steve Hagen
Defensive coordinator
Lyle Setencich

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 1Andre Carter DESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 4Nick Harris PDenver Broncos

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brandon LudwigOLCoaches-2
  • Jacob WaasdorpDTCoaches-2
  • Jemeel PowellAPBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2000 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2000 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠111–⁠13
Oregon State7–⁠111–⁠14
Oregon7–⁠110–⁠27
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠56–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
USC2–⁠65–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠64–⁠7
California2–⁠63–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.