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2000 East Carolina

8–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Conference USA), coached by Steve Logan.

Schedule and results

East Carolina in 2000, game by game: won at Duke 38–0; lost vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech 28–45; won vs. Tulane 37–17; won vs. Syracuse 34–17; lost at Memphis 10–17; won vs. Army 42–21; won at Louisville 28–25; lost vs. UAB 13–16; won vs. Houston 62–20; lost at West Virginia 24–42; won at Southern Miss 14–9; won vs. Texas Tech 40–27+42−18Won 38–0 at Duke+38DukeLost 28–45 vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech-17No. 10 Virginia TechWon 37–17 vs. Tulane+20TulaneWon 34–17 vs. Syracuse+17SyracuseLost 10–17 at Memphis-7MemphisWon 42–21 vs. Army+21ArmyWon 28–25 at Louisville+3LouisvilleLost 13–16 vs. UAB-3UABWon 62–20 vs. Houston+42HoustonLost 24–42 at West Virginia-18West VirginiaWon 14–9 at Southern Miss+5Southern MissWon 40–27 vs. Texas Tech+13Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atDukeW 38–⁠060%
Sep 7vs10Virginia TechL 28–⁠4542%
Sep 16vsTulaneW 37–⁠1773%
Sep 23vsSyracuseW 34–⁠1757%
Oct 7atMemphisL 10–⁠1754%
Oct 14vsArmyW 42–⁠2185%
Oct 19atLouisvilleW 28–⁠2541%
Oct 28vsUABL 13–⁠1672%
Nov 11vsHoustonW 62–⁠2076%
Nov 18atWest VirginiaL 24–⁠4253%
Nov 24atSouthern MissW 14–⁠929%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvsTexas TechGalleryfurniture.com BowlW 40–⁠2755%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 40–⁠27 in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Conference USA.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 70 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.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Conference USA
AP final
Unranked
Points
370–⁠256
Coach
Steve Logan
Elo
1599 +60 this season
SP+ rating
11.9 No. 32 of 116; offense No. 33, defense No. 38
SRS
7.6 No. 34 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Doug Martin
Defensive coordinator
Tim Rose
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

2000 Conference USA standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Louisville6–⁠19–⁠3
East Carolina5–⁠28–⁠4
Cincinnati5–⁠27–⁠5
Southern Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
UAB3–⁠37–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠46–⁠5
Memphis2–⁠54–⁠7
Houston2–⁠53–⁠8
Army1–⁠61–⁠10

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