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2000 Hawai’i

3–⁠9 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by June Jones.

Schedule and results

Hawai’i in 2000, game by game: lost vs. Portland State 20–45; lost at UTEP 7–39; lost vs. Tulsa 14–24; lost at No. 14 TCU 21–41; won vs. SMU 30–15; lost at Rice 13–38; lost vs. San José State 48–57; lost at Fresno State 27–45; won vs. Nevada 37–17; won vs. Louisiana Tech 27–10; lost vs. Wisconsin 18–34; lost vs. UNLV 32–34+20−32Lost 20–45 vs. Portland State-25Portland StateLost 7–39 at UTEP-32UTEPLost 14–24 vs. Tulsa-10TulsaLost 21–41 at No. 14 TCU-20No. 14 TCUWon 30–15 vs. SMU+15SMULost 13–38 at Rice-25RiceLost 48–57 vs. San José State-9San José StateLost 27–45 at Fresno State-18Fresno StateWon 37–17 vs. Nevada+20NevadaWon 27–10 vs. Louisiana Tech+17Louisiana TechLost 18–34 vs. Wisconsin-16WisconsinLost 32–34 vs. UNLV-2UNLV
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsPortland StateL 20–⁠4583%
Sep 23atUTEPL 7–⁠3941%
Sep 30vsTulsaL 14–⁠2454%
Oct 7at14TCUL 21–⁠4113%
Oct 14vsSMUW 30–⁠1556%
Oct 21atRiceL 13–⁠3838%
Oct 28vsSan José StateL 48–⁠5739%
Nov 4atFresno StateL 27–⁠4519%
Nov 11vsNevadaW 37–⁠1763%
Nov 18vsLouisiana TechW 27–⁠1046%
Nov 25vsWisconsinL 18–⁠3420%
Dec 2vsUNLVL 32–⁠3443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UNLV 34–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 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
3–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
294–⁠399
Coach
June Jones
Elo
1350 −116 this season
SP+ rating
-13.3 No. 92 of 116; offense No. 76, defense No. 100
SRS
−11.5 No. 94 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Lempa
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 7Kynan Forney OTAtlanta Falcons

2000 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU7–⁠110–⁠221
UTEP7–⁠18–⁠4
Fresno State6–⁠27–⁠5
San José State5–⁠37–⁠5
Tulsa4–⁠45–⁠7
Rice2–⁠63–⁠8
SMU2–⁠63–⁠9
Hawai’i2–⁠63–⁠9
Nevada1–⁠72–⁠10

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