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2000 Kansas

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Big 12), coached by Terry Allen.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 2000, game by game: lost at SMU 17–31; won vs. UAB 23–20; won vs. Southern Illinois 42–0; lost at No. 14 Oklahoma 16–34; lost vs. No. 4 Kansas State 13–52; won at Missouri 38–17; won vs. Colorado 23–15; lost vs. Texas Tech 39–45; lost at No. 5 Nebraska 17–56; lost vs. No. 19 Texas 16–51; lost at Iowa State 17–38+42−39Lost 17–31 at SMU-14SMUWon 23–20 vs. UAB+3UABWon 42–0 vs. Southern Illinois+42Southern Illino…Lost 16–34 at No. 14 Oklahoma-18No. 14 OklahomaLost 13–52 vs. No. 4 Kansas State-39No. 4 Kansas StateWon 38–17 at Missouri+21MissouriWon 23–15 vs. Colorado+8ColoradoLost 39–45 vs. Texas Tech-6Texas TechLost 17–56 at No. 5 Nebraska-39No. 5 NebraskaLost 16–51 vs. No. 19 Texas-35No. 19 TexasLost 17–38 at Iowa State-21Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atSMUL 17–⁠3142%
Sep 16vsUABW 23–⁠2054%
Sep 23vsSouthern IllinoisW 42–⁠081%
Sep 30at14OklahomaL 16–⁠3425%
Oct 7vs4Kansas StateL 13–⁠5222%
Oct 14atMissouriW 38–⁠1737%
Oct 21vsColoradoW 23–⁠1553%
Oct 28vsTexas TechL 39–⁠4553%
Nov 4at5NebraskaL 17–⁠5613%
Nov 11vs19TexasL 16–⁠5133%
Nov 18atIowa StateL 17–⁠3832%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa State 38–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 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
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
261–⁠359
Coach
Terry Allen
Elo
1428 −33 this season
SP+ rating
0.7 No. 69 of 116; offense No. 38, defense No. 80
SRS
−5.3 No. 78 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Bill Salmon
Defensive coordinator
Ardell Wiegandt

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 4Moran Norris RBNew Orleans Saints

All-Big 12

3 second team

Second team

  • David WinbushRBCoaches-2
  • Nate DwyerDLCoaches-2
  • Carl NesmithDBCoaches-2; Media-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 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma8–⁠013–⁠01
Texas7–⁠19–⁠312
Nebraska6–⁠210–⁠28
Kansas State6–⁠211–⁠39
Iowa State5–⁠39–⁠325
Texas A&M5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠57–⁠6
Colorado3–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠63–⁠8
Oklahoma State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠82–⁠9

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