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2000 Minnesota

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 2000, game by game: won vs. UL Monroe 47–10; lost vs. Ohio 17–23; won at Baylor 34–9; lost at No. 21 Purdue 24–38; won vs. No. 24 Illinois 44–10; won vs. Penn State 25–16; won at No. 6 Ohio State 29–17; lost at Indiana 43–51; lost vs. No. 23 Northwestern 35–41; lost at Wisconsin 20–41; won vs. Iowa 27–24; lost vs. NC State 30–38+37−21Won 47–10 vs. UL Monroe+37UL MonroeLost 17–23 vs. Ohio-6OhioWon 34–9 at Baylor+25BaylorLost 24–38 at No. 21 Purdue-14No. 21 PurdueWon 44–10 vs. No. 24 Illinois+34No. 24 IllinoisWon 25–16 vs. Penn State+9Penn StateWon 29–17 at No. 6 Ohio State+12No. 6 Ohio StateLost 43–51 at Indiana-8IndianaLost 35–41 vs. No. 23 Northwestern-6No. 23 NorthwesternLost 20–41 at Wisconsin-21WisconsinWon 27–24 vs. Iowa+3IowaLost 30–38 vs. NC State-8NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsUL MonroeW 47–⁠1073%
Sep 9vsOhioL 17–⁠2373%
Sep 16atBaylorW 34–⁠964%
Sep 23at21PurdueL 24–⁠3836%
Sep 30vs24IllinoisW 44–⁠1050%
Oct 7vsPenn StateW 25–⁠1661%
Oct 14at6Ohio StateW 29–⁠1730%
Oct 21atIndianaL 43–⁠5169%
Oct 28vs23NorthwesternL 35–⁠4168%
Nov 4atWisconsinL 20–⁠4134%
Nov 18vsIowaW 27–⁠2478%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsNC StateMicronPC.com BowlL 30–⁠3853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 38–⁠30 in the MicronPC.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 22

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.

Consensus All-AmericanBen Hamilton, C

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
375–⁠318
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1530 −16 this season
SP+ rating
1.4 No. 65 of 116; offense No. 36, defense No. 77
SRS
4.4 No. 46 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinators
Mitch Browning and Tony Petersen
Defensive coordinator
David Gibbs
Captains
Ben Hamilton, Sean Hoffman and Karon Riley
Most valuable player
Ben Hamilton and Ron Johnson

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 1Willie Middlebrooks DBDenver Broncos
Rd 4Karon Riley DEChicago Bears
Rd 4Ben Hamilton CDenver Broncos
Rd 6Adam Haayer OTTennessee Titans

All-Big Ten

4 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • John SchlectDLCoaches-2
  • Sean HoffmanLBCoaches-2
  • Dan NystromKCoaches-2
  • Preston GrueningPCoaches-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 Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠29–⁠311
Purdue6–⁠28–⁠413
Northwestern6–⁠28–⁠4
Ohio State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wisconsin4–⁠49–⁠423
Minnesota4–⁠46–⁠6
Penn State4–⁠45–⁠7
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠9
Illinois2–⁠65–⁠6
Michigan State2–⁠65–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠63–⁠8

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