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2000 Missouri

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Big 12), coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 2000, game by game: won vs. Western Illinois 50–20; lost at No. 17 Clemson 9–62; lost vs. No. 22 Michigan State 10–13; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 24–42; won vs. Oklahoma State 24–10; lost vs. Kansas 17–38; lost at Texas 12–46; lost at Iowa State 20–39; lost vs. Colorado 18–28; won at Baylor 47–22; lost vs. No. 9 Kansas State 24–28+30−53Won 50–20 vs. Western Illinois+30Western IllinoisLost 9–62 at No. 17 Clemson-53No. 17 ClemsonLost 10–13 vs. No. 22 Michigan State-3No. 22 Michigan StateLost 24–42 at No. 1 Nebraska-18No. 1 NebraskaWon 24–10 vs. Oklahoma State+14Oklahoma StateLost 17–38 vs. Kansas-21KansasLost 12–46 at Texas-34TexasLost 20–39 at Iowa State-19Iowa StateLost 18–28 vs. Colorado-10ColoradoWon 47–22 at Baylor+25BaylorLost 24–28 vs. No. 9 Kansas State-4No. 9 Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsWestern IllinoisW 50–⁠2079%
Sep 9at17ClemsonL 9–⁠6236%
Sep 16vs22Michigan StateL 10–⁠1332%
Sep 30at1NebraskaL 24–⁠4212%
Oct 7vsOklahoma StateW 24–⁠1053%
Oct 14vsKansasL 17–⁠3863%
Oct 21atTexasL 12–⁠4622%
Oct 28atIowa StateL 20–⁠3933%
Nov 4vsColoradoL 18–⁠2842%
Nov 11atBaylorW 47–⁠2252%
Nov 18vs9Kansas StateL 24–⁠2820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 28–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 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
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
255–⁠348
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1407 −72 this season
SP+ rating
-5.2 No. 79 of 116; offense No. 74, defense No. 77
SRS
−5.0 No. 77 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Bill Cubit
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 1Justin Smith DECincinnati Bengals

All-Big 12

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Pat MingucciDLCoaches-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

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.