2000 Nevada

2–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Chris Tormey.

Schedule and results

Nevada in 2000, game by game: lost at Oregon 7–36; lost vs. No. 22 TCU 10–41; won at Wyoming 35–28; lost vs. Colorado State 14–45; lost at UNLV 7–38; lost at Fresno State 21–58; lost vs. San José State 30–49; lost at SMU 7–21; lost vs. UTEP 22–45; lost at Hawai’i 17–37; won vs. Rice 34–28; lost at Tulsa 3–38+7−37Lost 7–36 at Oregon-29OregonLost 10–41 vs. No. 22 TCU-31No. 22 TCUWon 35–28 at Wyoming+7WyomingLost 14–45 vs. Colorado State-31Colorado StateLost 7–38 at UNLV-31UNLVLost 21–58 at Fresno State-37Fresno StateLost 30–49 vs. San José State-19San José StateLost 7–21 at SMU-14SMULost 22–45 vs. UTEP-23UTEPLost 17–37 at Hawai’i-20Hawai’iWon 34–28 vs. Rice+6RiceLost 3–38 at Tulsa-35Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 38–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 83 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
2–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 9th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠464
Coach
Chris Tormey
Elo
1265 −138 this season
SP+ rating
-22.5 No. 110 of 116; offense No. 95, defense No. 113
SRS
−23.1 No. 110 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Phil Earley
Defensive coordinator
Jeff Mills
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠4

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.