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2000 New Mexico

5–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Mountain West Conference), coached by Rocky Long.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 2000, game by game: lost vs. Texas Tech 3–24; lost vs. Boise State 14–31; lost vs. Oregon State 20–28; won at New Mexico State 16–13; won vs. Northern Arizona 35–28; won vs. Wyoming 45–10; lost at Colorado State 14–17; won at Air Force 29–23; won vs. Utah 10–3; lost vs. San Diego State 16–17; lost at UNLV 14–18; lost at BYU 13–37+35−24Lost 3–24 vs. Texas Tech-21Texas TechLost 14–31 vs. Boise State-17Boise StateLost 20–28 vs. Oregon State-8Oregon StateWon 16–13 at New Mexico State+3New Mexico StateWon 35–28 vs. Northern Arizona+7Northern ArizonaWon 45–10 vs. Wyoming+35WyomingLost 14–17 at Colorado State-3Colorado StateWon 29–23 at Air Force+6Air ForceWon 10–3 vs. Utah+7UtahLost 16–17 vs. San Diego State-1San Diego StateLost 14–18 at UNLV-4UNLVLost 13–37 at BYU-24BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 26vsTexas TechL 3–⁠2436%
Sep 2vsBoise StateL 14–⁠3139%
Sep 9vsOregon StateL 20–⁠2838%
Sep 16atNew Mexico StateW 16–⁠1336%
Sep 23vsNorthern ArizonaW 35–⁠2873%
Sep 30vsWyomingW 45–⁠1046%
Oct 7atColorado StateL 14–⁠1721%
Oct 21atAir ForceW 29–⁠2324%
Oct 28vsUtahW 10–⁠352%
Nov 4vsSan Diego StateL 16–⁠1764%
Nov 11atUNLVL 14–⁠1850%
Nov 18atBYUL 13–⁠3736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 37–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The tied 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
229–⁠249
Coach
Rocky Long
Elo
1435 +8 this season
SP+ rating
2.1 No. 60 of 116; offense No. 98, defense No. 17
SRS
−0.9 No. 67 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Dan Dodd
Defensive coordinator
Bronco Mendenhall
Captains
Mike Barnett, Jarrod Baxter and Henry Stephens
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 6Joe Maese CBaltimore Ravens

2000 Mountain West Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠110–⁠214
Air Force5–⁠29–⁠3
UNLV4–⁠38–⁠5
BYU4–⁠36–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠45–⁠7
Utah3–⁠44–⁠7
San Diego State3–⁠43–⁠8
Wyoming0–⁠71–⁠10

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