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2000 Notre Dame

9–⁠3, coached by Bob Davie, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 2000, game by game: won vs. No. 25 Texas A&M 24–10; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 24–27; won vs. No. 13 Purdue 23–21; lost at No. 23 Michigan State 21–27; won vs. Stanford 20–14; won vs. Navy 45–14; won at West Virginia 42–28; won vs. Air Force 34–31; won vs. Boston College 28–16; won at Rutgers 45–17; won at USC 38–21; lost vs. No. 5 Oregon State 9–41+31−32Won 24–10 vs. No. 25 Texas A&M+14No. 25 Texas A&MLost 24–27 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-3No. 1 NebraskaWon 23–21 vs. No. 13 Purdue+2No. 13 PurdueLost 21–27 at No. 23 Michigan State-6No. 23 Michigan StateWon 20–14 vs. Stanford+6StanfordWon 45–14 vs. Navy+31NavyWon 42–28 at West Virginia+14West VirginiaWon 34–31 vs. Air Force+3Air ForceWon 28–16 vs. Boston College+12Boston CollegeWon 45–17 at Rutgers+28RutgersWon 38–21 at USC+17USCLost 9–41 vs. No. 5 Oregon State-32No. 5 Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vs25Texas A&MW 24–⁠1047%
Sep 9vs1NebraskaL 24–⁠2733%
Sep 16vs13PurdueW 23–⁠2148%
Sep 23at23Michigan StateL 21–⁠2728%
Oct 7vsStanfordW 20–⁠1462%
Oct 14vsNavyW 45–⁠1475%
Oct 21atWest VirginiaW 42–⁠2848%
Oct 28vsAir ForceW 34–⁠3166%
Nov 11vsBoston CollegeW 28–⁠1667%
Nov 18atRutgersW 45–⁠1782%
Nov 25atUSCW 38–⁠2161%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5Oregon StateFiesta BowlL 9–⁠4145%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 41–⁠9 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 23
  2. Wk 4: 21
  3. Wk 5: 16
  4. Wk 7: 25
  5. Wk 8: 20
  6. Wk 9: 20
  7. Wk 10: 19
  8. Wk 11: 15
  9. Wk 12: 11
  10. Wk 13: 11
  11. Wk 14: 11
  12. Wk 15: 11
  13. Wk 16: 10
  14. Final: 15

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
9–⁠3
Conference
—
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 10
Points
353–⁠267
Coach
Bob Davie
Elo
1629 +107 this season
SP+ rating
16.3 No. 15 of 116; offense No. 23, defense No. 28
SRS
12.3 No. 19 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 10
Offensive coordinator
Kevin Rogers
Defensive coordinator
Greg Mattison
Captains
Anthony Denman, Jabari Holloway, Grant Irons and Dan O’Leary
Offense
Option
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Greg Pauly DT★★★★No. 59
Vontez Duff RB★★★★No. 72
Carlyle Holiday WR★★★★No. 74
Mike Goolsby ILB★★★★No. 95

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs14.00.974
Receivers14.00.974
Defensive line14.00.977
Linebackers14.00.966
Whole class44.00.973

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 3Mike Gandy OGChicago Bears
Rd 3Brock Williams DBNew England Patriots
Rd 4Jabari Holloway TENew England Patriots
Rd 6Tony Driver DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 6Dan O’Leary TEBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Anthony Denman LBJacksonville Jaguars