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2000 Pittsburgh

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Walt Harris.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 2000, game by game: won vs. Kent State 30–7; won at Bowling Green 34–16; won vs. Penn State 12–0; won vs. Rutgers 29–17; lost at Syracuse 17–24; won vs. Boston College 42–26; lost at No. 2 Virginia Tech 34–37; lost vs. North Carolina 17–20; lost at No. 2 Miami 7–35; won at Temple 7–0; won vs. West Virginia 38–28; lost vs. Iowa State 29–37+23−28Won 30–7 vs. Kent State+23Kent StateWon 34–16 at Bowling Green+18Bowling GreenWon 12–0 vs. Penn State+12Penn StateWon 29–17 vs. Rutgers+12RutgersLost 17–24 at Syracuse-7SyracuseWon 42–26 vs. Boston College+16Boston CollegeLost 34–37 at No. 2 Virginia Tech-3No. 2 Virginia TechLost 17–20 vs. North Carolina-3North CarolinaLost 7–35 at No. 2 Miami-28No. 2 MiamiWon 7–0 at Temple+7TempleWon 38–28 vs. West Virginia+10West VirginiaLost 29–37 vs. Iowa State-8Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsKent StateW 30–⁠773%
Sep 9atBowling GreenW 34–⁠1645%
Sep 16vsPenn StateW 12–⁠044%
Sep 23vsRutgersW 29–⁠1777%
Oct 7atSyracuseL 17–⁠2438%
Oct 21vsBoston CollegeW 42–⁠2656%
Oct 28at2Virginia TechL 34–⁠3718%
Nov 4vsNorth CarolinaL 17–⁠2072%
Nov 11at2MiamiL 7–⁠3518%
Nov 18atTempleW 7–⁠058%
Nov 24vsWest VirginiaW 38–⁠2857%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsIowa StateInsight.com BowlL 29–⁠3751%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa State 37–⁠29 in the Insight.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big East.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 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.

Biletnikoff AwardAntonio Bryant, WR

Consensus All-AmericanAntonio Bryant, WR

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
296–⁠247
Coach
Walt Harris
Elo
1524 +77 this season
SP+ rating
9.6 No. 38 of 116; offense No. 62, defense No. 22
SRS
5.5 No. 40 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 42
Offensive coordinator
J.D. Brookhart
Defensive coordinator
Paul Rhoads
Offense
West Coast
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Dustin Picciotti FB★★★★No. 117

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs14.00.960

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 3Kevan Barlow RBSan Francisco 49ers

All-Big East

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

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 East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠011–⁠12
Virginia Tech6–⁠111–⁠16
Pittsburgh4–⁠37–⁠5
Syracuse4–⁠36–⁠5
West Virginia3–⁠47–⁠5
Boston College3–⁠47–⁠5
Temple1–⁠64–⁠7
Rutgers0–⁠73–⁠8

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