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2000 Rutgers

3–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Big East), coached by Terry Shea.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 2000, game by game: won vs. Villanova 34–21; won vs. Buffalo 59–0; lost at No. 8 Virginia Tech 0–49; lost at Pittsburgh 17–29; lost vs. No. 10 Miami 6–64; lost vs. Temple 14–48; won at Navy 28–21; lost at Boston College 13–42; lost vs. West Virginia 24–31; lost vs. No. 11 Notre Dame 17–45; lost at Syracuse 21–49+59−58Won 34–21 vs. Villanova+13VillanovaWon 59–0 vs. Buffalo+59BuffaloLost 0–49 at No. 8 Virginia Tech-49No. 8 Virginia TechLost 17–29 at Pittsburgh-12PittsburghLost 6–64 vs. No. 10 Miami-58No. 10 MiamiLost 14–48 vs. Temple-34TempleWon 28–21 at Navy+7NavyLost 13–42 at Boston College-29Boston CollegeLost 24–31 vs. West Virginia-7West VirginiaLost 17–45 vs. No. 11 Notre Dame-28No. 11 Notre DameLost 21–49 at Syracuse-28Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsVillanovaW 34–⁠2163%
Sep 9vsBuffaloW 59–⁠071%
Sep 16at8Virginia TechL 0–⁠4910%
Sep 23atPittsburghL 17–⁠2923%
Sep 30vs10MiamiL 6–⁠6421%
Oct 14vsTempleL 14–⁠4847%
Oct 21atNavyW 28–⁠2137%
Oct 28atBoston CollegeL 13–⁠4221%
Nov 11vsWest VirginiaL 24–⁠3135%
Nov 18vs11Notre DameL 17–⁠4518%
Nov 25atSyracuseL 21–⁠4914%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 49–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big East.

In program history: The 137th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
233–⁠399
Coach
Terry Shea
Elo
1294 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-9.5 No. 87 of 116; offense No. 65, defense No. 96
SRS
−12.2 No. 96 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinators
Jim Benedict and Bill Laveroni
Defensive coordinator
Dennis Creehan

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 5Mike McMahon QBDetroit Lions

All-Big East

2 second team

Second team

  • Rich MazzaOGCoaches-2
  • Wesley RobertsonLBCoaches-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 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.