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2000 Syracuse

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Paul Pasqualoni.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 2000, game by game: won vs. Buffalo 63–7; lost at Cincinnati 10–12; lost at East Carolina 17–34; won vs. BYU 42–14; won vs. Pittsburgh 24–17; lost at Boston College 13–20; lost vs. No. 2 Virginia Tech 14–22; won at West Virginia 31–27; won at Temple 31–12; lost vs. No. 2 Miami 0–26; won vs. Rutgers 49–21+56−26Won 63–7 vs. Buffalo+56BuffaloLost 10–12 at Cincinnati-2CincinnatiLost 17–34 at East Carolina-17East CarolinaWon 42–14 vs. BYU+28BYUWon 24–17 vs. Pittsburgh+7PittsburghLost 13–20 at Boston College-7Boston CollegeLost 14–22 vs. No. 2 Virginia Tech-8No. 2 Virginia TechWon 31–27 at West Virginia+4West VirginiaWon 31–12 at Temple+19TempleLost 0–26 vs. No. 2 Miami-26No. 2 MiamiWon 49–21 vs. Rutgers+28Rutgers
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsBuffaloW 63–⁠789%
Sep 9atCincinnatiL 10–⁠1263%
Sep 23atEast CarolinaL 17–⁠3443%
Sep 30vsBYUW 42–⁠1460%
Oct 7vsPittsburghW 24–⁠1762%
Oct 14atBoston CollegeL 13–⁠2051%
Oct 21vs2Virginia TechL 14–⁠2232%
Nov 4atWest VirginiaW 31–⁠2748%
Nov 11atTempleW 31–⁠1262%
Nov 18vs2MiamiL 0–⁠2635%
Nov 25vsRutgersW 49–⁠2186%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rutgers 49–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big East.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
294–⁠212
Coach
Paul Pasqualoni
Elo
1570 +1 this season
SP+ rating
13.8 No. 23 of 116; offense No. 44, defense No. 16
SRS
8.2 No. 30 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 18
Offensive coordinator
George DeLeone
Defensive coordinator
Chris Rippon
Captains
Morlon Greenwood, Kyle Johnson and Pat Woodcock

Top recruits in the 2000 class

Johnnie Morant WR★★★★★No. 30
Diamond Ferri RB★★★★No. 96

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

The 2000 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs14.00.966
Receivers15.00.987
Whole class24.50.976

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 1Will Allen DBNew York Giants
Rd 3Eric Downing DTKansas City Chiefs
Rd 3Morlon Greenwood LBMiami Dolphins
Rd 6Dee Brown RBCarolina Panthers

All-Big East

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Duke PettijohnDLCoaches-2
  • Eric DowningDLCoaches-2
  • Rickie SimpkinsDLCoaches-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.