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2000 Temple

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Big East), coached by Bobby Wallace.

Schedule and results

Temple in 2000, game by game: won at Navy 17–6; lost at Maryland 10–17; won vs. Bowling Green 31–14; won vs. Eastern Michigan 49–40; lost vs. West Virginia 24–29; lost at No. 3 Virginia Tech 13–35; won at Rutgers 48–14; lost vs. No. 4 Miami 17–45; lost at Boston College 3–31; lost vs. Syracuse 12–31; lost vs. Pittsburgh 0–7+34−28Won 17–6 at Navy+11NavyLost 10–17 at Maryland-7MarylandWon 31–14 vs. Bowling Green+17Bowling GreenWon 49–40 vs. Eastern Michigan+9Eastern MichiganLost 24–29 vs. West Virginia-5West VirginiaLost 13–35 at No. 3 Virginia Tech-22No. 3 Virginia TechWon 48–14 at Rutgers+34RutgersLost 17–45 vs. No. 4 Miami-28No. 4 MiamiLost 3–31 at Boston College-28Boston CollegeLost 12–31 vs. Syracuse-19SyracuseLost 0–7 vs. Pittsburgh-7Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atNavyW 17–⁠632%
Sep 9atMarylandL 10–⁠1737%
Sep 16vsBowling GreenW 31–⁠1457%
Sep 23vsEastern MichiganW 49–⁠4066%
Sep 28vsWest VirginiaL 24–⁠2948%
Oct 7at3Virginia TechL 13–⁠3512%
Oct 14atRutgersW 48–⁠1453%
Oct 21vs4MiamiL 17–⁠4527%
Nov 4atBoston CollegeL 3–⁠3131%
Nov 11vsSyracuseL 12–⁠3138%
Nov 18vsPittsburghL 0–⁠742%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pittsburgh 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big East.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 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
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
224–⁠269
Coach
Bobby Wallace
Elo
1380 −5 this season
SP+ rating
-2.2 No. 76 of 116; offense No. 89, defense No. 48
SRS
−3.3 No. 76 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Tim Stowers
Defensive coordinator
Raymond Monica

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 4Mathias Nkwenti OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big East

2 second team

Second team

  • Russell NewmanDLCoaches-2
  • LeVar TalleyLBCoaches-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.