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2000 UTEP

8–⁠4 (7–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Gary Nord.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 2000, game by game: lost at No. 19 Oklahoma 14–55; won vs. SMU 37–20; lost at Texas A&M 17–45; won vs. Hawai’i 39–7; won vs. New Mexico State 41–31; won at Tulsa 40–7; won at San José State 47–30; won vs. Fresno State 23–13; won at Nevada 45–22; won vs. Rice 38–21; lost at No. 15 TCU 14–47; lost vs. Boise State 23–38+33−41Lost 14–55 at No. 19 Oklahoma-41No. 19 OklahomaWon 37–20 vs. SMU+17SMULost 17–45 at Texas A&M-28Texas A&MWon 39–7 vs. Hawai’i+32Hawai’iWon 41–31 vs. New Mexico State+10New Mexico StateWon 40–7 at Tulsa+33TulsaWon 47–30 at San José State+17San José StateWon 23–13 vs. Fresno State+10Fresno StateWon 45–22 at Nevada+23NevadaWon 38–21 vs. Rice+17RiceLost 14–47 at No. 15 TCU-33No. 15 TCULost 23–38 vs. Boise State-15Boise State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2at19OklahomaL 14–⁠5524%
Sep 9vsSMUW 37–⁠2045%
Sep 16atTexas A&ML 17–⁠4522%
Sep 23vsHawai’iW 39–⁠759%
Sep 30vsNew Mexico StateW 41–⁠3167%
Oct 7atTulsaW 40–⁠746%
Oct 14atSan José StateW 47–⁠3043%
Oct 21vsFresno StateW 23–⁠1357%
Nov 4atNevadaW 45–⁠2276%
Nov 11vsRiceW 38–⁠2174%
Nov 18at15TCUL 14–⁠4732%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsBoise StateHumanitarian BowlL 23–⁠3840%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boise State 38–⁠23 in the Humanitarian Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 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.

Western Athletic Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with TCU

Led the nationLee Mays: receiving touchdowns (15 TD)

Consensus All-AmericanBrian Natkin, TE

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
378–⁠336
Coach
Gary Nord
Elo
1533 +123 this season
SP+ rating
8.1 No. 42 of 116; offense No. 20, defense No. 71
SRS
2.7 No. 53 of 116 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 44
Offensive coordinator
Patrick Higgins
Defensive coordinator
Larry Hoefer

Drafted in 2001

The 2001 draft
Rd 6Menson Holloway DESan Francisco 49ers

2000 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU7–⁠110–⁠221
UTEP7–⁠18–⁠4
Fresno State6–⁠27–⁠5
San José State5–⁠37–⁠5
Tulsa4–⁠45–⁠7
Rice2–⁠63–⁠8
SMU2–⁠63–⁠9
Hawai’i2–⁠63–⁠9
Nevada1–⁠72–⁠10

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