2000 Vanderbilt
3–8 (1–7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Woody Widenhofer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Duke 26–7Sep 23
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs Miami (OH) | L 30–33 | 44% |
| Sep 9 | at 13Alabama | L 10–28 | 20% |
| Sep 16 | vs Ole Miss | L 7–12 | 38% |
| Sep 23 | vs Duke | W 26–7 | 66% |
| Sep 30 | at 19Auburn | L 0–33 | 20% |
| Oct 7 | at Wake Forest | W 17–10 | 43% |
| Oct 14 | at 14Georgia | L 19–29 | 19% |
| Oct 21 | vs 18South Carolina | L 14–30 | 44% |
| Nov 4 | vs 6Florida | L 20–43 | 18% |
| Nov 11 | at Kentucky | W 24–20 | 39% |
| Nov 25 | vs 25Tennessee | L 26–28 | 17% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 28–26; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 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
- 3–8
- Conference
- 1–7 11th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 193–273
- Coach
- Woody Widenhofer
- Elo
- 1407 −31 this season
- SP+ rating
- -8.1 No. 85 of 116; offense No. 101, defense No. 54
- SRS
- −6.2 No. 81 of 116 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- No. 36
- Offensive coordinator
- Steve Crosby
- Defensive coordinator
- Herb Paterra
- Captains
- Ryan Aulds, Elliott Carson, John Markham and Matt Stewart
- Offense
- Pro-style
- Defense
- 4–3
Top recruits in the 2000 class
| Chris Young WR | ★★★★ | No. 105 |
247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.
The 2000 class by position
| Signed | Stars | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | 1 | 4.0 | 0.964 |
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 2 | Jamie Winborn LB | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rd 4 | Matt Stewart LB | Atlanta Falcons |
| Rd 5 | John Markham K | New York Giants |
| Rd 6 | Jimmy Williams DB | Buffalo Bills |
All-SEC
2 second teamSecond team
Dan StrickerWRAP-2- Jamie WinbornLBAP-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 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 7–1 | 10–3 | 10 |
| Auburn | 6–2 | 9–4 | 18 |
| South Carolina | 5–3 | 8–4 | 19 |
| Tennessee | 5–3 | 8–4 | |
| Georgia | 5–3 | 8–4 | 20 |
 LSU | 5–3 | 8–4 | 22 |
 Mississippi State | 4–4 | 8–4 | 24 |
| Ole Miss | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
 Arkansas | 3–5 | 6–6 | |
| Alabama | 3–5 | 3–8 | |
| Vanderbilt | 1–7 | 3–8 | |
| Kentucky | 0–8 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.