2000 New Mexico Lobos football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2000 New Mexico Lobos football New Mexico Lobos logo 1999-2007.gif 200 Mountain West Conference MW 5–7 3–4 Rocky Long 3rd Dan Dodd 1st Multiple Bronco Mendenhall 3rd 3–3–5 Mike Barnett Jarrod Baxter Henry Stephens University Stadium The 2000 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Rocky Long, the Lobos compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the MW. New Mexico played home games at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Schedule 2000 AP Mountain August 26 8:00 pm l y y Texas Tech Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX Hispanic College Fund Football Classic FSN 3–24 42,238 September 2 7:00 pm l y Boise State University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 14–31 22,090 September 9 6:05 pm l y Oregon State University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 20–28 30,830 September 16 w y New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM 16–13 23,087 New Mexico State Athletic Department http://nmstatesports.fansonly.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/nmst-m-footbl-CumulativeStats.html 2000 Aggie Football Statistics November 19, 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20010417085453/http://nmstatesports.fansonly.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/nmst-m-footbl-CumulativeStats.html April 17, 2001 Wayback Machine September 23 w y y Northern Arizona University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 35–28 21,553 The Associated Press https://www.newspapers.com/image/124552131/?terms=%22northern%20Arizona%22&match=1 New Mexico Knocks Off I-AA Northern Arizona September 24, 2000 Arizona Republic 282 January 9, 2024 newspapers.com September 30 w Wyoming University Stadium Albuquerque, NM SPW 45–10 25,089 October 7 1:00 pm l y Colorado State Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO 14–17 27,507 The Associated Press https://www.newspapers.com/image/613448808/?terms=%22Colorado%20state%22&match=1 Colorado State Knocks Lobos Down Notch in League Opener October 8, 2000 The Salt Lake Tribune 51 January 9, 2024 newspapers.com October 21 10:00 am w y Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO SPW 29–23 40,446 October 28 1:00 pm w Utah University Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN Plus 10–3 21,366 November 4 2:00 pm l San Diego State University Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN Plus 16–17 21,007 November 11 11:00 am l y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPN Plus 14–18 17,081 November 18 4:00 pm l BYU Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ESPN Plus 13–37 62,308 2019 New Mexico Football Media Guide https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unm.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/7/29/2019_New_Mexico_Football_Media_Guide.pdf University of New Mexico Athletic Dept. September 9, 2019 Game summaries At Texas Tech (Hispanic College Fund Football Classic) 2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team Hispanic College Fund Classic Lobos 0 3 0 0 Red Raiders 7 0 10 7 August 26 Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas 42,238 Bill Land (Play-by-play) & Gary Reasons (Color) FSN yes 1 6:44 Texas Tech Ricky Williams 6 yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick) Texas Tech 7-0 2 0:00 New Mexico Vladimir Borombozin 49 yard field goal Texas Tech 7-3 3 10:51 Texas Tech Derrek Dorris 8 yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick) Texas Tech 14-3 3 0:33 Texas Tech Chris Birkholz 33 yard field goal Texas Tech 17-3 4 8:22 Texas Tech Aaron Hunt 63 yard fumble return (Chris Birkholz kick) Texas Tech 24-3 yes Statistics UNMTTU First downs 13 13 Total yards 167 255 Rushing yards 115 69 Passing yards 52 186 Turnovers 3 1 Time of possession 33:02 26:58 Team Category Player StatisticsNew Mexico Passing Jeremy Denson 6/18, 52 yards, INT Rushing Holmon Wiggins 24 rushes, 91 yards Receiving Larry Davis 2 receptions, 20 yardsTexas Tech Passing Kliff Kingsbury 21/47, 186 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Ricky Williams 15 rushes, 78 yards Receiving Derek Dorris 4 receptions, 53 yards, TD Roster 2000 New Mexico Lobos f 10 Jr Ken Stopka QB 11 Fr Justin Millea QB yes 12 So Rudy Caamano QB 28 Jr Jarrod Baxter FB y 93 Sr Joe Maese LS y https://web.archive.org/web/20000914183554/http://www.golobos.com/fbo/fbc/2000numroster.html *Rocky Long 2001 NFL draft 2001 NFL draft Player Position Round Pick NFL club Ref Joe Maese Long snapper 6 194 Baltimore Ravens pro-football-reference.com 2001 NFL Draft https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/draft.htm References New Mexico Category:New Mexico Lobos football seasons New Mexico Lobos football