2000 UTEP Miners football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2000 UTEP Miners football UTEP Miners wordmark.svg 200 Western Athletic Conference WAC 8–4 7–1 Gary Nord 1st Patrick Higgins 1st Larry Hoefer 1st Sun Bowl WAC co-champion Humanitarian Bowl L 23–38 vs. Boise State The 2000 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Gary Nord, the Miners compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the WAC title with TCU. UTEP was invited to the Humanitarian Bowl, where the Miners lost to Boise State. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. Brian Natkin became the first, and so far only, unanimous All-American in UTEP football history.2012 NCAA Football Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf NCAA Schedule 2000 AP Mountain September 2 6:30 pm l y y Oklahoma 19 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma FSN 14–55 74,761 September 9 7:05 pm w SMU Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 37–20 31,483 September 16 7:00 pm l y y Texas A&M Kyle Field College Station, TX 17–45 69,184 September 23 7:05 pm w Hawaii Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 39–7 36,637 September 30 7:05 pm w y New Mexico State Sun Bowl El Paso, TX Battle of I-10 41–31 50,068 October 7 5:00 pm w y Tulsa Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK KKWB 40–7 18,689 October 14 7:00 pm w y San Jose State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA KKWB 47–30 13,274 October 21 7:05 pm w y Fresno State Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 23–13 50,085 November 4 1:00 pm w y Nevada Mackay Stadium Reno, NV 45–22 15,249 November 11 7:05 pm w Rice Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 38–21 53,304 November 18 1:00 pm l y TCU 15 Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX FSN 14–47 41,068 December 28 11:30 am l y y Boise State Bronco Stadium Boise, ID Humanitarian Bowl ESPN2 23–38 26,203 Football: 2000 Results http://www.utepathletics.com/football/00fbresults.htm University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics October 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20020616041414/http://www.utepathletics.com/football/00fbresults.htm June 16, 2002 dead Roster 2000 UTEP Miners f 7 Jr Lee Mays WR y 13 Jr Wes Phillips QB y 87 Sr Brian Natkin TE y 32 Fr Josh Wheat RB 47 So Jon Dorenbos LS y *Gary Nord 2015-12-20 References UTEP Category:UTEP Miners football seasons Category:Western Athletic Conference football champion seasons UTEP Miners football