2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football File:Northwestern wildcats CMKY 80 100 0 0.svg 150px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 8–4 6–2 Randy Walker 2nd Kevin Wilson 2nd SpreadESPN Connelly Bill The 25 most important games in college football's spread revolution https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29117122/the-25-most-important-games-college-football-spread-revolution May 5, 2020 January 9, 2025 4–3 Harold Blackmonhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=9 Year-by-Year Results 2007 150 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165052/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=9 March 16, 2019 live March 14, 2019 Conrad Emmerich Ryan Field Big Ten co-champion Alamo Bowl L 17—66 vs. Nebraska The 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Randy Walker, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the Big Ten title with Michigan and Purdue. Northwestern was invited to the Alamo Bowl, where the Wildcats lost to Nebraska. The team played home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois Schedule 2000 AP Central August 31 7:00 pm w y Northern Illinois Ryan Field Evanston, IL 35–17 23,352 September 9 12:00 pm w y Duke Ryan Field Evanston, IL 38–5 23,209 September 16 11:00 am l y y TCU 20 Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX FSN 14–41 30,796 September 23 11:00 am w y Wisconsin 7 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN Plus 47–44 2OT 78,597 September 30 11:00 am w y Michigan State 18 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN Plus 37–17 73,128 October 7 11:00 am w 22 Indiana Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN Plus 52–33 30,201 October 14 11:00 am l y 17 Purdue 21 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN 28–41 41,503 October 28 11:00 am w y 23 Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 41–35 59,004 November 4 2:30 pm w 21 Michigan 12 Ryan Field Evanston, IL rivalry ABC 54–51 47,130 November 11 11:00 am l y 12 Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA ESPN Plus 17–27 54,345 November 18 11:00 am w 23 Illinois Ryan Field Evanston, IL rivalry ESPN2 61–23 40,658 December 30 7:00 pm l y y 18 Nebraska 9 Alamodome San Antonio, TX Alamo Bowl ESPN 17–66 60,028 2000 Northwestern Football Season Rankings 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR 22 17 25 23 21 12 23 20 19 18 NR Coaches Poll 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR 24 18 NR NR 23 18 24 21 20 19 NR BCS 9 15 NR NR 15 NR NR NR NR Game summaries At Minnesota 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team Personnel 2000 Northwestern Wildcats f 20 Sr Damien Anderson RB y 34 So Louis Ayeni WR 67 Sr Leon Brockmeier OL 77 Sr Lance Clelland OL 19 So Matt Danielson QB 15 Jr David Farman TE 85 So Ronnie Foster WR Sr Teddy Johnson WR Fr Roger Jordan WR 62 So Austin King C y 10 Sr Zak Kustok QB y Jr Kevin Lawrence RB Fr Gilles Lezi RB 66 Fr Steve Natali OL 86 Fr El Da’Sheon Nix WR 17 Jr Steve Parker WR 80 So Kunle Patrick WR 73 So Jeff Roehl OT y So Jon Schweighardt WR 32 Jr Sam Simmons Sam Simmons (American football) WR y Mike Souza OL Fr Torri Stuckey RB Sr Derrick Thompson WR So Eric Worley TE Fr Jason Wright RB 2 Jr Kevin Bentley LB y 6 Sr Harold Blackmon CB C y 7 Fr Ray Bogenrief DE 25 Sr Marvin Brown DB 5 So Vincent Cartava LB 98 So Pete Chapman DL 92 Sr Javiar Collins DT y 27 Jr Raheem Covington DB 3 So Pat Durr LB Conrad Emmerich DL 8 Sr Napoleon Harris LB y 95 Sr Dwayne Missouri DE y Rashad Morton DB Jr Billy Silva LB Salem Simon DL Rashidi Wheeler DB Jr Sean Wieber DB Fr Brian Huffman K 39 Sr Tim Long K Sr J.J. Standring P https://web.archive.org/web/20010305024217/http://fareastwildcat.com:80/Webroster.html *Randy Walker 2001-03-05 References Northwestern Category:Northwestern Wildcats football seasons Northwestern Wildcats football Category:Long stubs with short prose