2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Nebraska Cornhuskers logo, 1992–2003.svg 150 Big 12 Conference North Division Big 12 7 8 10–2 6–2 Frank Solich 3rd I formation Craig Bohl 1st 4–3 Memorial Stadium Big 12 North co-championAlamo Bowl champion Alamo Bowl W 66–17 vs. Northwestern The 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Solich, the Cornhuskers compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the Big 12's North Division with Kansas State. By virtue of a head-to-head loss to the Wildcats, Nebraska was left out of the Big 12 Championship Game. The Cornhuskers were invited to the Alamo Bowl, where they defeated Northwestern. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhusker's 2000 Red-White spring game featured Nebraska's first (and currently only) female player: KaLena "Beanie" Barnes, a senior sprinter for Nebraska's women's track-and-field teams, played in spring practice as a punter and recorded one 35-yard punt.https://apnews.com/9a14b3ea2f9b3e01b7548ce86703ecb0 Nebraska Woman Makes Football DEebut Doug Alden April 15, 2000 January 30, 2017 Associated Press NewsApril 15, 2000 Kicking at stereotypes Nando Times January 30, 2017 http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/ap/fbo/1995/col/b12/arts/041500/b1234814.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010627013559/http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/ap/fbo/1995/col/b12/arts/041500/b1234814.html June 27, 2001 Associated Press Dave Weaverhttps://www.huskermax.com/games/2000/springstats.html Box Score (Final): WHITE TEAM vs RED TEAM (Apr 15, 2000 at Lincoln, Nebraska) January 30, 2017 HuskerMax She did not stay with the team for the regular season. Schedule 2000 AP Central September 2 11:30 am w y 1 San José State Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV 49–13 77,728 September 9 1:30 pm w y y 1 Notre Dame 23 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry, College GameDay NBC 27–24 OT 80,232 September 23 2:30 pm w y 1 Iowa Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry ABC 42–13 78,070 September 30 6:00 pm w 1 Missouri Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry FSN 42–24 77,744 October 7 2:30 pm w y 2 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA rivalry ABC 49–27 50,074 October 14 6:00 pm w y 1 Texas Tech Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX FSN 56–3 48,961 October 21 1:00 pm w 1 Baylor Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE 59–0 77,959 October 28 11:00 am l y 1 Oklahoma 3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK rivalry College GameDay ABC 14–31 75,989 November 4 2:30 pm w y 5 Kansas Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry ABC 56–17 78,096 November 11 6:00 pm l y 4 Kansas State 16 KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry FSN 28–29 53,811 November 24, 2000 11:00 am w 10 Colorado Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry ABC 34–32 77,672 December 30 7:00 pm w y y 9 Northwestern 18 Alamodome San Antonio, TX Alamo Bowl ESPN 66–17 60,028 http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=3&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404134349/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=3&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2000 dead April 4, 2012 Football – 2000 Schedule/Results May 15, 2009 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department Rankings 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 1 (36) 1 (35) 1 (39) 1 (41) 1 (43) 1 (39) 2 (28) 1 (67) 1 (66) 1 (67) 5 4 10 9 10 9 8 Coaches 0 16 1 (36) 1 (40) 1 (43) 1 (48) 1 (44) 1 (44) 1 (37) 1 (53) 1 (57) 1 (58) 6 5 10 8 9 8 7 BCS 9 15 1 4 4 8 8 8 8 Game summaries San Jose State San Jose State at Nebraska San José State Nebraska 6 0 7 0 14 14 14 7 September 2 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 77,728 Warren Swain (play-by-play) & Adrian Fiala (color) PPV Notre Dame Nebraska at Notre Dame Nebraska Notre Dame 7 7 7 0 6 0 7 7 7 3 September 9 Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, Indiana CST 80,232 Craig Minervini (play-by-play), Pat Haden (color) & Bob Wischusen (sideline) NBC Iowa Iowa at Nebraska [box score] Iowa Nebraska 7 6 0 0 7 14 7 14 September 23 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 78,070 Sean McDonough (play-by-play) & Ed Cunningham (color) ABC Missouri Missouri at Nebraska [box score] Missouri Nebraska 7 7 10 0 7 21 7 7 September 30 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 77,744 Ron Thulin (play-by-play), James Lofton (color) & Eric Clemons (sideline) FSN Iowa State Nebraska at Iowa State Nebraska Iowa State 0 13 8 28 7 7 6 7 October 7 Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa CST 50,074 Chip Tarkenton (play-by-play) & Reggie Rivers (color) ABC Texas Tech Nebraska at Texas Tech Nebraska Texas Tech 14 14 7 21 0 0 3 0 October 14 Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas CST 48,961 Ron Thulin (play-by-play), James Lofton (color) & Eric Clemons (sideline) FSN Baylor Baylor at Nebraska Baylor Nebraska 0 0 0 0 38 14 7 0 October 21 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 77,959 Oklahoma Nebraska at Oklahoma Nebraska Oklahoma 14 0 0 0 0 24 7 0 October 19 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma CST 75,989 Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bob Griese (color) & Lynn Swann (sideline) ABC Kansas Kansas at Nebraska Kansas Nebraska 0 3 0 14 21 14 14 7 November 4 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 78,096 Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bob Griese (color) & Lynn Swann (sideline) ABC Kansas State Nebraska at Kansas State Nebraska Kansas State 14 0 0 14 7 10 6 6 November 11 KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas CST 53,811 Ron Thulin (play-by-play), James Lofton (color) & Eric Clemons (sideline) FSN Colorado Colorado at Nebraska [box score] Colorado Nebraska 0 10 7 15 14 0 7 13 November 24 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 77,672 Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bob Griese (color) & Lynn Swann (sideline) ABC Northwestern Nebraska vs Northwestern Nebraska Northwestern 7 31 21 7 3 14 0 0 December 30 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas CST 60,028 Dave Barnett (play-by-play), Bill Curry (color), Mike Golic (color) & Michele Tafoya (sideline) ESPN Personnel Roster 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers y Matt Albertson 40 IB SO Dan Alexander 38 IB S y Dan Alexander (Arena football) Steve Altstadt 64 OG J Jake Andersen 70 OG F Tom Beveridge 20 SE S Jon Bowling 84 TE SO Correll Buckhalter 36 IB S y Joe Chrisman 11 QB SO Wes Cody 59 OG SO Thunder Collins 1 IB J Kelly Cook 32 SE RF Ben Cornelsen 81 WB SO Eric Crouch 7 QB J y Will Dabbert 82 TE SO Judd Davies 4 FB RF Josh Davis 27 IB RF Matt Davison 3 SE S Jon Dawson 50 OG F Dahrran Diedrick 30 IB SO y Mike Erickson 78 OG F M.J. Flaum 64 OT F Toniu Fonoti 77 OG SO y John Garrison 52 C SO John Gibson 8 WB S Aaron Golliday 99 TE SO Nick Gragert 49 FB J Tim Green 72 OT RF DeAntae Grixby 6 IB SO Seth Gutz 80 SE S Andy Gwennap 62 OG SO Brian Hale 71 OG RF Troy Hassebroek 89 WB SO Russ Hochstein 55 OG S y Jason Jisa 34 SE F Trevor Johnson 88 TE RF y Trevor Johnson (American football) Paul Kastl 37 FB SO Dusty Keiser 42 TE F John Klem 19 WB SO Scott Koethe 73 OT SO Kyle Kollmorgen 75 OT J David Kolowski 74 C SO Nate Kolterman 67 OT SO Steve Kriewald 39 FB F Tim Liley 28 SE RF Jack Limbaugh 63 OG RF Brett Lindstrom 14 QB RF DeWayne Long 5 WB F Chris Loos 76 OG RF Jammal Lord 10 QB RF y Luke McGowan 33 WB RF Jake McKee 90 TE S Ryan Mikluscak 16 SE F Robin Miller 21 IB RF Willie Miller 15 FB S John Murphy 45 TE S Brian Nelson 63 OT RF Bobby Newcombe 12 WB S y Jack O'Holleran 24 WB F Ryan Ommert 23 SE RF Matt Plooster 83 WB RF Nick Povendo 69 OT F Dominic Raiola 54 C J y Tim Reese 47 IB RF Jon Rutherford 66 OG J Chris Saalfeld 79 OG S Jason Schwab 65 OT GS Chris Septak 85 TE F Matt Shook 53 C SO Dan Swantek 56 OG SO Wilson Thomas 9 SE SO Fred Thorne 31 SE RF Curtis Tomasevicz 48 FB F y Curtis Tomasevicz Dan Vili Waldrop 68 OT RF Cody Volk 57 OT RF Dave Volk 58 OT J Kiffin Wigert 91 SE F Andy Wingender 25 FB F Tracey Wistrom 87 TE J Ben Zajicek 2 WB F Demoine Adams 98 RE SO y Willie Amos 27 ROV F Josh Anderson 28 RCB S Rod Baker 41 SLB S Ryon Bingham 59 NT RF y Rob Blomeier 22 ROV RF Mic Boettner 29 ROV J Dion Booker 14 FS J Manaia Brown RE F Brad Bryan 49 SLB RF Chad Buller 39 WLB F Dan Burrow 43 FS F Jamie Burrow 48 MLB J Terrell Butler 4 LCB F Jon Clanton 55 NT SO Shaun Coleman MLB F Ira Cooper 27 SLB F Jon Coyne 35 MLB J Keyuo Craver 3 LCB J y Tim Demerath 32 ROV J Mike Demps 2 ROV SO Ty Dilts 46 RE SO Chris Estudillo 88 RE RF Clint Finley 19 FS S y Eric Fischer 38 FS S Gabe Fries 53 SLB SO Taylor Gehman 1 ROV SO DeJuan Groce 5 RCB SO y Matt Grummert 97 RE S Kevin Guse 26 LCB RF Jeff Hemje 18 LCB J Anthony Hoke 51 SLB RF T.J. Hollowell 40 SLB F y Lannie Hopkins 40 WLB F Matt Ickes 24 RCB J Joel Jackson 36 LCB F Blanchard Johnson 23 WLB RF Patrick Kabongo 94 DT RF y Loran Kaiser 91 DT S Chris Kelsay 57 RE SO y Jason Lohr 70 NT J Jason Long 44 MLB F Mike Makris 54 MLB RF Stephen Manning 79 DT SO Jeff McBride 76 RE F Dwayne McClary 33 LCB S Matt McGinn 71 DT J Lornell McPherson 6 RCB F Tim Miller 58 WLB RF Brandon Mooberry 93 RE S Don Neal 21 RCB RF Casey Nelson 85 NT J Jamie Otto 25 CB F Phil Peetz 78 RE RF Jon Penny 44 SLB J Jerrell Pippens 31 FS RF y Carlos Polk 13 MLB S y Jason Richenberger 47 WLB F Pat Ricketts 28 RCB RF Kyle Ringenberg 86 RE SO Steve Safranek 50 MLB RF Ronjiel Sharpe 15 ROV RF Trevor Schade 45 DT F Carl Scholting 11 FS RF Scott Shanle 43 SLB SO y Jeremy Slechta 56 DT J Jemond Smith 45 WLB SO Justin Smith 92 RE SO Luke Smith MLB SO Randy Stella 34 WLB SO Erwin Swiney 16 RCB J y Junior Tagoa'i 96 NT RF Tony Tata 90 MLB SO Aaron Terpening 8 ROV SO Benard Thomas 52 RE F Kyle Vanden Bosch 83 RE S y Mark Vedral 9 WLB J Joe Walker 25 ROV S Treoun Walker 7 CB f Brian Wanish 65 NT S Adrian Warrior 99 RE SO Troy Watchorn 42 FS S Jay White 37 LCB SO J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann 95 RE J Wes Woodward 20 ROV J Josh Brown 26 PK SO y Josh Brown (American football) Sandro DeAngelis 22 PK F y Dan Hadenfeldt 17 P S Kyle Larson 18 P F y Kyle Larson (American football) Chace Long 10 PK S http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=2000 January 16, 2011 Frank Solich   3rd season   22nd year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl   1st season as DC/LB coach   9th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Turner Gill   9th season as QB coach   9th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown   14th season as WR/TE coach   14th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Brown Jeff Jamrog   1st season as DL coach   3rd year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Dan Young   18th season as OL/K coach   18th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir   27th season as OL coach   27th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes   4th season as RE coach   4th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington   DB coach   28th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie   3rd season as RB coach   12th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley   32nd season as S&C coach   32nd year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Depth chart Pro-Set 4–3 Yes No Yes Eric Crouch Jammal Lord Joe Chrisman Dan Alexander Correll Buckhalter Dahrran Diedrick Thunder Collins Willie Miller Judd Davies Paul Kastl Matt Davison Wilson Thomas Tom Beveridge Bobby Newcombe John Gibson Troy Hassebroek Tracey Wistrom Aaron Golliday Jon Bowling Trevor Johnson Dave Volk Chris Loos Scott Koethe Toniu Fonoti Dan V Waldrop Wes Cody Dominic Raiola Jon Rutherford Matt Shook Russ Hochstein Jon Dawson John Garrison Jason Schwab Kyle Kollmorgen Nate Kolterman Randy Stella Mark Vedral Jon Penny WILL Carlos Polk Jamie Burrow Tony Tata MIKE Scott Shanle T.J. Hollowell Rod Baker SAM Dion Booker Troy Watchorn Willie Amos Joe Walker Clint Finley Wes Woodward ROVER Keyuo Craver Pat Ricketts Dwayne McClary DeJuan Groce Erwin Swiney Jeff Hemje Kyle Vanden Bosch J.P. Wichmann Kyle Ringenberg Jason Lohr Jon Clanton Junior Tagoa'i. Loran Kaiser Jeremy Slechta Casey Nelson Chris Kelsay Demoine Adams Justin Smith Josh Brown Dan Hadenfeldt Joe Walker Bobby Newcombe 110 90 No Awards Award Name(s) Rimington Trophy Dominic Raiola Draddy Trophy Kyle Vanden Bosch Sports Illustrated All-Bowl Team Russ Hochstein All-American 1st Team Dominic Raiola, Carlos Polk, Russ Hochstein All-American 2nd Team Eric Crouch, Tracey Wistrom All-Big 12 1st team Dan Alexander, Keyuo Craver, Toniu Fonoti, Dan Hadenfeldt, Russ Hochstein, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Tracey Wistrom All-Big 12 2nd team Eric Crouch All-Big 12 3rd team Troy Watchorn All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Correll Buckhalter, Matt Davison, Bobby Newcombe, Dave Volk NFL and pro players The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2000 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.All Time NFL Huskers http://nflhuskers.com/alltime.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090815013540/http://nflhuskers.com/alltime.html August 15, 2009 live May 15, 2009 Name Team Demoine Adams Edmonton Eskimos Dan Alexander Tennessee Titans Ryon Bingham San Diego Chargers Josh Brown Seattle Seahawks Correll Buckhalter Philadelphia Eagles Eric Crouch St. Louis Rams Keyuo Craver New Orleans Saints Josh Davis New York Jets Clint Finley Kansas City Chiefs Toniu Fonoti San Diego Chargers Aaron Golliday Scottish Claymores DeJuan Groce St. Louis Rams Russ Hochstein Tampa Bay Buccaneers T. J. Hollowell New York Giants Trevor Johnson New York Jets Patrick Kabongo Detroit Lions Chris Kelsay Buffalo Bills Kyle Larson Cincinnati Bengals Jammal Lord Houston Texans Bobby Newcombe Montreal Alouettes Jerrell Pippens Chicago Bears Carlos Polk San Diego Chargers Dominic Raiola Detroit Lions Scott Shanle St. Louis Rams Jeremy Slechta Philadelphia Eagles Erwin Swiney Green Bay Packers Kyle Vanden Bosch Arizona Cardinals Joe Walker Tennessee Titans 2000 Husker Honors References Nebraska Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Category:Alamo Bowl champion seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football