2000 Utah Utes football team

2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Colorado State $	6	–	1	10	–	2
Air Force	5	–	2	9	–	3
UNLV	4	–	3	8	–	5
BYU	4	–	3	6	–	6
New Mexico	3	–	4	5	–	7
Utah	3	–	4	4	–	7
San Diego State	3	–	4	3	–	8
Wyoming	0	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Ron McBride, the Utes compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the MW. Utah's record was the program's worst since McBride's first season, in 1990. The team played home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	Arizona*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	L 3–17	41,352
September 9	4:00 pm	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	KJZZ	L 21–24	43,500
September 16	6:00 pm	Washington State*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	L 21–38	38,814
September 23	5:00 pm	Air Force	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ABC	L 14–23	37,151
September 30	3:05 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	KSL	W 35–14	29,814
October 14	1:05 pm	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN Plus	W 21–7	17,498
October 21	5:00 pm	Colorado State	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	L 17–24	37,505
October 28	1:00 pm	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN Plus	L 3–10	21,366
November 4	1:00 pm	UNLV	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN Plus	W 38–16	34,842
November 11	4:00 pm	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	KJZZ	W 34–0	10,195
November 24	4:00 pm	BYU	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN	L 27–34	45,064
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Mountain time

2000 Utah Utes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`37`	Mbe Agbor	Sr
QB	`14`	Darnell Arceneaux	Sr
OT	`69`	Jordan Gross	So
TE	`85`	Matt Hansen	Fr
WR	`84`	Mark Henderson	Sr
OL	`60`	Alex Jacobsen	So
WR	`1`	Cliff Russell	Jr
WR	`7`	Steve Smith	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`99`	Justyn Boudreau	Fr
DE	`47`	Andy Bowers	Sr
DB	`21`	Andre Dyson	Sr
DE	`63`	Garrett Smith	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2000-11-09

Two players went in the 2001 NFL draft, including future pro bowler Steve Smith.

^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
^ "2000 Final Statistics". University of Utah Department of Athletics. June 28, 2001. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

v t e Utah Utes football
Venues	Cummings Field (1903–1926) Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997) Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah Utah pass
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold