2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Ron Turner (4th season)

Offensive coordinator| Ron Turner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Tim Kish (4th season)
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1999

2001 ->

2000 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 13 Purdue $+  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Northwestern \+  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 11 Michigan \+  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Ohio State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 23 Wisconsin |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Minnesota |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Penn State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Iowa |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Illinois |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Michigan State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Indiana |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |

* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his fourth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–6 and failed to make a bowl game.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 2| 2:30 pm| Middle Tennessee*| No. 21|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | W 35–6| 35,032
September 9| 9:00 pm| at San Diego State*| No. 21|

* Qualcomm Stadium
* San Diego, CA

| ESPN2| W 49–13| 26,779
September 16| 11:00 am| California*| No. 19|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN| W 17–15| 50,181
September 23| 6:30 pm| No. 10 Michigan| No. 17|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| ESPN| L 31–35| 72,524
September 30| 11:00 am| at Minnesota| No. 22|

* Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
* Minneapolis, MN

| ESPN| L 10–44| 44,462
October 14| 1:00 pm| Iowa| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | W 31–0| 62,639
October 21| 11:00 am| at Penn State| |

* Beaver Stadium
* University Park, PA

| ESPN2| L 25–39| 96,475
October 28| 11:00 am| at Michigan State| |

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ESPN| L 10–14| 73,826
November 4| 11:00 am| Indiana| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN+| W 42–35| 54,283
November 11| 3:00 pm| No. 13 Ohio State| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN| L 21–24| 61,207
November 18| 11:00 am| at No. 23 Northwestern| |

* Ryan Field
* Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

| ESPN2| L 23–61| 40,658

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

## Roster[edit]

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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RB | `34` | Jameel Cook | Sr
G | `64` | David Diehl | So
QB | `15` | Kurt Kittner | Jr
WR | `17` | Greg Lewis | So
WR | `6` | Brandon Lloyd | So
WR | `86` | Aaron Moorehead | So
OT | `59` | Marques Sullivan | Sr
TE | `87` | Josh Whitman | Sr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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DE | `99` | Fred Wakefield | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LS | `51` | Nathan Hodel | Sr

Head coach

* Ron Turner

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Craig Ver Steeg (QB/RC)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## Rankings[edit]

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| Final
AP| 21| 21| 21| 19| 19| 24| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
Coaches Poll| 21| 20| 21| 19| 17| 22| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
BCS| Not released| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| Not released

## References[edit]

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues|

* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Illibuck Trophy
* Purdue

Culture & lore|

* Illinois Loyalty
* "Oskee Wow-Wow"
* Marching Illini
* Gene Honda
* Fighting Illini Sports Network
* Chief Illiniwek
* 1960s slush fund scandal
* 2019 Wisconsin game
* 2021 Penn State game

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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