2000 Michigan State Spartans football team

American college football season

2000 Michigan State Spartans football

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

* Bobby Williams (1st season)

Offensive coordinator| Morris Watts (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Bill Miller (2nd season)
Home stadium| Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 AstroTurf)

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 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the first year for head coach Bobby Williams, who took over the program after previous head coach Nick Saban had left to take the head coaching position at Louisiana State University.

## Schedule

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

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September 9| 12:00 p.m.| Marshall*| No. 24|

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ESPN| W 34–24| 72,983
September 16| 7:00 p.m.| at Missouri*| No. 22|

* Faurot Field
* Columbia, MO

| FSN| W 13–10| 55,289
September 23| 3:30 p.m.| No. 16 Notre Dame*| No. 23|

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)

| ABC| W 27–21| 74,714
September 30| 12:00 p.m.| Northwestern| No. 18|

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ESPN+| L 17–37| 73,128
October 7| 12:00 p.m.| at Iowa| |

* Kinnick Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| ESPN+| L 16–21| 63,290
October 14| 12:00 p.m.| Wisconsin| |

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ESPN+| L 10–17| 74,863
October 21| 3:30 p.m.| at No. 16 Michigan| |

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)

| ABC| L 0–14| 111,514
October 28| 12:00 p.m.| Illinois| |

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ESPN| W 14–10| 73,826
November 4| 12:00 p.m.| at No. 16 Ohio State| |

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| ESPN| L 13–27| 98,406
November 11| 1:05 p.m.| No. 9 Purdue| |

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ABC| W 30–10| 74,624
November 18| 12:00 p.m.| at Penn State| |

* Beaver Stadium
* University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)

| ESPN+| L 23–42| 96,070

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

## Roster

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2000 Michigan State Spartans football team roster

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

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WR | `1` | Charles Rogers | Fr
RB | `8` | T. J. Duckett | So
QB | `9` | Jeff Smoker | Fr
OT | `74` | Tupe Peko | Sr
TE | `83` | Chris Baker | Jr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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CB | `15` | Renaldo Hill | Sr
LB | `35` | T. J. Turner | Sr
LB | `50` | Josh Thornhill | Jr
DT | `95` | Josh Shaw | Jr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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P | `12` | Craig Jarrett | Jr

Head coach

* Bobby Williams

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## Coaching staff

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* Bobby Williams - Head Coach
* Morris Watts - Offensive coordinator
* Reggie Mitchell - Running backs coach
* Don Treadwell - Wide receivers
* Jeff Stoutland - Offensive Line coach
* Bill Miller - Defensive coordinator
* Bill Sheridan - Linebackers coach
* Mark Dantonio - Defensive back coach
* Brad Lawing - Assistant
* Pat Perles - Assistant

## Rankings

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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| 25| 24| 24| 22| 23| 18| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
Coaches Poll| 22| 22| 23| 20| 20| 15| 25| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —
BCS| Not released| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| Not released

## 2001 NFL Draft

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The following players were selected in the 2001 NFL draft.

Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL Team

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Renaldo Hill | 7 | 202 | Cornerback | Arizona Cardinals
Tupe Peko | 7 | 217 | Guard | New York Jets
T. J. Turner | 7 | 239 | Outside Linebacker | New England Patriots

## References

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Michigan State Spartans football

Venues|

* Old College Field (1902–1922)
* Spartan Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Notre Dame
* Penn State

Culture & lore|

* Sparty
* "Victory for MSU"
* Marching band
* Zeke the Wonder Dog
* 1966 "Game of the Century"
* 2001 Michigan game
* 2006 Northwestern game
* Trouble With the Snap

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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