2000 UTEP Miners football team

2000 UTEP Miners football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Higgins (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Hoefer (1st season)
Home stadiumSun Bowl
2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 TCU +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
+   7 – 1     8 – 4  
Fresno State   6 – 2     7 – 5  
San Jose State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Tulsa   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Rice   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Hawaii   2 – 6     3 – 9  
SMU   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Nevada   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coachGary Nord, the Miners compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the WAC title with TCU. UTEP was invited to the Humanitarian Bowl, where the Miners lost to Boise State. The team played home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Brian Natkin became the first, and so far only, unanimous All-American in UTEP football history.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:30 pmat No. 19 Oklahoma*
FSNL 14–5574,761
September 97:05 pmSMU
W 37–2031,483
September 167:00 pmat Texas A&M*
L 17–4569,184
September 237:05 pmHawaii
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 39–736,637
September 307:05 pmNew Mexico State*
W 41–3150,068
October 75:00 pmat Tulsa
KKWBW 40–718,689
October 147:00 pmat San Jose State
KKWBW 47–3013,274
October 217:05 pmFresno State
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 23–1350,085
November 41:00 pmat Nevada
W 45–2215,249
November 117:05 pmRice
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 38–2153,304
November 181:00 pmat No. 15 TCU
FSNL 14–4741,068
December 2811:30 amvs. Boise State*
ESPN2L 23–3826,203
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[2]

Roster

2000 UTEP Miners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 7 Lee Mays Jr
QB 13 Wes Phillips Jr
TE 87 Brian Natkin Sr
RB 32 Josh Wheat Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 47 Jon Dorenbos So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records" (PDF). NCAA.
  2. ^ "Football: 2000 Results". University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 16, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
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