2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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2000
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:30 pm
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
  • W 35–635,032
    September 99:00 pmat
    Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
  • ESPN2W 49–1326,779
    September 1611:00 amCalifornia*No. 19
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    ESPNW 17–1550,181
    September 236:30 pmNo. 10 MichiganNo. 17
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    ESPNL 31–3572,524
    September 3011:00 amat MinnesotaNo. 22ESPNL 10–4444,462
    October 141:00 pmIowadagger
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    W 31–062,639
    October 2111:00 amat
    University Park, PA
    ESPN2L 25–3996,475
    October 2811:00 amat
    Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
  • ESPNL 10–1473,826
    November 411:00 amIndiana
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    ESPN+W 42–3554,283
    November 113:00 pmNo. 13 Ohio State
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    ESPNL 21–2461,207
    November 1811:00 amat No. 23 NorthwesternESPN2L 23–6140,658
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Roster

    2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    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
    DE 99 Fred Wakefield Sr
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    LS 51 Nathan Hodel Sr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
    Week
    PollPre123456789101112131415Final
    AP
    212121191924
    Coaches Poll212021191722
    BCSNot releasedNot released

    References