2000 Rice Owls football team

2000 Rice Owls football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Lee (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (3rd as DC, 7th overall season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium
(Capacity: 70,000)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 TCU +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
UTEP +   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 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmHouston*
W 30–27 OT40,714
September 711:00 amat No. 3 Michigan*
ESPN+L 7–38109,778
September 162:30 pmTulsa
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
FSNL 16–2310,868
September 2311:30 amat No. 17 Oklahoma*
FSNL 14–4274,794
September 302:30 pmat San Jose State
FSNL 16–296,743
October 56:00 pmFresno State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
FSNL 24–2710,384
October 212:30 pmHawaii
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
FSNW 38–1322,521
October 282:00 pmat No. 11 TCU
L 0–3730,762
November 42:00 pmSMUdagger
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
W 43–1411,418
November 118:05 pmat UTEP
L 21–3853,304
November 182:05 pmat Nevada
L 28–3413,482
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. ^ "2000 News Releases". Rice University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.


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