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2000 Texas Longhorns football team

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2000 Texas Longhorns football

Holiday Bowl, L 30–35 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese (3rd season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No.9Kansas Statexy	6	–	2	11	–	3
No.8Nebraskax	6	–	2	10	–	2
No.25Iowa State	5	–	3	9	–	3
Colorado	3	–	5	3	–	8
Kansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Missouri	2	–	6	3	–	8
South Division
No.1Oklahoma x$#	8	–	0	13	–	0
No.12Texas	7	–	1	9	–	3
Texas A&M	5	–	3	7	–	5
Texas Tech	3	–	5	7	–	6
Oklahoma State	1	–	7	3	–	8
Baylor	0	–	8	2	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiuminAustin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown.

Schedule[edit]

Texas finished with a 7–1 record in conference play, Mack Brown's best conference record yet. Their only conference loss came to Oklahoma, which was both conference and national champion. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and were defeated by #8 Oregon in the 2000 Holiday Bowl, 35–30.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	11:30 a.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette*	No. 6	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSSW	W 52–10	80,017^[1]
September 16	9:15 p.m.	atStanford*	No. 5	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	L 24–27	43,970^[1]
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 15	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 48–0	81,592^[1]
September 30	11:00 a.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 13	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 42–7	81,692^[1]
October 7	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 10Oklahoma	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	L 14–63	75,587^[1]
October 14	2:30 p.m.	atColorado	No. 25	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 28–14	52,030^[1]
October 21	1:30 p.m.	Missouri		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 46–12	82,892^[1]
October 28	11:30 a.m.	Baylor	No. 22	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 48–14	83,092^[1]
November 4	6:00 p.m.	atTexas Tech	No. 20	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs)	FSN	W 29–17	53,027^[1]
November 11	1:00 p.m.	atKansas	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 51–16	27,200^[1]
November 24	2:30 p.m.	No. 22Texas A&M	No. 12	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 43–17	84,012^[1]
December 29	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 8Oregon*	No. 12	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 30–35	63,278^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source:^[2]

Roster[edit]

2000 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Chris Simms	So
WR	`4`	Roy Williams	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`40`	Cory Redding	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Mack Brown

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	7(1)	7(2)	6(2)	5(2)	15	13	11	25	—	22	20	19	14	12	12	12	12
Coaches Poll	8	8	8	6	15	13	10	23	21	20	20	19	15	13	12	12	12
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	14	12	12	12	Not released

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Texas–Austin Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2011.

^ "MackBrown-TexasFootball.com - Official website of the Texas Longhorns - Texas Football". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

v t e Texas Longhorns football
Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma (Red River Rivalry) Rice TCU Texas A&M (Lone Star Showdown) Texas Tech
Culture & lore	History Brown years Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Longhorn Band The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2007 player suspensions 2008 Texas Tech game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 1 Second Left My All American
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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