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American college football season
The 2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the
Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at
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
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 2:30 pm |
Middle Tennessee* | No. 21 | | | W 35–6 | 35,032 |
September 9 | 9:00 pm | at
San Diego State* | No. 21 | |
ESPN2 | W 49–13 | 26,779 |
September 16 | 11:00 am |
California* | No. 19 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
|
ESPN | W 17–15 | 50,181 |
September 23 | 6:30 pm | No. 10
Michigan | No. 17 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (
rivalry)
| ESPN | L 31–35 | 72,524 |
September 30 | 11:00 am | at
Minnesota | No. 22 | | ESPN | L 10–44 | 44,462 |
October 14 | 1:00 pm |
Iowa | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| | W 31–0 | 62,639 |
October 21 | 11:00 am | at
Penn State | | | ESPN2 | L 25–39 | 96,475 |
October 28 | 11:00 am | at
Michigan State | | | ESPN | L 10–14 | 73,826 |
November 4 | 11:00 am |
Indiana | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
|
ESPN+ | W 42–35 | 54,283 |
November 11 | 3:00 pm | No. 13
Ohio State | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| ESPN | L 21–24 | 61,207 |
November 18 | 11:00 am | at No. 23
Northwestern | | | ESPN2 | L 23–61 | 40,658 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Central time
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Roster
2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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Injured
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Redshirt
Roster
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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 |
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AP | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches Poll | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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References
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Bowls & rivalries | |
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Culture & lore | |
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People | |
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Seasons | |
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National championship seasons in bold |