2000 Houston Cougars football team

The 2000 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 55th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Dana Dimel. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

2000 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceConference USA
Record3–8 (2–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPhil Davis (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Co-defensive coordinatorDick Bumpas (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMark Stoops (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Louisville $   6 1     9 3  
East Carolina   5 2     8 4  
Cincinnati   5 2     7 5  
Southern Miss   4 3     8 4  
UAB   3 3     7 4  
Tulane   3 4     6 5  
Memphis   2 5     4 7  
Houston   2 5     3 8  
Army   1 6     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27:00 pmat Rice*L 27–30 OT40,714
September 97:00 pmat LSU*L 13–2882,469[1]
September 167:00 pmArmyW 31–3025,112
September 236:00 pmat No. 15 Texas*FSNL 0–4881,592
September 307:00 pmSMU*
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX (rivalry)
W 17–1517,496
October 711:00 amat CincinnatiESPN PlusL 31–4817,647
October 217:00 pmat MemphisW 33–30 3OT26,662
October 282:30 pmNo. 14 Southern Miss 
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 3–617,565[2]
November 45:00 pmat TulaneL 23–4116,785
November 1111:00 amat East CarolinaFSNL 20–6233,339[3]
November 182:30 pmLouisville
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 13–323,006
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

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2000 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Joffrey Reynolds   So
WR 12 Jerrian James   Sr
QB 13 John Nicholson Fr
WR 14 Damien Montgomery Sr
QB 15 Bubba Teague   Fr
QB 16 Jason McKinley   Sr
WR 46 Harrison Arceneaux   Fr
OT 71 Josh Lovelady   Sr
OL 76 Rex Hadnot Fr
OL 77 Patrick Boatner   Jr
OL 79 Jabari Beauford   Jr
WR 80 Ethan Ross Jr
TE 80 Jarvis Cooper   Fr
TE 81 Travis Griffith Fr
WR 82 Brian Robinson   So
WR 83 KeyKowa Bell Jr
WR 84 Choni Francis Fr
TE 85 Stephen Cucci So
WR 86 Mark Hopkins Fr
TE 87 Jonathan Pritchett Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 5 Hanik Milligan So
DB 22 Emile White Sr
DB 24 Jason Parker Jr
DB 25 Jesse Grove Fr
DB 26 Reggie Medlock   So
DB 27 Frederick Conley   Sr
DB 28 Marcus Smith   Sr
DL 91 Nikia Adderston Sr
DL 92 Adrian Lee Jr
DL 93 Josh Tubbs   Fr
DL 94 Kevin Payne Jr
DL 95 Bryan Hill Jr
DL 96 Robin Tremblay   Jr
DL 97 Ryan Alvey   Jr
DL 98 Rufus Williams   Jr
DL 99 Adrian Guerra Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 48 Jeff Patterson Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster
Last update: 2000-08-17

References

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  1. ^ "Houston falls to LSU in 28–13 road loss". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 10, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Hand it to the defense, Southern Miss hangs on to beat Houston". Hattiesburg American. October 29, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Early TDs enough for Pirates". The Charlotte Observer. November 12, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2000 Football Schedule". University of Houston Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2012.[permanent dead link]