2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football
2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Turner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Kish (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

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.

2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 pm	Middle Tennessee*	No. 21	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 35–6	35,032
September 9	9:00 pm	at San Diego State*	No. 21	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	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	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	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		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	L 25–39	96,475
October 28	11:00 am	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 10–14	73,826
November 4	11:00 am	Indiana		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	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		Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	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

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

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