2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football
2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 49–38 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	7–5 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen (21st season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill Legg
Defensive coordinator	Steve Dunlap
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field; (Capacity: 63,500)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2000 season was also Don Nehlen's final one in his coaching career. The Mountaineers finished the season 7–5, capped by a victory over Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl. The victory snapped the program's eight-game losing streak in bowl games.

2000 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $	7	–	0	11	–	1
No. 6 Virginia Tech	6	–	1	11	–	1
Pittsburgh	4	–	3	7	–	5
Syracuse	4	–	3	6	–	5
Boston College	3	–	4	7	–	5
West Virginia	3	–	4	7	–	5
Temple	1	–	6	4	–	7
Rutgers	0	–	7	3	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	W 34–14	49,786
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Maryland*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West WV (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 30–17	53,007
September 23	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Miami (FL)	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	CBS	L 10–47	63,735
September 28	7:30 p.m.	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN Plus	W 29–24	25,263
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Idaho*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, QV	MSN	W 28–16	41,185
October 12	8:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–48	56,272
October 21	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Notre Dame*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	CBS	L 28–42	64,424
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ESPN Plus	L 27–31	51,422
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN Plus	W 31–24 ^2OT	16,791
November 18	12:00 p.m.	East Carolina*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	W 42–24	40,389	^[1]
November 24	2:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	CBS	L 28–38	46,569
December 28	4:00 p.m.	vs. Ole Miss*	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 49–38	47,119	^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`22`	Avon Cobourne	So
RB, LB	`34`	Corey McIntyre	Jr
FB	`40`	Wes Ours	Sr
OT	`77`	Lance Nimmo	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`41`	Chris Edmonds	Sr
DT	`87`	Antwan Lake	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Don Nehlen

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

References

^ "Motivated WVU coasts to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 19, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mountaineers win one for coach, top Ole Miss in Music City Bowl". The Courier-Journal. December 29, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "Motivated WVU coasts to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 19, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Mountaineers win one for coach, top Ole Miss in Music City Bowl". The Courier-Journal. December 29, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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