2000 Rice Owls football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDavid Lee (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (3rd as DC, 7th overall season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium
(Capacity: 70,000)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 TCU +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
UTEP +   7 – 1     8 – 4  
Fresno State   6 – 2     7 – 5  
San Jose State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Tulsa   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Rice   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Hawaii   2 – 6     3 – 9  
SMU   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Nevada   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmHouston*
W 30–27 OT40,714
September 711:00 amat No. 3 Michigan*
ESPN+L 7–38109,778
September 162:30 pmTulsa
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
FSNL 16–2310,868
September 2311:30 amat No. 17 Oklahoma*
FSNL 14–4274,794
September 302:30 pmat San Jose State
FSNL 16–296,743
October 56:00 pmFresno State
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
FSNL 24–2710,384
October 212:30 pmHawaii
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
FSNW 38–1322,521
October 282:00 pmat No. 11 TCU
L 0–3730,762
November 42:00 pmSMUdagger
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston
W 43–1411,418
November 118:05 pmat UTEP
L 21–3853,304
November 182:05 pmat Nevada
L 28–3413,482
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. ^ "2000 News Releases". Rice University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.


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