2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2000 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten Co-Champions
Alamo Bowl, L 17–66 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2000 record	8–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker
Offensive scheme	Spread
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)

2000 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 Michigan +		6	–	2		9	–	3
#13 Purdue $+		6	–	2		8	–	4
Northwestern +		6	–	2		8	–	4
Ohio State		5	–	3		8	–	4
#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

The 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	Northern Illinois*		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		W 35–17	23,352
September 9	12:00 PM	Duke*		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		W 38–5	23,209
September 16	11:00 AM	at No. 20 TCU*		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	FSN	L 14–41	30,796
September 23	11:00 AM	at No. 7 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 47–44	78,597
September 30	11:00 AM	at No. 18 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 37–17	73,128
October 7	11:00 AM	Indiana	No. 22	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 52–33	30,201
October 14	11:00 AM	No. 21 Purdue	No. 17	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 28–41	41,503
October 28	11:00 AM	at Minnesota	No. 23	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 41–35	59,004
November 4	2:30 PM	No. 12 Michigan	No. 21	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ABC	W 54–51	47,130
November 11	11:00 AM	at Iowa	No. 12	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 17–27	54,345
November 18	11:00 AM	Illinois	No. 23	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN2	W 61–23	40,658
December 30	7:00 PM	vs. No. 9 Nebraska*	No. 18	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–66	60,028
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

↑ 2000 Northwestern Football Season

Northwestern Wildcats football

Venues	Northwestern Field (1905–1925) Ryan Field (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Notre Dame

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Go U Northwestern" Marching band 2006 Michigan State game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference	Wisconsin (1896) Wisconsin (1897) Michigan (1898) Chicago (1899) Iowa & Minnesota (1900) Michigan & Wisconsin (1901) Michigan (1902) Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903) Michigan & Minnesota (1904) Chicago (1905) Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906) Chicago (1907) Chicago (1908) Minnesota (1909) Illinois & Minnesota (1910) Minnesota (1911) Wisconsin (1912) Chicago (1913) Illinois (1914) Illinois & Minnesota (1915) Ohio State (1916) Ohio State (1917)

Big Ten	Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918) Illinois (1919) Ohio State (1920) Iowa (1921) Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922) Illinois & Michigan (1923) Chicago (1924) Michigan (1925) Michigan & Northwestern (1926) Illinois & Minnesota (1927) Illinois (1928) Purdue (1929) Michigan & Northwestern (1930) Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931) Michigan & Purdue (1932) Michigan & Minnesota (1933) Minnesota (1934) Minnesota & Ohio State (1935) Northwestern (1936) Minnesota (1937) Minnesota (1938) Ohio State (1939)

Big Nine	Minnesota (1940) Minnesota (1941) Ohio State (1942) Michigan & Purdue (1943) Ohio State (1944) Indiana (1945) Illinois (1946) Michigan (1947) Michigan (1948)

Big Ten	Michigan & Ohio State (1949) Michigan (1950) Illinois (1951) Purdue & Wisconsin (1952) Illinois & Michigan State (1953) Ohio State (1954) Ohio State (1955) Iowa (1956) Ohio State (1957) Iowa (1958) Wisconsin (1959) Minnesota & Iowa (1960) Ohio State (1961) Wisconsin (1962) Illinois (1963) Michigan (1964) Michigan State (1965) Michigan State (1966) Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967) Ohio State (1968) Michigan & Ohio State (1969) Ohio State (1970) Michigan (1971) Michigan & Ohio State (1972) Michigan & Ohio State (1973) Michigan & Ohio State (1974) Ohio State (1975) Michigan & Ohio State (1976) Michigan & Ohio State (1977) Michigan & Michigan State (1978) Ohio State (1979) Michigan (1980) Iowa & Ohio State (1981) Michigan (1982) Illinois (1983) Ohio State (1984) Iowa (1985) Michigan & Ohio State (1986) Michigan State (1987) Michigan (1988) Michigan (1989) Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990) Michigan (1991) Michigan (1992) Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993) Penn State (1994) Northwestern (1995) Ohio State & Northwestern (1996) Michigan (1997) Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998) Wisconsin (1999) Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000) Illinois (2001) Ohio State & Iowa (2002) Michigan (2003) Iowa & Michigan (2004) Ohio State & Penn State (2005) Ohio State (2006) Ohio State (2007) Ohio State & Penn State (2008) Ohio State (2009) Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010) Wisconsin (2011) Wisconsin (2012) Michigan State (2013) Ohio State (2014) Michigan State (2015) Penn State (2016)

National championships in bold

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