The 2000 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. This was Connecticut's first season competing at the NCAA Division I-A, having transitioned from NCAA Division I-AA, where they were a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Huskies competed as a transitional member as they increased the scholarship count to the Division I-A level of 85. Led by Randy Edsall in his second year as head coach, Connecticut finished the season with a record of 3–8.
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 3–8 |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Dave Warner (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Nick Rapone (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Notre Dame % | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | – | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | – | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | – | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | – | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | – | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | 7:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | CPTV | L 25–32 | 11,148 | ||
September 9 | 7:00 pm | Colgate | W 27–7 | 16,632 | [1] | ||
September 16 | 7:00 pm | at Buffalo | CPTV | W 24–21 | 13,678 | ||
September 23 | 1:30 pm | Northeastern |
| L 27–35 | 16,549 | ||
September 30 | 7:00 pm | at Louisville | L 22–41 | 38,121 | |||
October 7 | 12:00 pm | at Boston College | NESN | L 3–55 | 35,383 | ||
October 21 | 7:00 pm | at Akron | W 38–35 | 6,467 | |||
October 28 | 1:30 pm | South Florida |
| ESPN Plus | L 13–21 | 16,585 | |
November 4 | 12:30 pm | Middle Tennessee |
| L 10–66 | 11,115 | ||
November 11 | 12:30 pm | Rhode Island |
| L 21–26 | 9,951 | ||
November 18 | 1:00 pm | at Ball State | L 0–29 | 10,195 | |||
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References
edit- ^ Price, Terry (October 10, 2000). "Tracey Airs It Out; UConn Has Colgate on the Run". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E1 – via Newspapers.com.