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2000 UTEP Miners football team

The 2000 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Nord. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas.

2000 UTEP Miners football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPatrick Higgins (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Hoefer (1st season)
Home stadiumSun Bowl Stadium
(Capacity: 51,500)
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

During the 2000 season Brian Natkin became the first, and so far only, unanimous All-American in UTEP football history.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:30 pmat No. 19 Oklahoma*
FSNL 14–5574,761
September 97:05 pmSMU
W 37–2031,483
September 167:00 pmat Texas A&M*
L 17–4569,184
September 237:05 pmHawaii
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, Texas
W 39–736,637
September 307:05 pmNew Mexico State*
W 41–3150,068
October 75:00 pmat Tulsa
KKWBW 40–718,689
October 147:00 pmat San Jose State
KKWBW 47–3013,274
October 217:05 pmFresno State 
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, Texas
W 23–1350,085
November 41:00 pmat Nevada
W 45–2215,249
November 117:05 pmRice
  • Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, Texas
W 38–2153,304
November 181:00 pmat No. 15 TCU
FSNL 14–4741,068
December 2811:30 amvs. Boise State*
ESPN2L 23–3826,203
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[2]

Roster

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2000 UTEP Miners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 7 Lee Mays Jr
QB 13 Wes Phillips Jr
TE 87 Brian Natkin Sr
RB 32 Josh Wheat Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 47 Jon Dorenbos So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records" (PDF). NCAA.
  2. ^ "Football: 2000 Results". University of Texas–El Paso Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 16, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2012.


 

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