2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2000 record5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorTom Bradley (1st season)
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium (c. 93,967; grass)
2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Purdue $+  6 –2   8 –4  
Northwestern +  6 –2   8 –4  
No. 11 Michigan +  6 –2   9 –3  
Ohio State  5 –3   8 –4  
No. 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

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Northwestern and Wisconsin this year.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 272:30 p.m.vs. No. 16 USC*No. 17
ABCL 5–2978,902
September 212:00 p.m.Toledo*
ESPN2L 6–2494,296
September 912:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 67–794,555[2]
September 163:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh*
CBSL 0–1261,221
September 2312:00 p.m.at No. 12 Ohio State
ABCL 6–4598,144
September 303:30 p.m.No. 19 Purdue
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 22–2096,023
October 712:00 p.m.at Minnesota
ESPN2L 16–2544,439
October 2112:00 p.m.Illinois
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 39–2596,475
October 287:00 p.m.vs. Indiana
ESPN2W 27–2443,122
November 412:00 p.m.Iowa
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+L 23–26 2OT95,437
November 1112:00 p.m.at No. 21 Michigan
ESPNL 11–33110,803
November 1812:00 p.m.Michigan State
ESPN+W 42–2396,070
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

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Rankings
See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP22————————————————
Coaches Poll17————————————————
BCSNot released———————Not released

Post season

NFL draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2001 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
3rd971Bhawoh JueFree safetyGreen Bay Packers
3rd1779Kareem McKenzieOffensive tackleNew York Jets
3rd3294James BoydStrong safetyJacksonville Jaguars
5th16147Tony StewartTight endPhiladelphia Eagles

References
  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. "Nittany Lions lay it on Louisiana Tech, 67–7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 10, 2000. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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