2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. The team played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. They were led by head coach Hal Mumme, who was fired after the end of the season.[1]

About Kentuckys 2000 Team

The 2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played there home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington Kentucky. They were led by head coach Hal Mumme, who was then fired at the end of the season for possible NCAA violations. Following Defensive Coordinator Mike Major. When recruiting season came around they had a total of 247 football commits which really helped out their team in the season.

Competition During the Season

During the season there was high competition in their roster. Even though they didn't stick with a strong winning record they had some very close challenging games. When looking at their season they played the Indiana Hoosiers on September 13th of 2000. These two teams have been one of Americas top football rivalry games other than the Louisville Cardinals. They had a big advantage since this game was played at Commonwealth Stadium. Last time the Wildcats had played the Hoosiers it was in 1893 in which they tied the game in Lexington at a score of 24. When they played in 2000 at Commonwealth stadium they had won with a score of 41-34.

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Kentucky Football Player Roster
Player[3] Class Pos Summary
Jared Lorenzen* FR QB 321 Cmp, 559 Att, 3687 Yds, 19 TD
Mark Perry SR QB 1 Cmp, 3 Att, 2 Yds, 0 TD
Chad Scott* FR RB 130 Att, 611 Yds, 4.7 Avg
Derek Homer* SR RB 38 Rec, 341 Yds, 9.0 Avg
Joel Bryan JR RB 1 Att, 4 Yds, 4.0 Avg
Artose Pinner SO RB 39 Att, 188 Yds, 4.8 Avg
Martez Johnson SO RB 15 Att, 61 Yds, 4.1 Avg
Kendrick Shanklin JR RB 4 Rec, 32 Yds, 8.0 Avg
Mike Kamphake SO RB
Quentin McCord* SR WR 45 Rec, 799 Yds, 17.8 Avg
Dougie Allen* JR WR 22 Rec, 315 Yds, 14.3 Avg
Ernest Simms WR 10 Rec, 168 Yds, 16.8 Avg
Derek Abney FR WR 40 Rec, 413 Yds, 10.3 Avg
Bobby Blizzard SO WR 23 Rec, 199 Yds, 8.7 Avg
Jimmy Robinson SR WR 9 Rec, 110 Yds, 12.2 Avg
Neal Brown SO WR 8 Rec, 38 Yds, 4.8 Avg
Anthony Kelly WR 8 Rec, 64 Yds, 8.0 Avg
Mike Beirne JR WR 2 Rec, 28 Yds, 14.0 Avg
Gary Hughes JR WR 2 Rec, 3 Yds, 1.5 Avg
Alex Herman SR WR 1 Rec, 0 Yds, 0.0 Avg
Brad Pyatt SO WR 1 Rec, 1 Yds, 1.0 Avg
Derek Smith* SO TE 49 Rec, 713 Yds, 14.6 Avg
Chase Harp SO TE 11 Rec, 134 Yds, 12.2 Avg
Eric Arling FR TE 1 Rec, 10 Yds, 10.0 Avg
Edgar Gantt SO TE
Matt Brown* OL
Keith Chatelain* OL
Antonio Hall* OL
Kip Sixberry* OL
Josh Parrish OL
Brandon Sanders SR K
Otis Grigsby* DL
Jeremy Caudill* DL
Matt Layow* DL
Dewayne Robertson* DL
Chris Demaree DL
John Robinson DL
Chris Gayton* LB
Marlon McCree* SR LB
Ryan Murphy* LB
Ronnie Riley LB
Willie Gary* SR DB
Kenneth Grant* DB
David Johnson* DB
Eric Kelly* SR DB
Octavius Bond DB
Derrick Tatum SO DB
Anthony Wajda JR DB
Seth Hanson JR P
Glenn Pakulak P

Statistics of the 2000 Kentucky Football Team
2000 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2000 record2–9 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (2nd as OC, 4th overall season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorMike Major (4th season)
Base defense4–2–5/4–4–3
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
(Capacity: 67,530)

Conference Record: 0-8 SEC

Points For: 254

Points/G: 23.1 (77th of 116)

Points Against: 383

Opp Pts/G: 34.8 (106th of 116)

SRS: -4.97 (81st of 116)

SOS: 5.12 (17th of 116)

2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida x$  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 19 South Carolina  5 –3   8 –4  
No. 20 Georgia  5 –3   8 –4  
Tennessee  5 –3   8 –4  
Vanderbilt  1 –7   3 –8  
Kentucky  0 –8   2 –9  
Western Division
No. 18 Auburn x  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 22 LSU  5 –3   8 –4  
Ole Miss  4 –4   7 –5  
No. 24 Mississippi State  4 –4   8 –4  
Arkansas  3 –5   6 –6  
Alabama  3 –5   3 –8  
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmat Louisville*
BBSNL 34–4042,510
September 91:30 pmSouth Florida*
W 27–963,821
September 166:00 pmIndiana*
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
ESPN2W 41–3470,776
September 233:30 pmat No. 3 Florida
CBSL 31–5985,319
September 307:00 pmat Ole Miss
L 17–3551,448
October 77:30 pmSouth Carolina
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
ESPN2L 17–2069,334
October 148:00 pmat LSU
PPVL 0–3485,664
October 2112:30 pmNo. 12 Georgia
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
JPSL 30–3468,565
November 41:30 pmNo. 18 Mississippi State
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
PPVL 17–3562,159
November 111:30 pmVanderbilt
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky (rivalry)
L 20–2458,117
November 1812:30 pmat Tennessee
JPSL 20–59106,437
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. "2000 Kentucky Wildcats Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. "Winsipedia - Indiana Hoosiers vs. Kentucky Wildcats football series history".
  3. "2000 Kentucky Wildcats Roster". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-12-01.


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