2000_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team

2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football
2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 49–38 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	7–5 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Don Nehlen (21st season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill Legg
Defensive coordinator	Steve Dunlap
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field; (Capacity: 63,500)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

The 2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2000 season was also Don Nehlen's final one in his coaching career. The Mountaineers finished the season 7–5, capped by a victory over Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl. The victory snapped the program's eight-game losing streak in bowl games.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	Noon	Boston College	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN	W 34–14	49,786
September 16	Noon	Maryland*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 30–17	53,007
September 23	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Miami (FL)	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	CBS	L 10–47	63,735
September 28	7:30 p.m.	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia	ESPN+	W 29–24	25,263
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Idaho*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	MSN	W 28–16	41,185
October 12	8:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy)	ESPN	L 20–48	56,272
October 21	Noon	No. 20 Notre Dame*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	CBS	L 28–42	64,424
November 4	Noon	Syracuse	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	ESPN+	L 27–31	51,422
November 11	Noon	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	W 31–24 ^2OT	16,791
November 18	Noon	East Carolina*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN	W 42–24	40,389
November 24	2:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh (Backyard Brawl)	CBS	L 28–38	46,569
December 28	4:00 p.m.	vs. Ole Miss*	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 49–38	47,119
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $	7	–	0	11	–	1
No. 6 Virginia Tech	6	–	1	11	–	1
Pittsburgh	4	–	3	7	–	5
Syracuse	4	–	3	6	–	5
Boston College	3	–	4	7	–	5
West Virginia	3	–	4	7	–	5
Temple	1	–	6	4	–	7
Rutgers	0	–	7	3	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll