2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the second season for head coach Kirk Ferentz.

2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–9 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen O'Keefe (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (2nd season)
MVPKevin Kasper
LeVar Woods
CaptainJason Baker
A. J. Blazek
Anthony Herron
Kevin Kasper
LeVar Woods
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,397)
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
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 261:00 pmvs. No. 8 Kansas State*
FSNL 7–2777,148
September 91:00 pmWestern Michigan*
L 21–2755,650
September 1611:00 amIowa State*
ESPN+L 14–2470,397
September 232:30 pmat No. 1 Nebraska*
ABCL 13–4278,070
September 306:00 pmat Indiana
ESPN+L 33–4531,225
October 711:00 amMichigan Statedagger
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
ESPN+W 21–1663,920
October 141:05 pmat Illinois
L 0–3162,639
October 2111:00 amNo. 14 Ohio State
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
ESPN+L 10–3860,495
October 2811:00 amWisconsin
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
ESPN+L 7–1362,560
November 411:00 amat Penn State
ESPN+W 26–23 2OT95,437
November 1111:00 amNo. 12 Northwestern
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
ESPN+W 27–1754,345
November 182:30 pmat Minnesota
ESPN+L 24–2754,387
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster
2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 16 Jon Beutjer Fr
QB 4 Kyle McCann Jr
QB 18 Scott Mullen Sr
RB 45 Jonathan Babineaux Fr
RB 46 Ladell Betts Jr
RB 40 Edgar Cervantes Fr
RB 15 Robbie Crockett Jr
RB 34 Aaron Greving Fr
RB 29 Jermelle Lewis  Fr
RB 32 Siaka Massaquoi Fr
RB 45 Henry Pollio Sr
RB 2 Fred Russell Fr
WR 88 Ryan Barton Sr
WR 9 Maurice Brown  Fr
WR 3 Kahlil Hill Jr
WR 87 Kevin Kasper Sr
WR 13 Ramon Ochoa Fr
WR 6 Chris Oliver Jr
TE 85 Robert Gallery  Fr
TE 35 Erik Jensen  Fr
TE 83 Kyle Trippeer Sr
OL 77 Sam Aiello Fr
OL 52 A. J. Blazek
OL 74 Alonzo Cunningham Jr
OL 70 Andy Lightfoot So
OL 72 Bruce Nelson So
OL 73 David Porter So
OL 56 Eric Steinbach So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 90 Jared Clauss Fr
DL 94 Colin Cole So
DL 99 Anthony Herron Sr
DL 48 Howard Hodges Fr
DL 54 Aaron Kampman Jr
DL 91 Jerry Montgomery Jr
DL 92 Derrick Pickens Jr
LB 51 Fred Barr So
LB 44 Dallas Clark  Fr
LB 37 Derrick Davison Sr
LB 39 Mike Dolezal Jr
LB 50 George Lewis  Fr
LB 30 Roger Meyer Jr
LB 42 Grant Steen Fr
LB 97 LeVar Woods Sr
LB 53 Kevin Worthy Fr
DB 8 Mikkel Brown Jr
DB 1 Tim Dodge So
DB 10 Shane Hall Jr
DB 14 Ryan Hansen Jr
DB 25 Derek Pagel So
DB 27 Robbertto Rickards Jr
DB 33 Bob Sanders Fr
DB 19 Benny Sapp Fr
DB 21 Matt Stockdale Jr
DB 26 Jeff Buch Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 95 Nate Kaeding Fr
K 24 Greg McLaughlin Sr
P 7 Jason Baker Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

vs. No. 8 Kansas State
Iowa vs. No. 8 Kansas State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 070 7
• No. 8 Wildcats 10 7010 27
Scoring summary
111:32KSUDavid Allen 1-yard run (Jamie Rheem kick)KSU 7–0
13:35KSUJamie Rheem 24-yard field goalKSU 10–0
20:19KSUQuincy Morgan 4-yard pass from Jonathan Beasley (Jamie Rheem kick)KSU 17–0
37:59IowaLadell Betts 1-yard run (Nate Kaeding kick)KSU 17–7
45:03KSUJonathan Beasley 8-yard run (Jamie Rheem kick)KSU 24–7
41:38KSUJamie Rheem 39-yard field goalKSU 27–7
See also: 2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team and Eddie Robinson Classic

[1]

Western Michigan
See also: 2000 Western Michigan Broncos football team

[2]

Iowa State
See also: 2000 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

[3]

at No. 1 Nebraska
Iowa at No. 1 Nebraska
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 7 600 13
• No. 1 Cornhuskers 7 14714 42
Scoring summary
111:05IowaKevin Kasper 29-yard pass from Scott Mullen (Nate Kaeding kick)Iowa 7–0
17:40NebMatt Davison 31-yard pass from Eric Crouch (Josh Brown kick)Tied 7–7
211:01NebTracey Wistrom 12-yard pass from Eric Crouch (Josh Brown kick)Neb 14–7
28:40IowaNate Kaeding 40-yard field goalNeb 14–10
21:44IowaNate Kaeding 39-yard field goalNeb 14–13
20:00NebMatt Davison 43-yard pass from Eric Crouch (Josh Brown kick)Neb 21–13
311:25NebTracey Wistrom 10-yard pass from Eric Crouch (Josh Brown kick)Neb 28–13
41:27NebTracey Wistrom 4-yard pass from Eric Crouch (Josh Brown kick)Neb 35–13
40:55NebTroy Watchorn 39-yard interception return (Josh Brown kick)Neb 42–13
See also: 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

Despite being 42-point underdogs, Iowa marched for a touchdown on their opening possession to take a 7-0 lead. Later in the first half, the Hawkeyes closed within 14-13 after Nate Kaeding's second field goal. Nebraska stretched the margin with a long touchdown pass on the final play of the first half and two touchdowns in the final 1:27 of the game.[4]

Indiana
See also: 2000 Indiana Hoosiers football team

[5]

Michigan State
Michigan State at Iowa
1 234Total
Spartans 0 970 16
• Hawkeyes 7 077 21
Scoring summary
17:28IowaLadell Betts 4-yard run (Nate Kaeding kick)Iowa 7–0
213:15MSUMcCoy 2-yard pass from Van Dyke (kick failed)Iowa 7–6
20:08MSUSchaefer 23-yard field goalMSU 9–7
31:22MSUTJ Duckett 32-yard run (Schaefer kick)MSU 16–7
31:02IowaKahlil Hill 90-yard kickoff return (Kaeding kick)MSU 16–14
42:47IowaKevin Kasper 43-yard pass from Jon Beutjer (Kaeding kick)Iowa 21–16
See also: 2000 Michigan State Spartans football team

The Hawkeyes snapped a 13-game losing streak in capturing Coach Ferentz's first Big Ten win.[6]

Illinois
See also: 2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

[7]

No. 14 Ohio State
See also: 2000 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

[8]

Wisconsin
Wisconsin at Iowa
1 234Total
• Badgers 3 1000 13
Hawkeyes 0 070 7
Scoring summary
17:17WisPisetsky 46-yard field goalWis 3–0
212:56WisPisetsky 32-yard field goalWis 6–0
27:55WisMichael Bennett 1-yard run (Pisetsky kick)Wis 13–0
32:09IowaKahlil Hill 7-yard pass from Kyle McCann (Kaeding kick)Wis 13–7
See also: 2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

[9]

at Penn State
Iowa at Penn State
1 234OT2OTTotal
• Hawkeyes 7 60373 26
Nittany Lions 0 331070 23
Scoring summary
1IOWAHill 6-yard pass from McCann (Kaeding kick)Iowa 7–0
2IOWAKaeding 48-yard field goalIowa 10–0
2IOWAKaeding 49-yard field goalIowa 13–0
2PSUPrimanti 42-yard field goalIowa 13–3
3PSUPrimanti 32-yard field goalIowa 13–6
4PSUJ Gilmore 2-yard pass from Casey (Primanti kick)Tie 13–13
4IOWAKaeding 46-yard field goalIowa 16–13
4PSUPrimanti 28-yard field goalTie 16–16
OTPSUCasey 6-yard run (Primanti kick)Penn St 23–16
OTIOWABetts 11-yard run (Kaeding kick)Tie 23–23
2OTIOWAKaeding 26-yard field goalIowa 26–23
See also: 2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

This was the first of five consecutive Hawkeye victories (and 8 of 9) in the series.[10]

No. 12 Northwestern
No. 12 Northwestern at Iowa
1 234Total
No. 12 Wildcats 0 377 17
• Hawkeyes 3 1077 27
Scoring summary
11:20IowaNate Kaeding 42-yard field goalIowa 3–0
29:28NWLong 34-yard field goalTied 3–3
24:11IowaNate Kaeding 46-yard field goalIowa 6–3
20:35IowaKahlil Hill 11-yard pass from Kyle McCann (G McLaughlin kick)Iowa 13–3
310:13IowaKevin Kasper 42-yard pass from Kyle McCann (Kaeding kick)Iowa 20–3
31:59NWKustok 1-yard run (Long kick)Iowa 20–10
46:58IowaKyle McCann 1-yard run (Kaeding kick)Iowa 27–10
4NWSchweighardt 10-yard pass from Kustok (Long kick)Iowa 27–17
See also: 2000 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The Hawkeyes never trailed in knocking off the #12/#18 Wildcats. It was the first time in three years that Iowa had won consecutive games.[11]

at Minnesota
See also: 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Floyd of Rosedale

[12]

Awards and honors
See also: 2000 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 2001 NFL Draft
Main article: 2001 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL clubRef
Kevin KasperWide Receiver6190Denver Broncos[13]

References
  1. "Iowa vs. Kansas State". USA Today. August 26, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  2. "Western Michigan vs. Iowa". USA Today. September 9, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  3. "Iowa State vs. Iowa". USA Today. September 16, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  4. "Iowa vs. Nebraska". USA Today. September 23, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  5. "Iowa vs. Indiana". USA Today. September 30, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  6. "Michigan State vs. Iowa". USA Today. October 7, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  7. "Iowa vs. Illinois". USA Today. October 14, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  8. "Ohio State vs. Iowa". USA Today. October 21, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  9. "Wisconsin vs. Iowa". USA Today. October 28, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  10. "Iowa vs. Penn State". USA Today. November 4, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  11. "Northwestern vs. Iowa". USA Today. November 11, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  12. "Iowa vs. Minnesota". USA Today. November 18, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  13. "2001 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com.
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