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)
2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
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 Statedagger
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[2]

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

References
  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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