2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2000 Texas A&M Aggies football
Independence Bowl, L 41–43 OT vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Kragthorpe (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field

2000 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 9 Kansas State xy		6	–	2					11	–	3
No. 8 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 25 Iowa State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Colorado		3	–	5					3	–	8
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					3	–	8
South Division
No. 1 Oklahoma x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 12 Texas		7	–	1					9	–	3
Texas A&M		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		3	–	5					7	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7					3	–	8
Baylor		0	–	8					2	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 7–5 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 5–3.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	11:00 am	at Notre Dame*	No. 25	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 10–24	80,232
September 9	6:00 pm	Wyoming*		Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 51–3	69,273
September 16	7:00 pm	UTEP*		Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 45–17	69,184
September 30	11:30 am	Texas Tech		Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 33–15	83,644
October 7	1:00 pm	Colorado		Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 19–26	75,523
October 14	11:30 am	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	FSN	W 24–0	40,076
October 21	2:30 pm	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	W 30-7	48,931
October 28	2:30 pm	No. 10 Kansas State		Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 26–10	80,659
November 4	1:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 24	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 21–16	36,310
November 11	12:00 pm	No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 23	Kyle Field College Station, TX (College GameDay)	ABC	L 31–35	87,188
November 24	2:30 pm	at No. 12 Texas	No. 21	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–43	84,012
December 31	7:00 pm	vs. Mississippi State*		Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	L 41–43 OT	36,974
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	23	22	—	—	—	—
Coaches Poll	24	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	24	23	22	—	—	—
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	15	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Texas A&M	0	7	3	0	10
Notre Dame	0	7	7	10	24

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	3	0	0	0	3
Texas A&M	7	14	14	16	51

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	7	10	0	0	17
Texas A&M	14	0	14	17	45

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	7	0	8	15
Texas A&M	10	6	3	14	33

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	9	3	7	7	26
Texas A&M	0	13	0	6	19

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	10	7	7	24
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0

Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	10	10	3	7	30
Iowa State	0	0	0	7	7

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	0	10	0	10
Texas A&M	12	7	0	7	26

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	7	14	0	21
Oklahoma State	0	7	3	6	16

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	7	3	22	35
Texas A&M	7	10	7	7	31

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	7	10	0	17
Texas	7	3	27	6	43

Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mississippi State	0	14	7	14	8	43
Texas A&M	14	6	0	15	6	41

Main article: 2000 Independence Bowl

Roster

2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 4 Dwain Goynes So RB 5 Ja Mar Toombs Jr WR 6 Robert Ferguson Jr WR 7 Chris Taylor Sr QB 8 Vance Smith So WR 9 Bethel Johnson Jr QB 10 Mark Farris So QB 11 Colby Freeman Fr C 63 Chance Pearce So G 65 Andre Brooks Fr OT 66 Geoff Hangartner Fr OT 67 Wes Dennard Fr G 68 Britt Lively Fr C 69 Don Muhlbach Fr G 70 Moses Vakalahi Jr G 71 Chris Valletta Sr OT 72 Billy Yates So OT 73 Alan Reuber Fr OT 74 Tango McCauley Jr G 75 Chris Montgomery So G 76 Michael Mahan So OT 77 Seth McKinney Jr OT 78 Kasey Cheshier Fr WR 80 Ellison Collins Fr TE 81 Joey Perot Fr TE 82 RoDerrick Broughton Sr WR 83 Mickey Jones Jr TE 84 Tashumbrae' Brown Fr TE 85 Lonnie Madison Jr TE 86 Fred Spiller Fr TE 87 Michael de la Torre So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Michael Jameson Sr LB 2 Christian Rodriguez Jr LB 3 Roylin Bradley Sr CB 14 Dawon Gentry Fr CB 15 Adam Black Fr DT 90 Stephen Young Sr DT 91 Marcus Jasmin Fr DT 93 Evan Perroni Jr DL 95 Rocky Bernard Jr DT 96 Ron Edwards Sr DE 99 Ronald Flemons Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 16 Derek Lechler So	Head coach R. C. Slocum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Robert Ferguson	Wide receiver	2	41	Green Bay Packers
Ron Edwards	Defensive tackle	3	76	Buffalo Bills
Michael Jameson	Cornerback	6	165	Cleveland Browns
Jason Glenn	Linebacker	6	173	Detroit Lions
Chris Taylor	Wide Receiver	7	218	Pittsburgh Steelers
Ronald Flemons	Defensive end	7	226	Atlanta Falcons