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2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 49–38 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record7–5 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Legg
Defensive coordinatorSteve Dunlap
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 212:00 p.m.Boston CollegeESPNW 34–1449,786
September 1612:00 p.m.Maryland*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, West WV (rivalry)
ESPN2W 30–1753,007
September 233:30 p.m.No. 12 Miami (FL)
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
CBSL 10–4763,735
September 287:30 p.m.at TempleESPN PlusW 29–2425,263
October 71:00 p.m.Idaho*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, QV
MSNW 28–1641,185
October 128:00 p.m.at No. 3 Virginia TechESPNL 20–4856,272
October 2112:00 p.m.No. 20 Notre Dame*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
CBSL 28–4264,424
November 412:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ESPN PlusL 27–3151,422
November 1112:00 p.m.at RutgersESPN PlusW 31–24 2OT16,791
November 1812:00 p.m.East Carolina*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ESPNW 42–2440,389[1]
November 242:30 p.m.at PittsburghCBSL 28–3846,569
December 284:00 p.m.vs. Ole Miss*ESPNW 49–3847,119[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References

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  1. ^ "Motivated WVU coasts to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 19, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mountaineers win one for coach, top Ole Miss in Music City Bowl". The Courier-Journal. December 29, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.