2000 Connecticut Huskies football team

2000 Connecticut Huskies football

Conference	Independent
2000 record	3–8
Head coach	Randy Edsall
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (16,200)

2000 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#15 Notre Dame %			–			9	–	3
UCF			–			7	–	4
Middle Tennessee			–			6	–	5
Connecticut			–			3	–	8
Louisiana Tech			–			3	–	9
Louisiana–Lafayette			–			1	–	10
Louisiana–Monroe			–			1	–	10
Navy			–			1	–	10

% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Connecticut Huskies football team was the school's first as a member of Division I-A. The Huskies competed as a transitional member as they increased the scholarship count to the Division I-A level of 85. The team was not a member of a conference, and competed as an independent. They finished the season with a record of 3–8.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2, 2000	7:00 PM	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	CPTV	L 25–32	11,148
September 9, 2000	7:00 PM	Colgate	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT		W 27–7	16,632
September 16, 2000	7:00 PM	at Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	CPTV	W 24–21	13,678
September 23, 2000	1:30 PM	Northeastern	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT		L 27–35	16,549
September 30, 2000	7:00 PM	at Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY		L 22–41	38,121
October 7, 2000	12:00 PM	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	NESN	L 3–55	35,383
October 21, 2000	7:00 PM	at Akron	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH		W 38–35	6,467
October 28, 2000	1:30 PM	South Florida	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT	ESPN+	L 13–21	16,585
November 4, 2000	12:30 PM	Middle Tennessee State	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT		L 10–66	11,115
November 11, 2000	12:30 PM	Rhode Island	Memorial Stadium • Storrs, CT (Ramnapping Trophy)		L 21–26	9,951
November 18, 2000	1:00 PM	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium • Muncie, IN		L 0–29	10,195
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Connecticut Huskies football

Venues	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields (1896–1952) Memorial Stadium (1953–2002) Rentschler Field (2003–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games UCF (Civil Conflict) Rhode Island (Ramnapping Trophy) UMass

Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" University of Connecticut Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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