American college football season
2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | South Division |
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Record | 7–6 (3–5 Big 12) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive scheme | Air raid |
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Defensive coordinator | Greg McMackin (1st season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Jones SBC Stadium |
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The 2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–6 record (3–5 against Big 12 opponents), finished in fourth place in Southern Division of the Big 12, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 330 to 278.[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.
Of the team's staff and players, 23 went on to coach either in the NFL or in college football, including eight head coaches of FBS football teams and eight more who were FBS coordinators.[2] Defensive coordinator Greg McMackin, running backs coach Art Briles, wide receivers coach Sonny Dykes, inside receivers coach Dana Holgorsen, linebackers coach Ruffin McNeill, special teams coordinator Manny Matsakis, and starting quarterback Kliff Kingsbury all went on to become FBS head coaches, with Kingsbury eventually becoming an NFL head coach.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 26 | 7:00 PM | New Mexico* | | FSN | W 24–3 | 42,238[3] |
September 2 | 6:00 PM | Utah State* | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX
| | W 38–16 | 35,913[4] |
September 9 | 6:00 PM | North Texas* | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX
| | W 13–7 | 36,925[5] |
September 16 | 6:00 PM | Louisiana–Lafayette* | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX
| | W 26–0 | 35,740[6] |
September 30 | 11:30 AM | at Texas A&M | | FSN | L 15–33 | 83,644[7] |
October 7 | 6:00 PM | Baylor | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX (rivalry)
| | W 28–0 | 40,209[8] |
October 14 | 6:00 PM | No. 1 Nebraska | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX
| FSN | L 3–56 | 48,961[9] |
October 21 | 6:00 PM | at No. 10 Kansas State | | FSN | L 23–28 | 51,140[10] |
October 28 | 1:00 PM | at Kansas | | | W 45–39 | 26,000[11] |
November 4 | 6:00 PM | No. 20 Texas | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX (rivalry)
| FSN | L 17–29 | 53,027[12] |
November 11 | 1:00 PM | Oklahoma State | - Jones SBC Stadium
- Lubbock, TX
| | W 58–0 | 40,710[13] |
November 18 | 2:30 pm | at No. 1 Oklahoma | | ABC | L 13–27 | 75,364[14] |
December 27 | 7:00 PM | vs. East Carolina* | | ESPN | L 27–40 | 33,899[15] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Personnel
2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DB | 28 | Ryan Aycock | Fr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | 18 | Clinton Greathouse | So | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
New Mexico
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | New Mexico | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | • Texas Tech | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 6:44 | Texas Tech | Ricky Williams 6 yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick) | Texas Tech 7-0 | | 2 | 0:00 | New Mexico | Vladimir Borombozin 49 yard field goal | Texas Tech 7-3 | | 3 | 10:51 | Texas Tech | Derrek Dorris 8 yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick) | Texas Tech 14-3 | | 3 | 0:33 | Texas Tech | Chris Birkholz 33 yard field goal | Texas Tech 17-3 | | 4 | 8:22 | Texas Tech | Aaron Hunt 63 yard fumble return (Chris Birkholz kick) | Texas Tech 24-3 | |
At Texas A&M
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Raiders | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
Aggies | 10 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 33 |
Nebraska
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 1 Cornhuskers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 56 |
Red Raiders | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
At Oklahoma
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Red Raiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
No. 1 Sooners | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
Vs. East Carolina (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pirates | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 40 |
Red Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Team players drafted into the NFL
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References
- ^ "2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ Feldman, Bruce (September 11, 2019). "A crazy cradle of coaches: Mike Leach's original Texas Tech staff and team". The Athletic.
- ^ "Texas Tech Football Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. August 26, 2000. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech Football Stats". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. September 2, 2000. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech-North Texas Final Statistics". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. September 9, 2000. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Louisiana-Lafayette Statistics". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. September 16, 2000. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech Football Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. October 2, 2000. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech Football Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. October 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Nebraska Statistics". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. October 14, 2000. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Kansas State Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. October 21, 2000. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Kansas Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. October 28, 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Texas Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. November 4, 2000. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Oklahoma State Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. November 11, 2000. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – Oklahoma Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. November 18, 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "Texas Tech – East Carolina Box Score". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. December 27, 2000. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ "2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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