2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football
2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 14–31 vs. UNLV
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Houston Nutt (3rd season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	John Thompson (1st season)
Base defense	Multiple
Captains	Quinton Caver; Randy Garner; Michael Snowden; Rod Stinson;
Home stadium	Razorback Stadium; War Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Houston Nutt, the Razorbacks compiled an overall record 6–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom of the standings in the SEC's Western Division. Arkansas was invited to the Las Vegas Bowl, where the Razorbacks lost to UNLV. The team played home games at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Record6–6 (3–5 SEC)

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2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida x$	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 19 South Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	4
No. 20 Georgia	5	–	3	8	–	4
Tennessee	5	–	3	8	–	4
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	3	–	8
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	9
Western Division
No. 18 Auburn x	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 22 LSU	5	–	3	8	–	4
Ole Miss	4	–	4	7	–	5
No. 24 Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	4
Arkansas	3	–	5	6	–	6
Alabama	3	–	5	3	–	8
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	8:00 pm	Southwest Missouri State*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 38–0	53,946	^[1]
September 16	6:00 pm	Boise State*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 38–31	54,286	^[2]
September 23	8:00 pm	Alabama	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	W 28–21	51,482	^[3]
September 30	11:30 am	No. 25 Georgia	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	JPS	L 7–38	51,162	^[4]
October 7	6:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe*	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		W 52–6	50,947	^[5]
October 14	11:30 am	at No. 24 South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	L 7–27	81,935	^[6]
October 28	1:00 pm	at No. 25 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	L 19–21	83,642	^[7]
November 4	2:00 pm	Ole Miss	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		L 24–38	49,647	^[8]
November 11	11:30 am	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	JPS	L 20–63	107,262	^[9]
November 18	1:00 pm	at No. 13 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS		W 17–10 ^OT	40,010	^[10]
November 24	1:30 pm	No. 24 LSU	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	CBS	W 14–3	43,982	^[11]
December 21	7:00 pm	vs. UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN2	L 14–31	29,113	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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