2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2000 Texas A&M Aggies football
2000 Texas A&M Aggies football
Independence Bowl, L 41–43 OT vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Record	7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Kragthorpe (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University as a member of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 12th-year head coach R. C. Slocum, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing third in Big 12's South Division. Texas A&M was invited to the Independence Bowl, where the Aggies lost to Mississippi State. The team played home games at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas.

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Record7–5 (5–3 Big 12)

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2000 Big 12 Conference football standings
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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

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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	^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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

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

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

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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	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

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