2000 Utah State Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 2000 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference. The Aggies were led by first-year head coach Mick Dennehy. The Aggies played their home games at Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. Utah State finished with a 5–6 record.
- Mick Dennehy (1st season)
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| Conference | Big West Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (4–1 Big West) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bob Cole (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Kraig Paulson (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Romney Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State $ | 5 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Junior running back Emmett White led the country with an average of 238.9 all-purpose yards per game; his average was also the sixth highest in NCAA history at that time.[1] On November 4, 2000, in a victory over New Mexico State, White also broke an NCAA single-game record with 578 all-purpose yards and also set a new Utah State single-game record with 332 rushing yards.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | at Texas Tech* | L 16–38 | 35,913 | ||
| September 9 | Southern Utah* | W 30–14 | 26,715 | ||
| September 23 | at Arizona State* | L 20–44 | 46,327 | ||
| September 30 | Utah* |
| L 14–35 | 29,814 | |
| October 6 | at BYU* | L 14–38 | 63,318 | ||
| October 14 | at North Texas | W 17–12 | 15,073 | ||
| October 21 | Idaho |
| W 31–14 | 14,217 | |
| October 28 | Arkansas State |
| W 44–31 | 14,926 | |
| November 4 | at New Mexico State | W 44–37 | 10,213 | ||
| November 11 | at Boise State | L 38–66 | 27,206 | ||
| November 18 | Idaho State* |
| L 24–27 | 13,877 | [3] |
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