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2000 Kansas State Wildcats football
2000 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 North co-champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 27-24 vs. Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
Record	11–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (2nd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

The 2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2000 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–3, and a 6–2 record in Big 12 Conference play, including a 29–28 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and winning Big 12 North division. The season culminated with a win over Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	1:00 p.m.	vs. Iowa*	No. 8	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Eddie Robinson Classic)	FSN	W 27–7	77,148^[1]
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 54–10	48,902^[2]
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Ball State*	No. 7	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 76–0	46,916^[3]
September 23	1:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 4	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		W 55–10	47,926^[4]
September 30	2:30 p.m.	at Colorado	No. 5	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 44–21	51,896^[5]
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 52–13	48,500^[6]
October 14	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Oklahoma	No. 2	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (College GameDay)	ABC	L 31–41	53,011^[7]
October 21	6:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 10	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 28–23	51,140^[8]
October 28	2:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	No. 10	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	L 10–26	80,659^[9]
November 4	11:30 a.m.	Iowa State	No. 19	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FSN	W 56–10	50,114^[10]
November 11	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Nebraska	No. 16	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	FSN	W 29–28	53,811^[11]
November 18	11:30 a.m.	at Missouri	No. 9	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	W 28–24	49,277^[12]
December 2	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 8	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Big 12 Championship Game) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–27	79,655^[13]
January 1	10:00 a.m.	vs. No. 21 Tennessee*	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 35–21	63,465^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Josh Scobey	13	169	775	57	718	4.2	16	34	55.2
Rock Cartwright	12	46	279	1	278	6.0	5	24	23.2
David Allen	9	62	259	29	230	3.7	1	28	25.6
Total	13	595	2,872	297	2,575	4.3	42	55	198.1
Opponents	13	473	1,768	492	1,276	2.7	20	66	98.2

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G	Pct.
Jonathan Beasley	13	132.12	313-156-10	2,636	17	74	202.8	49.8
Ell Roberson	6	98.24	23-10-2	119	2	23	19.8	43.5
Total	13	128.44	338-166-13	2,755	19	74	211.9	49.1
Opponents	13	94.90	399-204-20	2,241	8	74	172.4	51.1

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Quincy Morgan	13	64	1,166	18.2	14	69	89.7
Aaron Lockett	13	36	584	16.2	2	50	44.9
Total	13	166	2,755	16.6	19	74	211.9
Opponents	13	204	2,241	11.	8	74	172.4

2000_Kansas_State_Wildcats_football_team

2000 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Schedule

Roster

Rankings

Game summaries

No. 8 Oklahoma

Texas A&M

Iowa State

No. 4 Nebraska

vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game)

vs. No. 21 Tennessee (Cotton Bowl Classic)

Statistics

Score by quarter

Team

Offense

Rushing

Passing

Receiving

References

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2000 Kansas State Wildcats football

Big 12 North co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 27-24 vs. Oklahoma
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
Record	11–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Snyder (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Hudson (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (2nd season)
Home stadium	KSU Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

v t e
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

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	8	8	7	7	4 (1)	5 (1)	4 (1)	2 (3)	10	10	19	16	9	8	8	11	9
Coaches Poll	9	9	7	7	5	5 (1)	4 (1)	3 (3)	8	8	15	11	9	7	7	9	8
BCS	Not released									10	—	11	10	9	9	9	Not released

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cyclones	3	0	0	7	10
Wildcats	21	14	14	7	56