2000 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 13 Purdue $+		6	–	2					8	–	4
Northwestern +		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 11 Michigan +		6	–	2					9	–	3
Ohio State		5	–	3					8	–	4
No. 23 Wisconsin		4	–	4					9	–	4
Minnesota		4	–	4					6	–	6
Penn State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Iowa		3	–	5					3	–	9
Illinois		2	–	6					5	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Indiana		2	–	6					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the second season for head coach Kirk Ferentz.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	1:00 pm	vs. No. 8 Kansas State*	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Eddie Robinson Classic)	FSN	L 7–27	77,148
September 9	1:00 pm	Western Michigan*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 21–27	55,650
September 16	11:00 am	Iowa State*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ESPN+	L 14–24	70,397
September 23	2:30 pm	at No. 1 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 13–42	78,070
September 30	6:00 pm	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	L 33–45	31,225
October 7	11:00 am	Michigan State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	W 21–16	63,920
October 14	1:05 pm	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 0–31	62,639
October 21	11:00 am	No. 14 Ohio State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 10–38	60,495
October 28	11:00 am	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 7–13	62,560
November 4	11:00 am	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN+	W 26–23 2OT	95,437
November 11	11:00 am	No. 12 Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	W 27–17	54,345
November 18	2:30 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	ESPN+	L 24–27	54,387
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2000 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 16 Jon Beutjer Fr QB 4 Kyle McCann Jr QB 18 Scott Mullen Sr RB 45 Jonathan Babineaux Fr RB 46 Ladell Betts Jr RB 40 Edgar Cervantes Fr RB 15 Robbie Crockett Jr RB 34 Aaron Greving Fr RB 29 Jermelle Lewis  Fr RB 32 Siaka Massaquoi Fr RB 45 Henry Pollio Sr RB 2 Fred Russell Fr WR 88 Ryan Barton Sr WR 9 Maurice Brown  Fr WR 3 Kahlil Hill Jr WR 87 Kevin Kasper Sr WR 13 Ramon Ochoa Fr WR 6 Chris Oliver Jr TE 85 Robert Gallery  Fr TE 35 Erik Jensen  Fr TE 83 Kyle Trippeer Sr OL 77 Sam Aiello Fr OL 52 A. J. Blazek OL 74 Alonzo Cunningham Jr OL 70 Andy Lightfoot So OL 72 Bruce Nelson So OL 73 David Porter So OL 56 Eric Steinbach So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 90 Jared Clauss Fr DL 94 Colin Cole So DL 99 Anthony Herron Sr DL 48 Howard Hodges Fr DL 54 Aaron Kampman Jr DL 91 Jerry Montgomery Jr DL 92 Derrick Pickens Jr LB 51 Fred Barr So LB 44 Dallas Clark  Fr LB 37 Derrick Davison Sr LB 39 Mike Dolezal Jr LB 50 George Lewis  Fr LB 30 Roger Meyer Jr LB 42 Grant Steen Fr LB 97 LeVar Woods Sr LB 53 Kevin Worthy Fr DB 8 Mikkel Brown Jr DB 1 Tim Dodge So DB 10 Shane Hall Jr DB 14 Ryan Hansen Jr DB 25 Derek Pagel So DB 27 Robbertto Rickards Jr DB 33 Bob Sanders Fr DB 19 Benny Sapp Fr DB 21 Matt Stockdale Jr DB 26 Jeff Buch Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 95 Nate Kaeding Fr K 24 Greg McLaughlin Sr P 7 Jason Baker Sr	Head coach Kirk Ferentz Coordinators/assistant coaches Ken O'Keefe– Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Norm Parker – Defensive Coordinator Joe Philbin – Offensive line Carl Jackson – Running backs Eric Johnson – Tight ends Lester Erb – Wide receivers/Special teams Ron Aiken – Defensive line Bret Bielema – Linebackers Phil Parker – Secondary Reese Morgan – Recruiting Coordinator Chris Doyle – Strength and Conditioning Bill Ennis-Inge – Graduate assistant/Recruiting coordinator Jon McLaughlin – Graduate Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Iowa vs. No. 8 Kansas State

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 0 0 7 0 7 • No. 8 Wildcats 10 7 0 10 27 Date: August 26 Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Game attendance: 77,148 Television network: FSN

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Iowa at No. 1 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 7 6 0 0 13 • No. 1 Cornhuskers 7 14 7 14 42 Date: September 23 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 78,070 TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough and Ed Cunningham

Despite being 42-point underdogs, Iowa marched for a touchdown on their opening possession to take a 7-0 lead. Later in the first half, the Hawkeyes closed within 14-13 after Nate Kaeding's second field goal. Nebraska stretched the margin with a long touchdown pass on the final play of the first half and two touchdowns in the final 1:27 of the game.^[4]

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Michigan State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 0 9 7 0 16 • Hawkeyes 7 0 7 7 21 Date: October 7 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 63,920 Television network: ESPN+

The Hawkeyes snapped a 13-game losing streak in capturing Coach Ferentz's first Big Ten win.^[6]

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Wisconsin at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Badgers 3 10 0 0 13 Hawkeyes 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 28 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 62,560 Television network: ESPN+

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Iowa at Penn State

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total • Hawkeyes 7 6 0 3 7 3 26 Nittany Lions 0 3 3 10 7 0 23 Date: November 4 Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania Game attendance: 95,437

This was the first of five consecutive Hawkeye victories (and 8 of 9) in the series.^[10]

No. 12 Northwestern at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Wildcats 0 3 7 7 17 • Hawkeyes 3 10 7 7 27 Date: November 11 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 54,345 TV announcers (ESPN+): Wayne Larrivee, Randy Wright, and Chris Miller

The Hawkeyes never trailed in knocking off the #12/#18 Wildcats. It was the first time in three years that Iowa had won consecutive games.^[11]

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Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club	Ref
Kevin Kasper	Wide Receiver	6	190	Denver Broncos	[13]