2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2000 Wisconsin Badgers football
2000 Wisconsin Badgers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 21–20 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 23
Record	9–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian White (2nd as OC; 6th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove (6th as DC; 11th overall season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Chris Chambers
Captain	Chris Chambers; Jason Doering; John Favret; Casey Rabach
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2000 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 4	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 19–7	77,843^[1]
September 9	2:30 p.m.	Oregon*	No. 5	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	W 27–23	78,521^[2]
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*	No. 4	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 28–25 ^OT	78,749^[3]
September 23	11:00 a.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	L 44–47 ^2OT	78,597^[4]
September 30	11:00 a.m.	at No. 9 Michigan	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (College GameDay)	ABC	L 10–13	111,341^[5]
October 7	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Ohio State	No. 24	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	L 7–23	79,045^[6]
October 14	11:00 a.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 17–10	74,863^[7]
October 21	11:00 a.m.	No. 17 Purdue		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	L 24–30 ^OT	79,048^[8]
October 28	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 13–7	62,560^[9]
November 4	11:00 a.m.	Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN2	W 41–20	79,171^[10]
November 11	11:00 a.m.	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	W 43–22	30,469^[11]
November 25	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	ESPN+	W 34–18	41,313^[12]
December 29	1:00 p.m.	vs. UCLA*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 21–20	49,093^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2000 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`81`	Mark Anelli	Jr
RB	`29`	Michael Bennett	Jr
FB	`31`	Erik Bickerstaff	So
QB	`5`	Brooks Bollinger	So
WR	`84`	David Braun	So
RB	`34`	Michael Broussard	Fr
G	`67`	Dan Buenning	Fr
WR	`88`	Chris Chambers (C)	Sr
OT	`54`	Dave Costa	Sr
WR	`22`	Nick Davis	Jr
G	`69`	Jeremy Dox	Jr
WR	`3`	Lee Evans	So
RB	`4`	Eddie Faulkner	Fr
G	`60`	Bill Ferrario	Sr
WR	`23`	Josh Hunt	Jr
OT	`76`	Josh Jakubowski	Sr
C	`72`	Al Johnson	So
OT	`64`	Ben Johnson	So
C, G	`56`	Jason Jowers	So
FB	`41`	Chad Kuhns	Jr
OT	`71`	Brian Lamont	Jr
C	`70`	Casey Rabach (C)	Jr
TE	`87`	Dague Retzlaff	Sr
TE	`85`	John Sigmund	Sr
QB	`19`	Jim Sorgi	Fr
RB	`38`	Matt Unertl	Sr
WR	`9`	Conroy White	Jr
RB	`27`	Broderick Williams	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`7`	Ryan Aiello	Fr
S	`6`	Joey Boese	Jr
DT	`77`	Wendell Bryant	Jr
CB	`10`	Bret Burlingame	Sr
S	`31`	Carlease Clark	Jr
S	`8`	Jason Doering (C)	Sr
LB	`52`	Mark Downing	Jr
CB	`36`	Mike Echols	Jr
DE	`96`	John Favret (C)	Sr
CB	`2`	Jamar Fletcher	Sr
LB	`45`	Nick Greisen	Jr
DT	`90`	Aaron Habermann	Jr
DE	`42`	Ben Herbert	Jr
S	`11`	Devery Hughes	So
LB	`48`	Darius Jones	Fr
LB	`19`	Roger Knight	Sr
DT	`78`	Ross Kolodziej	Sr
LB	`50`	Russ Kuhns	So
LB	`46`	Jeff Mack	Fr
NT	`98`	Eric Mahlik	Sr
LB	`30`	Ryan Marks	Sr
DE	`43`	Delante McGrew	Jr
DL	`65`	Nick Mueller	Jr
S	`21`	Jason Schick	Fr
DB	`27`	Ryan Simmons	So
DT	`93`	Chuck Smith	Jr
NT	`99`	Jake Sprague	Jr
LB	`32`	Bryson Thompson	Jr
CB	`23`	B. J. Tucker	So
DB	`13`	Chris Wagner	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`20`	Vitaly Pisetsky	Sr
LS	`86`	Mike Solwold	Sr
P	`14`	Kevin Stemke	Sr