2000 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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

The 2000 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Terry Allen and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas		L 17–31	32,267
September 16	6:00 p.m.	UAB*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 23–20	28,500	^[1]
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Southern Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 42–0	30,500	^[2]
September 30	2:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma		L 16–34	74,811
October 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)		L 13–52	48,500
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Border War)		W 38–17	61,794
October 21	11:30 a.m.	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	FSN	W 23–15	32,600
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		L 39–45	26,000
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–56	78,096
November 11	1:00 p.m.	No. 19 Texas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		L 16–51	27,200
November 18	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa		L 17–38	36,725
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2000 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`33`	Moran Norris	Sr
OT	`75`	Justin Hartwig	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Jayhawks gain win, confidence". The Kansas City Star. September 17, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ King, Jason (September 24, 2000). "KU wins in blowout". The Kansas City Star. p. C1. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2000 Schedule". University of Kansas Department of Athletics. July 24, 2002. Archived from the original on August 27, 2003. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

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