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2000 Iowa State Cyclones football team

2000 Iowa State Cyclones football
Insight.com Bowl champion
Insight.com Bowl, W 37–29 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference Big 12 Conference
Division North Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 23
AP No. 25
2000 record 9–3 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach Dan McCarney (6th year)
Offensive coordinator Steve Loney (1st year)
Defensive coordinator John Skladany (5th year)
Home stadium Jack Trice Stadium
(Capacity: 43,000)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Big 12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Northern Division
#9 Kansas State xy   6 2         11 3  
#8 Nebraska x   6 2         10 2  
#25 Iowa State   5 3         9 3  
Colorado   3 5         3 8  
Kansas   2 6         4 7  
Missouri   2 6         3 8  
Southern Division
#1 Oklahoma x$#   8 0         13 0  
#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 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Dan McCarney's sixth season as head coach. The team captains were Chris Anthony, Ryan Harklau, Reggie Hayward, and Sage Rosenfels. The Cyclones were quarterbacked by Sage Rosenfels. Sage is among many former Cyclones from the 2000 team to make it to the NFL. Others were J. J. Moses, Reggie Hayward, Ennis Haywood, Tony Yelk, Mike Banks, Jordan Carstens, Tyson Smith and James Reed. It was Iowa State's first appearance in a bowl game since the 1978 Peach Bowl. The Insight.com Bowl victory was the programs first victory ever in bowl game. Iowa State was picked by the media to finish 5th in the Big 12 North Division. Two players participated in post season bowl games. Sage Rosenfels played in the Senior Bowl and Reggie Hayward played in the Hula Bowl where he won the defensive MVP. Iowa State's nine victories were the most since 1906.

The Ohio game's date and time was changed from August 31 at 7 PM to September 2 at 11:30 AM The Baylor game was originally scheduled for 1:00 PM, but was changed to 6:00 PM The Nebraska game was originally scheduled for kickoff at 1:00 PM, it was changed to 2:30 PM to accommodate a broadcast on ABC. The Oklahoma State game was originally scheduled for 1:00 PM but was changed to 7:00 PM The Missouri game time was changed from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM to accommodate a Fox Sports Net cablecast. On December 3 Iowa State announced it would accept a bowl invitation from the Insight.com Bowl.

On June 30, 2000 FB Robert Lewis was dismissed from the team for violating team rules.

List of signees.

Depth chart

Note: No= Number; Name = Name; Pos = Position; Ht = Height; Wt = Weight; Yr = Year; Hometown = Hometown; * = Letter earned; C = Captain

Note: Att= Attempts; Cmp= Completions; PCT= Percent; Yds = Yards; Tds = Touchdowns; Int = Interceptions


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