2000 Houston Cougars football team

The 2000 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 55th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Dana Dimel. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

2000 Houston Cougars football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	3–8 (2–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Dana Dimel (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Phil Davis (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Dick Bumpas (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Mark Stoops (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Robertson Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Louisville $		6	–	1					9	–	3
East Carolina		5	–	2					8	–	4
Cincinnati		5	–	2					7	–	5
Southern Miss		4	–	3					8	–	4
UAB		3	–	3					7	–	4
Tulane		3	–	4					6	–	5
Memphis		2	–	5					4	–	7
Houston		2	–	5					3	–	8
Army		1	–	6					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 pm	at Rice*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		L 27–30 OT	40,714
September 9	7:00 pm	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 13–28	82,469	[1]
September 16	7:00 pm	Army	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		W 31–30	25,112
September 23	6:00 pm	at No. 15 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	L 0–48	81,592
September 30	7:00 pm	SMU*	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		W 17–15	17,496
October 7	11:00 am	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN Plus	L 31–48	17,647
October 21	7:00 pm	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 33–30 3OT	26,662
October 28	2:30 pm	No. 14 Southern Miss	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		L 3–6	17,565	[2]
November 4	5:00 pm	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 23–41	16,785
November 11	11:00 am	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 20–62	33,339	[3]
November 18	2:30 pm	Louisville	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		L 13–32	3,006
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2000 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Joffrey Reynolds  So WR 12 Jerrian James  Sr QB 13 John Nicholson Fr WR 14 Damien Montgomery Sr QB 15 Bubba Teague  Fr QB 16 Jason McKinley  Sr WR 46 Harrison Arceneaux  Fr OT 71 Josh Lovelady  Sr OL 76 Rex Hadnot Fr OL 77 Patrick Boatner  Jr OL 79 Jabari Beauford  Jr WR 80 Ethan Ross Jr TE 80 Jarvis Cooper  Fr TE 81 Travis Griffith Fr WR 82 Brian Robinson  So WR 83 KeyKowa Bell Jr WR 84 Choni Francis Fr TE 85 Stephen Cucci So WR 86 Mark Hopkins Fr TE 87 Jonathan Pritchett Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 5 Hanik Milligan So DB 22 Emile White Sr DB 24 Jason Parker Jr DB 25 Jesse Grove Fr DB 26 Reggie Medlock  So DB 27 Frederick Conley  Sr DB 28 Marcus Smith  Sr DL 91 Nikia Adderston Sr DL 92 Adrian Lee Jr DL 93 Josh Tubbs  Fr DL 94 Kevin Payne Jr DL 95 Bryan Hill Jr DL 96 Robin Tremblay  Jr DL 97 Ryan Alvey  Jr DL 98 Rufus Williams  Jr DL 99 Adrian Guerra Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 48 Jeff Patterson Sr	Head coach Dana Dimel Coordinators/assistant coaches D.J. Eliot – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2000-08-17

References

1. "Houston falls to LSU in 28–13 road loss". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 10, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Hand it to the defense, Southern Miss hangs on to beat Houston". Hattiesburg American. October 29, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Early TDs enough for Pirates". The Charlotte Observer. November 12, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "2000 Football Schedule". University of Houston Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}