2000 Temple Owls football team

The 2000 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Owls competed as a member of the Big East Conference, and the team was coached by Bobby Wallace.

2000 Temple Owls football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	4–7 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Bobby Wallace (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Charlie Fisher (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Raymond Monica (3rd season)
Home stadium	Veterans Stadium Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $		7	–	0					11	–	1
No. 6 Virginia Tech		6	–	1					11	–	1
Pittsburgh		4	–	3					7	–	5
Syracuse		4	–	3					6	–	5
Boston College		3	–	4					7	–	5
West Virginia		3	–	4					7	–	5
Temple		1	–	6					4	–	7
Rutgers		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland		W 17–6	28,335
September 9	6:00 pm	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland		L 10–17	46,950
September 16	6:00 pm	Bowling Green*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		W 31–14	15,231
September 23	6:00 pm	Eastern Michigan*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		W 49–40	13,853
September 28	7:30 pm	West Virginia	Franklin Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 24–29	25,263
October 7	12:00 pm	at No. 3 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN+	L 13–35	56,272
October 14	6:00 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		W 48–14	16,491
October 21	12:00 pm	No. 4 Miami (FL)	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 17–45	28,351
November 4	12:00 pm	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	ESPN+	L 3–31	35,333
November 11	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 12–31	16,132
November 18	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 0–7	12,842
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2000 Temple Owls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense 12 Chuku, Ikey WR R-Fr. 6-3 180 Largo, Md. 34 Fenton, Makonnen RB So 71 Gabriele, Vincent OG So 60 Hilliard, Greg* C So. 6-5 279 Rumson, N.J. 58 Hoffmann, Frank OT R-Fr 30 Johnson, Kyron* FB Jr. 5-9 187 Englewood, N.J. 63 McAndrew, Frank OL Fr. 6-3 274 Bradford, Pa. 39 McClean, Alex RB Fr. 6-1 209 Baldwin, N.Y. Pos. # Name Class WR 83 Gerald Butler Fr FB 43 Ronlad Carthan  Fr WR 27 Charles Cobb So WR 3 Mac DeVito Jr WR 2 Sean Dillard So TE 98 Tyrone Ditzel Jr QB 10 Mike Frost Jr QB 15 Collin Hannigan Fr OL 69 Damian Hendricks So FB 32 Harold Jackson Jr WR 42 Yazid Jackson Fr OL 62 Joe Johnsonbaugh Fr WR 14 Krishan Lewis So OL 66 John Maxim Fr FB 25 Jason McKie Jr WR 11 Greg Muckerson Jr OT 78 Mathias Nkwenti Sr TE 40 Chris Pitt Jr WR 82 Shanga Tabb Jr G 72 David Terry So TE 81 Jordan Witzel Fr OT 70 Jason Wright Jr OT 79 Dave Yovanovits So	Defense 21 Shepard, Philip* CB Jr. 5-10 179 Englewood, N.J. 54 Stanley, J.D. DE/LB R-Fr. 6-2 230 Nescopek, Pa. 5 Staples, Akeiff** DE/LB Jr. 6-3 236 Media, Pa. 37 Stoupakis, Manny DB So 50 Suman, Taylor** LB Jr. 6-2 227 Wyckoff, N.J. Pos. # Name Class DL 93 Anastasios Apostolidis Fr OLB 19 Gerard Bishop So DE 89 Raheem Brock Sr LB 88 Larry Bullard Jr CB 22 Donnie Coleman  Fr FS 18 Dante Coles Jr DE, LB 55 Jason Davis Jr DT 73 Dan Klecko So DT 74 James Simpson So LB 6 LeVar Talley Sr FS 9 Jamal Wallace So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 52 Kevin Czaban Jr K 38 Jared Davis So P 16 George Radu Jr P 49 Garvin Ringwelski So	Head coach Bobby Wallace Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster