2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–6 record (3–5 against Big 12 opponents), finished in fourth place in Southern Division of the Big 12, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 330 to 278.^[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, L 27–40 vs. East Carolina
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	7–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Greg McMackin (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jones SBC Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

Of the team's staff and players, 23 went on to coach either in the NFL or in college football, including eight head coaches of FBS football teams and eight more who were FBS coordinators.^[2] Defensive coordinator Greg McMackin, running backs coach Art Briles, wide receivers coach Sonny Dykes, inside receivers coach Dana Holgorsen, linebackers coach Ruffin McNeill, special teams coordinator Manny Matsakis, and starting quarterback Kliff Kingsbury all went on to become FBS head coaches, with Kingsbury eventually becoming an NFL head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	7:00 PM	New Mexico*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (Hispanic College Fund Football Classic)	FSN	W 24–3	42,238^[3]
September 2	6:00 PM	Utah State*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 38–16	35,913^[4]
September 9	6:00 PM	North Texas*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 13–7	36,925^[5]
September 16	6:00 PM	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 26–0	35,740^[6]
September 30	11:30 AM	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 15–33	83,644^[7]
October 7	6:00 PM	Baylor	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 28–0	40,209^[8]
October 14	6:00 PM	No. 1 Nebraska	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN	L 3–56	48,961^[9]
October 21	6:00 PM	at No. 10 Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 23–28	51,140^[10]
October 28	1:00 PM	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 45–39	26,000^[11]
November 4	6:00 PM	No. 20 Texas	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 17–29	53,027^[12]
November 11	1:00 PM	Oklahoma State	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 58–0	40,710^[13]
November 18	2:30 pm	at No. 1 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 13–27	75,364^[14]
December 27	7:00 PM	vs. East Carolina*	Reliant Astrodome Houston, TX (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl)	ESPN	L 27–40	33,899^[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Personnel

2000 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 81 Tim Baker Sr WR 22 Derek Dorris Sr RB 32 James Easterling Sr WR 82 Carlos Francis Fr RB 12 Rickey Hunter Sr QB 16 Kliff Kingsbury   So RB Foy Munlin Fr QB 86 Mickey Peters Fr QB B. J. Symons   So WR 27 Wes Welker Fr RB 19 Shaud Williams So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 28 Ryan Aycock Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 18 Clinton Greathouse So	Head coach Mike Leach Coordinators/assistant coaches Greg McMackin (DC) Art Briles (RB) Sonny Dykes (WR) Dana Holgorsen (IWR) Robert Anae (OL) Ruffin McNeill (LB) Manny Matsakis (ST) Ron Harris (DA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Game summaries

New Mexico

See also: Hispanic College Fund Football Classic

1 2 3 4 Total New Mexico 0 3 0 0 3 • Texas Tech 7 0 10 7 24 Date: August 26 Location: Jones SBC Stadium, Lubbock, Texas Game attendance: 42,238 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play) & Gary Reasons (Color)

Scoring summary 1 6:44 Texas Tech Ricky Williams 6 yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick) Texas Tech 7-0 2 0:00 New Mexico Vladimir Borombozin 49 yard field goal Texas Tech 7-3 3 10:51 Texas Tech Derrek Dorris 8 yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick) Texas Tech 14-3 3 0:33 Texas Tech Chris Birkholz 33 yard field goal Texas Tech 17-3 4 8:22 Texas Tech Aaron Hunt 63 yard fumble return (Chris Birkholz kick) Texas Tech 24-3

At Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	7	0	8	15
Aggies	10	6	3	14	33

See also: 2000 Texas A&M Aggies football team and Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Cornhuskers	14	14	7	21	56
Red Raiders	0	0	3	0	3

See also: 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

At Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	3	0	10	13
No. 1 Sooners	7	7	7	6	27

See also: 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Vs. East Carolina (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pirates	20	14	6	0	40
Red Raiders	0	7	7	13	27

See also: 2000 East Carolina Pirates football team and 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Kris Kocurek	Tackle	6	181	Seattle Seahawks

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