2000 Colorado State Rams football team

2000 Colorado State Rams football
2000 Colorado State Rams football
MW champion; Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 22–17 vs. Louisville
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 14
Record	10–2 (6–1 MW)
Head coach	Sonny Lubick (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Fairchild (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (8th season)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Colorado State $	6	–	1	10	–	2
Air Force	5	–	2	9	–	3
UNLV	4	–	3	8	–	5
BYU	4	–	3	6	–	6
New Mexico	3	–	4	5	–	7
Utah	3	–	4	4	–	7
San Diego State	3	–	4	3	–	8
Wyoming	0	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Sonny Lubick and played its home games at Hughes Stadium. They finished the regular season with a 9–2 record overall and a 6–1 record in Mountain West Conference games, making them conference champions. The team was selected to play in the Liberty Bowl, in which they defeated Louisville.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 pm	vs. No. 23 Colorado*		Mile High Stadium Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	W 28–24	67,567
September 9	2:00 pm	East Tennessee State*		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 41–7	25,122^[3]
September 16	8:00 pm	at Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 10–13	51,911
September 30	2:00 pm	at Nevada*		Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 45–14	19,003
October 7	1:00 pm	New Mexico		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 17–14	27,507^[4]
October 14	7:30 pm	UNLV		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 20–19	31,700
October 21	5:00 pm	at Utah		Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 24–17	37,505
October 28	7:05 pm	at San Diego State		Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	W 34–22	24,852
November 2	6:00 pm	BYU		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 45–21	27,412
November 11	4:00 pm	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	L 40–44	35,151
November 16	6:00 pm	Wyoming		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Bronze Boot)	W 37–13	25,922
December 29	11:30 am	vs. No. 22 Louisville*	No. 23	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	W 22–17	58,302
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ "Football Schedule: 2000-2001". Colorado State University. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
^ "Colorado State Yearly Results: 2000-2004". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
^ Staff Reports (September 10, 2000). "Hard-changing Rams too much to Overcome". Johnson City Press. pp. 17, 20. Retrieved January 9, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ The Associated Press (October 8, 2000). "Colorado State Knocks Lobos Down Notch in League Opener". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 51. Retrieved January 9, 2024 – via newspapers.com.