2000 Memphis Tigers football team
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 4–7 (2–5 C-USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Rip Scherer (1st as OC, 6th overall season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Tommy West (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Rip Scherer, who was fired at the conclusion of the season. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | 2:30 pm | Mississippi State* | FSN | L 3–17 | 34,113 | [1] | |
| September 9 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe* |
| W 28–0 | 20,801 | ||
| September 16 | 6:00 pm | at Arkansas State* | W 19–17 | 19,022 | |||
| September 23 | 12:00 pm | at Army | W 26–16 | 38,375 | |||
| September 30 | 2:30 pm | at No. 21 Southern Miss | FSN | L 3–24 | 30,658 | [2] | |
| October 7 | 2:00 pm | East Carolina |
| FSN | W 17–10 | 23,496 | [3] |
| October 14 | 2:30 pm | at UAB | L 9–13 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
| October 21 | 7:00 pm | Houston |
| L 30–33 3OT | 26,662 | ||
| November 4 | 11:00 am | Tennessee* |
| FSN | L 17–19 | 63,121 | [5] |
| November 11 | 1:00 pm | Cincinnati |
| L 10–13 | 21,862 | ||
| November 18 | 5:00 pm | at Tulane | L 14–37 | 17,269 | |||
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References
- ^ "Tigers sputter, stall vs. State". The Commercial Appeal. September 3, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eagles 'Rock' on". Hattiesburg American. October 1, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Scherer comes off bench to lead Tigers". The Jackson Sun. October 8, 2000. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "U of M has chances in UAB loss". The Commercial Appeal. October 15, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heartbreak hotel; Volunteers edge Tigers with late field goal". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 5, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2000-2001 Results". University of Memphis Department of Athletics. April 8, 2001. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.