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2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2000
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	6–6
conf_record	4–4
head_coach	Glen Mason
hc_year	4th
cooff_coach1	Mitch Browning
cooc1_year	1st
cooff_coach2	Tony Petersen
cooc2_year	1st
def_coach	David Gibbs
dc_year	4th
mvp	Ben Hamilton
mvp2	Ron Johnson
captain	Ben Hamilton
captain2	Sean Hoffman
captain3	Karon Riley
stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
bowl	[MicronPC.com Bowl](2000-micronpc-com-bowl)
bowl_result	L 30–38 vs. [NC State](2000-nc-state-wolfpack-football-team)

The 2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota as a member of the Big Ten Conference the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents 375 to 318. Minnesota was invited to the MicronPC.com Bowl, where the Golden Gophers lost NC State. The team played home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

At No. 6 Ohio State

Minnesota snapped a 16-game losing streak to Ohio State and beat Glen Mason's alma mater in Columbus for the first time since 1949.

vs. NC State (MicronPC.com Bowl)

Main article: 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl

Roster

References

(September 3, 2000). "Gophers pull away". The Forum.
"2000 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(October 15, 2000). "Minnesota vs. Ohio State". [[USA Today]].
(December 28, 2000). "Another Wolfpack Comeback Beats Minnesota, 38-30".

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