2000 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2000 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Andy McCollum (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Fedora (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Miles Aldridge (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Notre Dame %		–		9	–	3
UCF		–		7	–	4
Middle Tennessee		–		6	–	5
Connecticut		–		3	–	8
Louisiana Tech		–		3	–	9
Louisiana–Lafayette		–		1	–	10
Louisiana–Monroe		–		1	–	10
Navy		–		1	–	10

% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at No. 21 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 6–35	35,032
September 9	at No. 8 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL		L 0–55	84,311
September 28	Murray State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 44–28	12,037
September 23	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 27–45	31,126
October 7	Louisiana Tech	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 49–21	11,302	^[2]
October 14	Louisiana–Monroe	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 28–0	17,427
October 21	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CSS	L 9–14	13,000	^[3]
October 28	at No. 20 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	CSS	L 35–61	42,933
November 4	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT		W 66–10	11,115
November 11	South Florida	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 45–9	12,147
November 18	Louisiana–Lafayette	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 41–38 ^2OT	7,913
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Howell, James. "Middle Tennessee State Historical Scores". jhowell.net. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^ "MTSU makes history". The Daily News-Journal. October 8, 2000. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Blazers shut down Raiders". The Tennessean. October 22, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2000 Football Schedule" (PDF). goblueraiders.com. Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

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Venues	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (1933–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Troy: Battle for the Palladium Western Kentucky: 100 Miles of Hate
Culture & lore	Lightning "MTSU Fight Songs" Band of Blue
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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