2000 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

2000 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	5–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Keith Burns (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Gilstrap (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jeff McInerney (1st season)
Home stadium	Skelly Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 TCU +	7	–	1	10	–	2
UTEP +	7	–	1	8	–	4
Fresno State	6	–	2	7	–	5
San Jose State	5	–	3	7	–	5
Tulsa	4	–	4	5	–	7
Rice	2	–	6	3	–	8
Hawaii	2	–	6	3	–	9
SMU	2	–	6	3	–	9
Nevada	1	–	7	2	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Keith Burns, the Golden Hurricane compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the WASC. Tulsa played home games at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	5:00 pm	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 9–30	44,000
September 9	6:00 pm	Oklahoma State*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)		L 26–36	40,385
September 16	2:30 pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	FSN	W 23–16	10,868
September 23	6:00 pm	Louisiana Tech	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 22–10	17,673	^[1]
September 30	11:00 pm	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI		W 24–14	36,430
October 7	6:00 pm	UTEP	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		L 7–40	18,689
October 14	7:00 pm	at New Mexico State*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM		L 28–42	15,822
October 21	6:00 pm	No. 11 TCU	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		L 3–17	20,034
October 28	9:00 pm	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		L 12–34	41,088
November 11	6:00 pm	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX		L 20–23	14,127
November 18	2:00 pm	San Jose State	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 28–17	13,023
November 25	2:00 pm	Nevada	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 38–3	15,024
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "TU ground-pounds Louisiana Tech". The Daily Oklahoman. September 24, 2000. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 188. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

v t e Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Venues	South Main Park (1912–1914) Association Park (1915–1917) McNulty Park (1919–1929) Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Oklahoma State
Culture & lore	Captain Cane "Hurricane Spirit" The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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