2000 Stanford Cardinal football team

The 2000 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Tyrone Willingham.

2000 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tyrone Willingham (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Diedrick (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kent Baer (2nd as DC, 6th overall season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Washington $+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 4 Oregon State  %+		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 7 Oregon +		7	–	1					10	–	2
Stanford		4	–	4					5	–	6
UCLA		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arizona State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arizona		3	–	5					5	–	6
USC		2	–	6					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	6					4	–	7
California		2	–	6					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:15 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 24–10	21,793
September 9	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 27–40	41,525
September 16	7:15 p.m.	No. 5 Texas*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	FSN	W 27–24	43,970
September 30	2:00 p.m.	Arizona	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 3–27	31,165
October 7	11:30 a.m.	at No. 25 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 14–20	80,232
October 14	3:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 6–38	34,777
October 21	12:30 p.m.	USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	ABC	W 32–30	50,125
October 28	2:00 p.m.	No. 9 Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 28–31	31,300
November 4	3:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	L 35–37	64,039
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Arizona State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 29–7	29,795
November 18	12:30 p.m.	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (103rd Big Game)	KGO	W 36–30 OT	67,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

At Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
Cougars					0

See also: 2000 Washington State Cougars football team

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Cardinal					0

See also: 2000 San Jose State Spartans football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

No. 5 Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Longhorns					0
Cardinal					0

See also: 2000 Texas Longhorns football team

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
Cardinal					0

See also: 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team

At No. 25 Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
No. 25 Fighting Irish					0

See also: Notre Dame – Stanford rivalry and 2000 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

At No. 23 Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
No. 23 Beavers					0

See also: 2000 Oregon State Beavers football team

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans					0
Cardinal					0

See also: 2000 USC Trojans football team and Stanford–USC football rivalry

No. 9 Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Huskies					0
Cardinal					0

See also: 2000 Washington Huskies football team

At UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
Bruins					0

See also: 2000 UCLA Bruins football team

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils					0
Cardinal					0

See also: 2000 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

At California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
Golden Bears					0

See also: Big Game (football) and 2000 California Golden Bears football team

Coaching staff

• Tyrone Willingham – Head coach
• Bill Diedrick – Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
• Buzz Preston – Running backs
• Mose Rison – wide receivers
• Tom Brattan – Offensive line (centers and guards)
• Chuck Moller – Tight ends and offensive line (tackles)
• Kent Baer – Defensive coordinator and linebackers
• Phil Zacharias – Defensive ends and special teams coordinator
• Denny Schuler – Defensive backs
• Dave Tipton – Recruiting coordinator