2000 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2000 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Pac-10. UCLA was invited to the Sun Bowl, where the Bruins lost to Wisconsin. The team played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Oregon State %+	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 3 Washington $+	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	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:30 pm	No. 3 Alabama*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 35–24	76,640
September 9	4:30 pm	Fresno State*	No. 16	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 24–21	45,605
September 16	12:30 pm	No. 3 Michigan*	No. 14	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 23–20	88,044
September 23	12:30 pm	at Oregon	No. 6	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (College GameDay)	FSN	L 10–29	45,470
September 30	7:15 pm	Arizona State	No. 15	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 38–31	68,113
October 14	12:30 pm	at California	No. 13	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 38–46 ^3OT	53,000
October 21	3:30 pm	No. 19 Oregon State	No. 23	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	L 38–44	48,293
October 28	4:00 pm	at No. 24 Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ABC	W 27–24	45,540
November 4	3:30 pm	Stanford		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 37–35	64,039
November 11	4:00 pm	at No. 7 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 28–35	71,886
November 18	3:30 pm	USC		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	FSNW2	L 35–38	80,227
December 29	11:15 am	vs. Wisconsin*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 20–21	49,093
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Alabama	7	10	7	0	24
• UCLA	14	7	14	0	35

Date: September 2
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Game attendance: 76,640
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson (play-by-play), Tim Brant (color) and Todd Harris (sideline)

2000 UCLA Bruins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`11`	Drew Bennett	Sr
TE	`81`	Bryan Fletcher	Jr
RB	`26`	DeShaun Foster	Jr
WR	`3`	Freddie Mitchell	Jr
QB	`10`	Cory Paus	So
TE	`18`	Mike Seidman	So
RB	`32`	Matt Stanley	Jr
RB	`15`	Ed Stansbury	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`7`	Marques Anderson	Jr
DE	`43`	Dave Ball	Fr
DE	`49`	Mat Ball	Fr
LB	`11`	Brandon Chillar	Fr
DT	`99`	Kenyon Coleman	So
DT	`77`	Rodney Leisle	Fr
CB	`9`	Ricky Manning	So
LB	`47`	Ryan Nece	Jr
DE	`90`	Adam Peters	Jr
LB	`44`	Marcus Reese	So
LB	`8`	Robert Thomas	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`58`	Jeff Grau	Jr

Roster
Last update: 2001-02-21


Q1	13:45	ALA	Freddie Milons 71 yard punt return (Neal Thomas kick)	ALA 7–0

Q1	4:39	UCLA	DeShaun Foster 2 yard run (Chris Griffith kick)	Tie 7–7

Q1	:52	UCLA	Brian Poli-Dixon 31 yard pass from Freddie Mitchell (Chris Griffith kick)	UCLA 14–7

Q2	8:39	UCLA	DeShaun Foster 1 yard run (Chris Griffith kick)	UCLA 21–7

Q2	5:35	ALA	Ahmad Galloway 1 yard run (Neal Thomas kick)	UCLA 21–14

Q2	:59	ALA	Neal Thomas 38 yard field goal	UCLA 21–17

Q3	8:26	ALA	Reggie Myles 91 yard interception return (Neal Thomas kick)	ALA 24–21

Q3	7:05	UCLA	Freddie Mitchell 46 yard pass from Ryan McCann (Chris Griffith kick)	UCLA 28–24

Q3	1:50	UCLA	DeShaun Foster 8 yard run (Chris Griffith kick)	UCLA 35–24