2000 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 2000 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Charlie Weatherbie.[1][2]

2000 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
2000 record	1–10
Head coach	Charlie Weatherbie (6th season)
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

2000 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	Temple	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–17	28,335
September 16	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 13–40	46,042
September 23	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 7–48	42,681
September 30	No. 18 TCU	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 0–24	28,477
October 7	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	L 13–27	50,342
October 14	vs. No. 20 Notre Dame	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (rivalry)	L 14–45	47,291
October 21	Rutgers	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 21–28	32,108
October 28	Toledo	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 20–21	27,355
November 11	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 38–50	20,081
November 18	Wake Forest	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 26–49	30,370
December 2	Army	PSINet Stadium Baltimore, MD (Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	W 30–28
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

2000 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 6 Craig Candeto Fr QB 10 Ed Malinowski Jr QB 14 Brian Broadwater Sr OG 64 John Jeffery Jr C 74 Chad Adams Sr WR 81 Brian Williams Sr WR 83 Dominic Bailey Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 26 Chris Lepore Sr LB 50 Bent Matthews Fr DE 57 Josh Wolf Jr DE 94 Brad Wimsatt (C) Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 4 David Hills Jr	Head coach Charlie Weatherbie Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Army

Army Black Knights (1–9) vs. Navy Midshipmen (0–10)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Army	7	0	7	14	28
Navy	10		7	3	20

at PSINet Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland

• Date: December 2
• Game attendance: 70,685
• TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Todd Blackledge, and Jill Arrington
• DailyPress.com

Game information
Army Curtis Zervic 9/15, 99 Yds, 2 TD Michael Wallace 159 Rush Yds, TD Navy Brian Broadwater 88 Pass Yds, TD 121 Rush Yds, TD

The first Army–Navy game in Baltimore since 1944.

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ARMY NAVY 1 Army Michael Wallace 65-yard touchdown run, kick good 7 0 1 Navy -yard field goal by David Hills 7 3 1 Navy Brian Broadwater 45-yard touchdown run, David Hills kick good 7 10 Navy Brian Williams 32-yard touchdown reception from Brian Broadwater, David Hills kick good 7 17 Navy -yard field goal by David Hills 7 20 3 3:22 Navy Fumble recovery returned 3 yards for touchdown by Brad Wimsatt, David Hills kick good 7 27 3 Army Blocked punt returned 7 yards for touchdown by Ben Woodruff, kick good 14 27 4 Army Brian Bruenton 23-yard touchdown reception from Curtis Zervic, kick good 21 27 4 5:32 Navy -yard field goal by David Hills 21 30 4 2:44 Army -yard touchdown reception from Curtis Zervic, kick good 28 30 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 28 30

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 196. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
2. "Navy Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 15, 2015.