2000 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2000 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were led by head coach Bob Toledo.

2000 UCLA Bruins football
Sun Bowl, L 20–21 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2000 record	6–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Toledo (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Al Borges (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bobby Field (16th overall season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity: 91,136)

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	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 Stadium El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 20–21	49,093
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP All times are in Pacific time

Roster

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 LB 44 Marcus Reese So LB 8 Robert Thomas Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 58 Jeff Grau Jr	Head coach Bob Toledo Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2001-02-21

Game summaries

Alabama

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)

Scoring summary 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

• DeShaun Foster 42 Att, 187 Yds [1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	16 (1)	14	6 (1)	15	16	13	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches Poll	NR	NR	17	17	8	17	17	15	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
BCS	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References

1. USA Today