2000 Maryland Terrapins football team

2000 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Ron Vanderlinden (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Heffner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Wally Ake (4th season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Florida State $		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 17 Georgia Tech		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Clemson		6	–	2					9	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3					6	–	6
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	4
North Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	5
Maryland		3	–	5					5	–	6
Wake Forest		1	–	7					2	–	9
Duke		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Ron Vanderlinden, the Terrapins compiled a 5–6 record, finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 284 to 247. The team's statistical leaders included Calvin McCall with 1,533 passing yards, LaMont Jordan with 920 rushing yards, and Guilian Gary with 568 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Temple*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 17–10	46,950
September 16	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 17–30	53,007
September 23		Middle Tennessee*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 45–27	31,136
September 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Florida State	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN	L 7–59	47,044
October 7	12:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	JPS	L 23–31	53,655
October 14	6:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN2	L 14–35	83,752
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 37–7	26,544
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 20–9	20,033
November 4	3:30 p.m.	NC State	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ABC	W 35–28 2OT	28,410
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	L 10–13	40,000
November 18	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Georgia Tech	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPS	L 22–35	24,701
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 5 James Lynch Fr RB 7 Bruce Perry Fr QB 14 Shaun Hill Jr RB 15 LaMont Jordan Sr WR 21 Guilian Gary Jr C 67 Melvin Fowler Jr OT 78 Matt Crawford So WR 81 Kevin Collins Sr TE 82 Jeff Dugan Fr TE 88 Matt Murphy Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 11 Tony Okanlawon Jr CB 19 Richard Harrigan Jr CB 30 Curome Cox Fr LB 32 Leon Joe Fr DB 28 Mohammad Emamhosseini Jr SS 34 Madieu Williams So LB 42 E. J. Henderson So DT 98 Charles Hill Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 16 Brooks Barnard So	Head coach Ron Vanderlinden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2000-12-08