2000 Arizona Wildcats football team

2000 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDino Babers (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorRich Ellerson (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumArizona 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  
Washington State  2 6   4 7  
California  2 6   3 8  
USC  2 6   5 7  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Dick Tomey in his 14th and final season as head coach, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Pac-10. The team played home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

After starting the season at 5–1, Arizona was in the running for a conference title and a berth in the Rose Bowl, but the Wildcats lost their final five games due to offensive mistakes and a poor defense, which prevented them from reaching a bowl game and leading to Tomey's resignation.