2000 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2000 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Dick Tomey in his fourteenth and final season. The Wildcats would finish the year with a 5–6 record (3–5 against Pac-10 opponents). Tomey resigned after the season concluded, which meant that he would not return for a fifteenth season as coach in 2001.

2000 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferencePacific-10
Record5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDino Babers (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRich Ellerson (4th season)
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
2000 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

After starting the season at 5–1 with a possible chance at a Rose Bowl, the team would lose 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.

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