# 2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. The team played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. They were led by head coach Hal Mumme, who was fired after the end of the season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 pm | at Louisville* | Papa John's Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY (Governor's Cup) | BBSN | L 34–40 $^{OT}$ | 42,510 |
| September 9 | 1:30 pm | South Florida* | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | | W 27–9 | 63,821 |
| September 16 | 6:00 pm | Indiana* | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (rivalry) | ESPN2 | W 41–34 | 70,776 |
| September 23 | 3:30 pm | at No. 3 Florida | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL (rivalry) | CBS | L 31–59 | 85,319 |
| September 30 | 7:00 pm | at Ole Miss | Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS | | L 17–35 | 51,448 |
| October 7 | 7:30 pm | South Carolina | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | ESPN2 | L 17–20 | 69,334 |
| October 14 | 8:00 pm | at LSU | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | PPV | L 0–34 | 85,664 |
| October 21 | 12:30 pm | No. 12 Georgia | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | JPS | L 30–34 | 68,565 |
| November 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 18 Mississippi State | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | PPV | L 17–35 | 62,159 |
| November 11 | 1:30 pm | Vanderbilt | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY (rivalry) | | L 20–24 | 58,117 |
| November 18 | 12:30 pm | at Tennessee | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN (rivalry) | JPS | L 20–59 | 106,437 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Roster

| Player | Class | Pos | Summary |
| Jared Lorenzen* | FR | QB | 321 Cmp, 559 Att, 3687 Yds, 19 TD |
| Mark Perry | SR | QB | 1 Cmp, 3 Att, 2 Yds, 0 TD |
| Chad Scott* | FR | RB | 130 Att, 611 Yds, 4.7 Avg |
| Derek Homer* | SR | RB | 38 Rec, 341 Yds, 9.0 Avg |
| Joel Bryan | JR | RB | 1 Att, 4 Yds, 4.0 Avg |
| Artose Pinner | SO | RB | 39 Att, 188 Yds, 4.8 Avg |
| Martez Johnson | SO | RB | 15 Att, 61 Yds, 4.1 Avg |
| Kendrick Shanklin | JR | RB | 4 Rec, 32 Yds, 8.0 Avg |
| Mike Kamphake | SO | RB | |
| Quentin McCord* | SR | WR | 45 Rec, 799 Yds, 17.8 Avg |
| Dougie Allen* | JR | WR | 22 Rec, 315 Yds, 14.3 Avg |
| Ernest Simms | | WR | 10 Rec, 168 Yds, 16.8 Avg |
| Derek Abney | FR | WR | 40 Rec, 413 Yds, 10.3 Avg |
| Bobby Blizzard | SO | WR | 23 Rec, 199 Yds, 8.7 Avg |
| Jimmy Robinson | SR | WR | 9 Rec, 110 Yds, 12.2 Avg |
| Neal Brown | SO | WR | 8 Rec, 38 Yds, 4.8 Avg |
| Anthony Kelly | | WR | 8 Rec, 64 Yds, 8.0 Avg |
| Mike Beirne | JR | WR | 2 Rec, 28 Yds, 14.0 Avg |
| Gary Hughes | JR | WR | 2 Rec, 3 Yds, 1.5 Avg |
| Alex Herman | SR | WR | 1 Rec, 0 Yds, 0.0 Avg |
| Brad Pyatt | SO | WR | 1 Rec, 1 Yds, 1.0 Avg |
| Derek Smith* | SO | TE | 49 Rec, 713 Yds, 14.6 Avg |
| Chase Harp | SO | TE | 11 Rec, 134 Yds, 12.2 Avg |
| Eric Arling | FR | TE | 1 Rec, 10 Yds, 10.0 Avg |
| Edgar Gantt | SO | TE | |
| Matt Brown* | | OL | |
| Keith Chatelain* | | OL | |
| Antonio Hall* | | OL | |
| Kip Sixberry* | | OL | |
| Josh Parrish | | OL | |
| Brandon Sanders | SR | K | |
| Otis Grigsby* | | DL | |
| Jeremy Caudill* | | DL | |
| Matt Layow* | | DL | |
| Dewayne Robertson* | | DL | |
| Chris Demaree | JR | DL | |
| John Robinson | | DL | |
| Chris Gayton* | | LB | |
| Marlon McCree* | SR | LB | |
| Ryan Murphy* | | LB | |
| Ronnie Riley | | LB | |
| Willie Gary* | SR | DB | |
| Kenneth Grant* | | DB | |
| David Johnson* | | DB | |
| Eric Kelly* | SR | DB | |
| Octavius Bond | | DB | |
| Derrick Tatum | SO | DB | |
| Anthony Wajda | JR | DB | |
| Seth Hanson | JR | P | |
| Glenn Pakulak | | P |

## Statistics

Points For: 254
Points/G: 23.1 (77th of 116)
Points Against: 383
Opp Pts/G: 34.8 (106th of 116)
SRS: -4.97 (81st of 116)
SOS: 5.12 (17th of 116)