2000 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2000 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2000 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Andy McCollum (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Fedora (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Miles Aldridge (2nd season)
Home stadium	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

2000 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Notre Dame  %			–						9	–	3
UCF			–						7	–	4
Middle Tennessee			–						6	–	5
Connecticut			–						3	–	8
Louisiana Tech			–						3	–	9
Louisiana–Lafayette			–						1	–	10
Louisiana–Monroe			–						1	–	10
Navy			–						1	–	10
% – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at No. 21 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 6–35	35,032
September 9	at No. 8 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL		L 0–55	84,311
September 28	Murray State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 44–28	12,037
September 23	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 27–45	31,126
October 7	Louisiana Tech	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 49–21	11,302
October 14	Louisiana–Monroe	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 28–0	17,427
October 21	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CSS	L 9–14	13,000
October 28	at No. 20 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	CSS	L 35–61	42,933
November 4	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT		W 66–10	11,115
November 11	South Florida	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 45–9	12,147
November 18	Louisiana–Lafayette	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 41–38 2OT	7,913
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game