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2000 Conference USA Year Summary

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Record: 53-50, .515 W-L% (7th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -1.95 (7th of 12) ▪ SOS: -2.16 (8th of 12)

Conference Champion: Louisville

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Southern Mississippi)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

Overall Conference Pts/G SRS
School W L Pct W L Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Louisville 9 3 .750 6 1 .857 33.8 22.3 7.37 -2.22
East Carolina 8 4 .667 5 2 .714 30.8 21.3 6.93 -0.07
Cincinnati 7 5 .583 5 2 .714 24.1 23.8 -0.11 -1.61
Southern Mississippi 8 4 .667 4 3 .571 26.2 16.9 7.44 -0.14
Alabama-Birmingham 7 4 .636 3 3 .500 21.6 17.5 -0.69 -3.60
Tulane 6 5 .545 3 4 .429 29.9 31.5 -5.54 -5.27
Memphis 4 7 .364 2 5 .286 16.0 18.1 -7.05 -3.60
Houston 3 8 .273 2 5 .286 19.2 33.6 -10.67 -0.67
Army 1 10 .091 1 6 .143 20.4 33.8 -15.26 -2.26

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 8/27 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/3 Final
Louisville                             22 22  
Southern Mississippi 23 22 25 25 22 21 17 16 15 14 13 25 24        

4 Bowl Games

Date Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
2000-12-29 Liberty Bowl Colorado State 22 Louisville 17 Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
2000-12-27 Gallery Furniture Bowl East Carolina 40 Texas Tech 27 Gallery Furniture Bowl (Houston, TX)
2000-12-27 Motor City Bowl Marshall 25 Cincinnati 14 Motor City Bowl (Detroit, MI)
2000-12-20 Mobile Alabama Bowl Southern Mississippi 28 Texas Christian 21 Mobile Alabama Bowl (Mobile, AL)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions
1. Jason McKinley (HOU) 251
2. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 229
3. Dave Ragone (LOU) 216
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 198
5. David Garrard (ECAR) 164
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 137
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 100
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 85
9. Joe Gerena (ARMY) 72
10. Neil Suber (MEM) 69
Pass Attempts
1. Jason McKinley (HOU) 428
2. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 389
3. Dave Ragone (LOU) 354
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 341
5. David Garrard (ECAR) 312
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 265
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 182
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 154
9. Joe Gerena (ARMY) 151
10. Chad Jenkins (ARMY) 125
Pass Completion Percentage
1. Dave Ragone (LOU) 61.0
2. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 58.9
3. Jason McKinley (HOU) 58.6
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 58.1
5. Scott Scherer (MEM) 55.2
6. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 54.9
7. David Garrard (ECAR) 52.6
8. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 51.7
Passing Yards
1. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 2833
2. Jason McKinley (HOU) 2696
3. Dave Ragone (LOU) 2621
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 2381
5. David Garrard (ECAR) 2332
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 1717
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 1135
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 857
9. Joe Gerena (ARMY) 779
10. J.P. Losman (TLN) 722
Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. David Garrard (ECAR) 7.5
2. Dave Ragone (LOU) 7.4
3. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 7.3
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 7.0
5. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 6.5
6. Jason McKinley (HOU) 6.3
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 6.2
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 5.6
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Dave Ragone (LOU) 7.5
2. David Garrard (ECAR) 7.1
3. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 6.9
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 6.5
5. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 6.0
6. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 6.0
7. Jason McKinley (HOU) 5.6
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 4.3
Passing Touchdowns
1. Dave Ragone (LOU) 27
2. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 24
3. David Garrard (ECAR) 19
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 15
5. Jason McKinley (HOU) 14
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 10
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 5
8. Curtis Zervic (ARMY) 4
  J.P. Losman (TLN) 4
  Scott Scherer (MEM) 4
Passing Interceptions
1. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 14
2. Jason McKinley (HOU) 13
3. David Garrard (ECAR) 11
  Dave Ragone (LOU) 11
5. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 10
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 7
  Chad Jenkins (ARMY) 7
8. Curtis Zervic (ARMY) 6
  Daniel Dixon (ALBIRM) 6
  Scott Scherer (MEM) 6
  Adam Hoover (CIN) 6
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Dave Ragone (LOU) 142.2
2. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 133.2
3. David Garrard (ECAR) 128.4
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 125.4
5. Jason McKinley (HOU) 116.3
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 113.3
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 113.1
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 102.7
Rush Attempts
1. Ray Jackson (CIN) 201
2. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 192
3. Tony Stallings (LOU) 181
4. Jegil Dugger (ALBIRM) 177
5. Mewelde Moore (TLN) 174
6. Jeff Sanders (MEM) 167
7. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 148
8. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 146
9. Joffrey Reynolds (HOU) 136
10. David Garrard (ECAR) 135
Rushing Yards
1. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 1157
2. Mewelde Moore (TLN) 890
3. Jegil Dugger (ALBIRM) 852
4. Tony Stallings (LOU) 810
5. Ray Jackson (CIN) 808
6. Leonard Henry (ECAR) 711
7. Jeff Sanders (MEM) 646
8. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 631
9. Joffrey Reynolds (HOU) 534
10. Demarco McCleskey (CIN) 500
Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 6.0
2. Leonard Henry (ECAR) 5.3
3. Mewelde Moore (TLN) 5.1
4. Jegil Dugger (ALBIRM) 4.8
5. Tony Stallings (LOU) 4.5
6. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 4.3
7. Demarco McCleskey (CIN) 4.1
8. Ray Jackson (CIN) 4.0
9. Joffrey Reynolds (HOU) 3.9
10. Jeff Sanders (MEM) 3.9
Rushing Touchdowns
1. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 11
2. Leonard Henry (ECAR) 8
3. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 7
4. Tony Stallings (LOU) 6
  Dave Ragone (LOU) 6
  Ray Jackson (CIN) 6
7. David Garrard (ECAR) 5
  Jegil Dugger (ALBIRM) 5
  Joffrey Reynolds (HOU) 5
10. Demarco McCleskey (CIN) 4
  Jeff Sanders (MEM) 4
  Jeff Kelly (SMS) 4
  Mike Watkins (LOU) 4
Receptions
1. Brian Robinson (HOU) 79
2. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 74
3. Deion Branch (LOU) 71
4. Terrell Harris (TLN) 64
5. Arnold Jackson (LOU) 63
6. Shawn Mills (SMS) 55
7. Keykowa Bell (HOU) 54
8. Kerwin Cook (TLN) 48
9. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 46
10. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 40
  Leroy Handy (SMS) 40
Receiving Yards
1. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 1075
2. Deion Branch (LOU) 1016
3. Brian Robinson (HOU) 892
4. Keykowa Bell (HOU) 722
5. Shawn Mills (SMS) 713
6. Terrell Harris (TLN) 694
7. Kerwin Cook (TLN) 624
8. Arnold Jackson (LOU) 609
  Antonio Chatman (CIN) 609
10. Marcellus Harris (ECAR) 496
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Marcellus Harris (ECAR) 21.6
2. Keith Stokes (ECAR) 15.0
3. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 14.5
4. Ronnie Ghent (LOU) 14.5
5. Deion Branch (LOU) 14.3
6. Zek Parker (LOU) 14.2
7. Tye Keith (CIN) 14.1
8. Keykowa Bell (HOU) 13.4
9. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 13.2
10. Kerwin Cook (TLN) 13.0
  Roydell Williams (TLN) 13.0
Receiving Touchdowns
1. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 14
2. Deion Branch (LOU) 9
3. Kerwin Cook (TLN) 6
  Brian Robinson (HOU) 6
5. Arnold Jackson (LOU) 5
  Marcellus Harris (ECAR) 5
  Zek Parker (LOU) 5
  Shawn Mills (SMS) 5
9. Billy Kendall (MEM) 3
  Bobby Garner (SMS) 3
  Ronnie Ghent (LOU) 3
  Zander Robinson (TLN) 3
  Tony Stallings (LOU) 3
  Keith Stokes (ECAR) 3
  Rashon Burns (ECAR) 3
  Dawayne Woods (SMS) 3
Plays From Scrimmage
1. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 216
2. Ray Jackson (CIN) 208
3. Mewelde Moore (TLN) 207
4. Tony Stallings (LOU) 202
5. Jegil Dugger (ALBIRM) 185
6. Jeff Sanders (MEM) 173
7. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 161
8. Joffrey Reynolds (HOU) 160
9. Leonard Henry (ECAR) 151
10. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 148
Yards From Scrimmage
1. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 1344
2. Mewelde Moore (TLN) 1240
3. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 1075
4. Deion Branch (LOU) 1028
5. Tony Stallings (LOU) 966
6. Ray Jackson (CIN) 935
7. Brian Robinson (HOU) 907
8. Jegil Dugger (ALBIRM) 886
9. Leonard Henry (ECAR) 848
10. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 781
Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 14
2. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 12
3. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 10
4. Tony Stallings (LOU) 9
  Deion Branch (LOU) 9
  Leonard Henry (ECAR) 9
7. Ray Jackson (CIN) 8
8. Demarco McCleskey (CIN) 6
  Brian Robinson (HOU) 6
  Kerwin Cook (TLN) 6
  Dave Ragone (LOU) 6
Total Plays
1. Jason McKinley (HOU) 501
2. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 489
3. Dave Ragone (LOU) 455
4. David Garrard (ECAR) 447
5. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 428
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 292
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 238
8. Scott Scherer (MEM) 216
9. Ray Jackson (CIN) 201
10. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 193
Total Yards
1. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 2886
2. Dave Ragone (LOU) 2873
3. David Garrard (ECAR) 2690
4. Jason McKinley (HOU) 2565
5. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 2435
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 1750
7. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 1225
8. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 1157
9. Mewelde Moore (TLN) 904
10. J.P. Losman (TLN) 855
Total Touchdowns
1. Dave Ragone (LOU) 33
2. Patrick Ramsey (TLN) 26
3. David Garrard (ECAR) 24
4. Jeff Kelly (SMS) 19
5. Jason McKinley (HOU) 15
6. Deontey Kenner (CIN) 12
7. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 11
8. Leonard Henry (ECAR) 8
9. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 7
10. Jeff Aaron (ALBIRM) 6
  Scott Scherer (MEM) 6
  Ray Jackson (CIN) 6
  Tony Stallings (LOU) 6
Touchdowns
1. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 14
2. Michael Wallace (ARMY) 12
3. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 10
4. Tony Stallings (LOU) 9
  Deion Branch (LOU) 9
  Leonard Henry (ECAR) 9
7. Ray Jackson (CIN) 8
8. Demarco McCleskey (CIN) 6
  Dave Ragone (LOU) 6
  Kerwin Cook (TLN) 6
  Brian Robinson (HOU) 6
Points
1. Jonathan Ruffin (CIN) 104
2. Seth Marler (TLN) 85
3. Adrian Burnette (TLN) 84
4. Rhett Gallego (ALBIRM) 80
5. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 72
  Michael Wallace (ARMY) 72
7. Brant Hanna (SMS) 68
8. Dawayne Woods (SMS) 60
9. Deion Branch (LOU) 56
10. Tony Stallings (LOU) 54
  Leonard Henry (ECAR) 54
  Ryan White (MEM) 54
Extra Point Attempts
1. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 43
2. Seth Marler (TLN) 39
3. Brant Hanna (SMS) 32
4. Wade Tydlacka (LOU) 31
5. Brendan Mullen (ARMY) 29
6. Jonathan Ruffin (CIN) 27
7. Rhett Gallego (ALBIRM) 24
8. Mike Clark (HOU) 19
9. Ryan White (MEM) 18
10. Nate Smith (LOU) 14
Extra Points Made
1. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 42
2. Seth Marler (TLN) 37
3. Brant Hanna (SMS) 32
4. Wade Tydlacka (LOU) 31
5. Brendan Mullen (ARMY) 27
6. Jonathan Ruffin (CIN) 26
7. Rhett Gallego (ALBIRM) 23
8. Ryan White (MEM) 18
9. Mike Clark (HOU) 17
10. Nate Smith (LOU) 14
Field Goal Attempts
1. Jonathan Ruffin (CIN) 29
2. Rhett Gallego (ALBIRM) 24
3. Seth Marler (TLN) 21
  Mike Clark (HOU) 21
5. Brant Hanna (SMS) 18
  Ryan White (MEM) 18
7. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 17
8. Brendan Mullen (ARMY) 11
9. Wade Tydlacka (LOU) 9
10. Nate Smith (LOU) 7
Field Goals Made
1. Jonathan Ruffin (CIN) 26
2. Rhett Gallego (ALBIRM) 19
3. Seth Marler (TLN) 16
4. Brant Hanna (SMS) 12
  Ryan White (MEM) 12
6. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 10
  Mike Clark (HOU) 10
8. Wade Tydlacka (LOU) 6
9. Brendan Mullen (ARMY) 5
  Nate Smith (LOU) 5
Field Goal Percentage
1. Jonathan Ruffin (CIN) 89.7
2. Rhett Gallego (ALBIRM) 79.2
3. Seth Marler (TLN) 76.2
4. Brant Hanna (SMS) 66.7
  Ryan White (MEM) 66.7
6. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 58.8
7. Mike Clark (HOU) 47.6
8. Brendan Mullen (ARMY) 45.5
Punts
1. Ben Graves (MEM) 78
2. Mike Clark (HOU) 76
  Mark Haulman (SMS) 76
4. Casey Roussel (TLN) 59
  Dan Macelroy (ARMY) 59
6. Ross Stewart (ALBIRM) 58
7. Adam Wulfeck (CIN) 56
8. Chris Sivori (LOU) 55
9. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 30
10. Wes Herlocker (ECAR) 29
Punting Yards
1. Mark Haulman (SMS) 3140
2. Ben Graves (MEM) 3125
3. Mike Clark (HOU) 2972
4. Casey Roussel (TLN) 2609
5. Adam Wulfeck (CIN) 2343
6. Ross Stewart (ALBIRM) 2326
7. Dan Macelroy (ARMY) 2254
8. Chris Sivori (LOU) 2204
9. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 1212
10. Wes Herlocker (ECAR) 986
Punting Yards Per Punt
1. Casey Roussel (TLN) 44.2
2. Adam Wulfeck (CIN) 41.8
3. Mark Haulman (SMS) 41.3
4. Kevin Miller (ECAR) 40.4
5. Ross Stewart (ALBIRM) 40.1
6. Chris Sivori (LOU) 40.1
7. Ben Graves (MEM) 40.1
8. Mike Clark (HOU) 39.1
9. Dan Macelroy (ARMY) 38.2
Punt Returns
1. Ryan Johnson (MEM) 37
  John Wilson (TLN) 37
3. Arnold Jackson (LOU) 30
4. Keith Stokes (ECAR) 27
5. Chris Johnson (SMS) 24
6. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 22
7. Torrey Hale (ALBIRM) 18
8. Percy Coleman (ALBIRM) 16
9. Choni Francis (HOU) 13
10. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 12
Punt Return Yards
1. Keith Stokes (ECAR) 416
2. Ryan Johnson (MEM) 389
3. Chris Johnson (SMS) 333
4. John Wilson (TLN) 318
5. Arnold Jackson (LOU) 280
6. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 211
7. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 172
8. Torrey Hale (ALBIRM) 163
9. Percy Coleman (ALBIRM) 113
10. Chad Williams (SMS) 94
Punt Return Yards Per Return
1. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 17.6
2. Keith Stokes (ECAR) 15.4
3. Chris Johnson (SMS) 13.9
4. Ryan Johnson (MEM) 10.5
5. Arnold Jackson (LOU) 9.3
6. Torrey Hale (ALBIRM) 9.1
7. John Wilson (TLN) 8.6
8. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 7.8
9. Percy Coleman (ALBIRM) 7.1
10. Choni Francis (HOU) 2.5
Punt Return Touchdowns
1. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 2
Kickoff Returns
1. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 37
2. John Wilson (TLN) 33
3. Leif Penn (HOU) 26
  Zek Parker (LOU) 26
5. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 24
  Keith Stokes (ECAR) 24
7. Raymond Walls (SMS) 16
8. Cedric Thatch (ALBIRM) 15
9. Zander Robinson (TLN) 13
10. Ryan Johnson (MEM) 12
Kickoff Return Yards
1. Zek Parker (LOU) 752
2. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 716
3. John Wilson (TLN) 687
4. Leif Penn (HOU) 513
5. Keith Stokes (ECAR) 503
6. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 476
7. Raymond Walls (SMS) 329
8. Cedric Thatch (ALBIRM) 301
9. Zander Robinson (TLN) 264
10. Kendall Williams (HOU) 244
Kickoff Return Yards Per Return
1. Zek Parker (LOU) 28.9
2. Keith Stokes (ECAR) 21.0
3. John Wilson (TLN) 20.8
4. Raymond Walls (SMS) 20.6
5. Zander Robinson (TLN) 20.3
6. Cedric Thatch (ALBIRM) 20.1
7. Antonio Chatman (CIN) 19.8
8. Leif Penn (HOU) 19.7
9. Omari Thompson (ARMY) 19.4
10. Ryan Johnson (MEM) 18.2
Interceptions
1. Anthony Floyd (LOU) 10
2. Rashad Holman (LOU) 6
3. Glenn Sumter (MEM) 5
  Hanik Milligan (HOU) 5
  Leo Barnes (SMS) 5
6. Wes Foss (ALBIRM) 3
  Brian Zickefoose (ARMY) 3
  Dejuan Gossett (CIN) 3
  Jason Parker (HOU) 3
  Adrian Abrams (ALBIRM) 3
  Michael Brown (LOU) 3
  Chris Brown (ALBIRM) 3
  Anthony Thomas (CIN) 3
  Lynaris Elpheage (TLN) 3
  Adrian Singleton (ALBIRM) 3
Interception Return Yards
1. Anthony Floyd (LOU) 152
2. Leo Barnes (SMS) 123
3. Idrees Bashir (MEM) 100
4. Hanik Milligan (HOU) 77
5. Glenn Sumter (MEM) 76
6. Brent Dial (ARMY) 72
  Wes Foss (ALBIRM) 72
8. Lyle Weaver (ARMY) 71
9. Kelly Hardy (ECAR) 60
10. Raymond Walls (SMS) 54
  Dejuan Gossett (CIN) 54
Interception Return Touchdowns
1. Leo Barnes (SMS) 3
2. Kelly Hardy (ECAR) 2