2000 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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2000 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Pease (2nd season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Montana $^	8	–	0	13	–	2
No. 15 Portland State ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
No. 18 Weber State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Sacramento State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Eastern Washington	5	–	3	6	–	5
Idaho State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Cal State Northridge	2	–	6	4	–	7
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Montana State	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against conference opponents), were outscored by a total of 275 to 245, and tied for seventh place in the Big Sky.^[1]

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Chadron State*	No. 23	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 32–24		^[2]
September 16	at Cal State Northridge	No. 20	North Campus Stadium Northridge, CA	W 49–26		^[3]
September 23	at New Mexico*	No. 17	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	L 28–35		^[4]
September 30	No. 5 Portland State	No. 17	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 10–42
October 7	at No. 25 Idaho State	No. 24	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	L 21–28
October 14	Weber State		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 10–12
October 21	at No. 5 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 7–17	19,109
October 28	Montana State		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 32–9
November 4	at Eastern Washington		Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 9–27
November 11	Sacramento State		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 24–28	2,011
November 18	Southern Utah*		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (rivalry)	L 23–27
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Arizona University. 2013. p. 79. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ Doug Cook (September 10, 2000). "Shaky start for Jacks". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Doug Cook (September 17, 2000). "'Road Warriors' return". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B812` m, lp, o0977886edc c – via Newspapers.com.
^ Greg Archuleta (September 24, 2000). "Out of the Woods: Lobos Barely Avoid Being Cut Down by Lumberjacks". Albuquerque Journal. pp. D1, D2 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Skidmore Field (1915 –1957) Lumberjack Stadium (1958–1977) Walkup Skydome (1977–present)
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