The 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of NebraskaâÂÂLincoln as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Solich, the Cornhuskers compiled an overall record of 10âÂÂ2 with a mark of 6âÂÂ2 in conference play, sharing the Big 12's North Division with Kansas State. By virtue of a head-to-head loss to the Wildcats, Nebraska was left out of the Big 12 Championship Game. The Cornhuskers were invited to the Alamo Bowl, where they defeated Northwestern. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Cornhusker's 2000 Red-White spring game featured Nebraska's first (and currently only) female player: KaLena "Beanie" Barnes, a senior sprinter for Nebraska's women's track-and-field teams, played in spring practice as a punter and recorded one 35-yard punt. She did not stay with the team for the regular season.
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2000 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.<br />