2000 Idaho State Bengals football team

2000 Idaho State Bengals football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Larry Lewis (2nd season)
Home stadium	Holt Arena

2000 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
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 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Larry Lewis, the Bengals compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, and finished sixth in the Big Sky. The team played home games at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Montana Tech*		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 58–10
September 16	at Eastern Washington		Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 7–38	5,123
September 23	Sacramento State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 41–39	5,638
September 30	at Cal State Northridge		North Campus Stadium Northridge, CA	W 31–30 OT	2,750
October 7	No. 24 Northern Arizona		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 28–21
October 14	at No. 2 Portland State	No. 25	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	L 21–59	7,041
October 21	Southern Utah*		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	L 24–62	9,460
October 28	No. 24 Weber State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	L 13–16
November 4	at No. 3 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 21–38	18,943
November 11	Montana State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 58–14
November 18	at Utah State*		Romney Stadium Logan, UT	W 27–24	13,877
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game