The 2000 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented

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as a member of the

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(WAC) during the

2000 NCAA Division I-A football season The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners beating the defending national champion Florida State Seminoles to claim the Sooners' seventh national championship and their thirty-seventh conference championship, the ...

. Led by fourth-year head coach

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, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing third in the WAC. Fresno State was invited to the

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, where the Bulldogs lost to

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. The team played home games at Bulldog Stadium in

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Fresno State Bulldogs football seasons

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