2000 Florida Gators football team

2000 Florida Gators football

SEC champion SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC Championship Game, W 28–6 vs. Auburn
Sugar Bowl, L 37–20 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
2000 record	10–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier
Defensive coordinator	Jon Hoke
Captain	Alex Brown Derrick Chambers Jesse Palmer Gerard Warren Alex Willis
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

2000 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#10 Florida x$		7	–	1		10	–	3
#20 Georgia		5	–	3		8	–	4
#19 South Carolina		5	–	3		8	–	4
Tennessee		5	–	3		8	–	4
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		3	–	8
Kentucky		0	–	8		2	–	9
Western Division
#18 Auburn x		6	–	2		9	–	4
#22 LSU		5	–	3		8	–	4
Ole Miss		4	–	4		7	–	5
#24 Mississippi State		4	–	4		8	–	4
Arkansas		3	–	5		6	–	6
Alabama		3	–	5		3	–	8
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They were coached by Steve Spurrier, who led the Gators to their sixth SEC championship, a Sugar Bowl berth, and an overall win-loss record of 10–3 (.769). The season was the team's eleventh of twelve under Spurrier.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
9–2–2000	Ball State*	No. 9	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	PPV	W 40–19	85,095
9–9–2000	Middle Tennessee*	No. 8	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	PPV	W 55–0	84,311
9–16–2000	No. 11 Tennessee	No. 6	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee	CBS	W 27–23	108,768
9–23–2000	Kentucky	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	CBS	W 59–31	85,319
9–30–2000	Mississippi State	No. 3	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	CBS	L 35–47	43,816
10–7–2000	Louisiana State	No. 12	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	JPS	W 41–9	85,365
10–14–2000	No. 19 Auburn	No. 10	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	CBS	W 38–7	85,710
10–28–2000	No. 13 Georgia	No. 8	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	CBS	W 34–23	84,404
11–4–2000	Vanderbilt	No. 6	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee	JPS	W 43–21	32,714
11–11–2000	No. 21 South Carolina	No. 5	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida (HC)	CBS	W 41–21	85,718
11–18–2000	No. 3 Florida State*	No. 4	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	L 7–30	83,042
12–2–2000	No. 18 Auburn	No. 7	Georgia Dome • Atlanta (SEC Championship)	ABC	W 28–6	73,427
1–2–2001	No. 2 Miami*	No. 7	Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 20–37	64,407
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Sources: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide,^[1] and GatorZone.com.^[2]

Game notes

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ball St	7	3	9	0	19
• Florida	12	14	7	7	40

Date: September 2
Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
Game attendance: 85,095
TV announcers (PPV): David Steele (Play-by-play), Nat Moore (Color) & Larry Vettel (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	13:50	FLA	Kirk Wells 8 yard pass from Jesse Palmer (kick failed)	FLA 6–0

Q1	9:57	FLA	Robert Gillespie 13 yard run (two-point conversion failed)	FLA 12–0

Q1	6:35	BALL	Cornelius Bowick recovered fumble in end zone (Mike Langford kick)	FLA 12–7

Q2	14:25	FLA	Robert Gillespie 1 yard run (Jeff Chandler kick)	FLA 19–7

Q2	13:33	FLA	Alex Willis 9 yard pass from Jesse Palmer (Jeff Chandler kick)	FLA 26–7

Q2	7:09	BALL	Mike Langford 32 yard field goal	FLA 26–10

Q3	12:56	FLA	Jesse Palmer 1 yard run (Jeff Chandler kick)	FLA 33–10

Q3	8:08	BALL	Safety, Robert Gillespie tackled by Evan Triggs in end zone	FLA 33–12

Q3	:59	BALL	Corey Pachman 49 yard pass from Talmadge Hill (Mike Langford kick)	FLA 33–19

Q4	11:00	FLA	Bo Carroll 75 yard pass from Jesse Palmer (Jeff Chandler kick)	FLA 40–19

^[3]

Middle Tennessee St.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee State	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	21	17	10	7	55

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	7	10	10	27
Tennessee	3	9	8	3	23

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kentucky	3	14	7	7	31
Florida	10	28	14	7	59

Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	10	13	12	35
Mississippi State	5	11	8	23	47

September 30, 2000

The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback Wayne Madkin also ran for two touchdowns. The Bulldogs compiled 517 total yards of offense.

A frustrated Steve Spurrier rotated three quarterbacks including Rex Grossman. Grossman went 13 for 16 with 231 yards and two touchdowns. All together, the Gators had 494 yards and four touchdowns through the air.

Mississippi State won the game 47–35, breaking Florida's 72-game winning streak against unranked teams in front of a crowd of 43,816. After the game, the Mississippi State fans stormed the field and tore down the goal posts, parts of which ended up all over campus.

	Florida	Mississippi State
First Downs	26	25
Rushed-Yards	22-M78	57-351
Passing Yards	494	166
Sacked-Yards Lost	3-23	6-58
Return Yards	73	54
Passes	34-57-1	14-27-2
Punts	1-45.0	7-42.0
Fumbles-Lost	2-2	2-1
Penalties-Yards	7-46	10-85
Time of Possession	25:16	34:44

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	0	3	0	6	9
Florida	7	10	10	14	41

Auburn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	7	0	0	7
Florida	14	21	0	3	38

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	3	14	0	6	23
Florida	9	8	10	7	34

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	10	7	19	7	43
Vanderbilt	7	6	0	7	20

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Carolina	21	0	0	0	21
Florida	3	28	10	0	41

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	7	0	0	0	7
Florida State	14	0	13	3	30

SEC Championship Game

SEC Championship Game
#18 Auburn vs. #7 Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	3	3	0	6
• Florida	14	7	7	0	28

Date: December 2
Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Source:

Scoring summary

1	FLA	Caldwell 10 yard pass from Grossman (Chandler kick)	FLA 7-0

1	FLA	Caldwell 66 yard pass from Grossman (Chandler kick)	FLA 14-0

2	FLA	Gaffney 27 yard pass from Grossman (Chandler kick)	FLA 21-0

2	AUB	Duval 44 yard field goal	FLA 21-3

3	AUB	Duval 21 yard field goal	FLA 21-6

3	FLA	Haugabrook 12 yard pass from Grossman (Chandler kick)	FLA 28-6

Miami (Sugar Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami	10	3	14	10	37
Florida	7	3	7	3	20

Notable players

07 QB Jesse Palmer (Sr.)
08 QB Rex Grossman (Fr.)
09 QB Brock Berlin (Fr.)
05 RB Earnest Graham (So.)
33 RB Ran Carthon (Fr.)
06 WR Taylor Jacobs (So.)
10 WR Jabar Gaffney (Fr.)
17 WR Reche Caldwell (So.)
78 T Kenyatta Walker (Jr.)
91 DE Derrick Chambers (Sr.)
57 DE Bobby McCray (Fr.)
61 DT Gerard Warren (Jr.)
45 LB Andra Davis (Jr.)
03 CB Lito Sheppard (So.)
04 S Marquand Manuel (Jr.)

Season links

Schedule/Results – http://gatorzone.com/sched.php?sport=footb&curyearb=2000&submita=1
Roster – http://gatorzone.com/football/bios.php?year=2000
Rankings – http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/polls_1936_present.html
Statistics – http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/stats/2000/ffateamstats.html

References

↑ 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 112 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2000. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ USA Today

Bibliography

2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2015).
Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.
Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.

External links

College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results: 2000–2004. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

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