2000 Gator Bowl

2000 Toyota Gator Bowl

(8-3)

(8-4)

Head coach:
George O'Leary

Head coach:
Butch Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia Tech	0	11	20	7	38
Miami	10	30	0	7	47

Date

January 1, 2000

Season

1999

Stadium

Alltel Stadium

Location

Jacksonville, Florida

MVP

LB Nate Webster (Miami)
QB Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech)

Attendance

43,416

The 2000 Gator Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Background

The Jackets had at one point been ranked as high as 7th in the polls before two losses had made them fall to 17th. They finished 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This was their third consecutive bowl season. The Hurricanes finished 2nd in the Big East Conference with a loss to Virginia Tech late in the season costing them a share of the title. But Miami was making their third bowl appearance under Davis, who was hired to help rebuild the program after a scandal that rocked the school in 1995.

Game summary

Tech had multiple opportunities to score, but two interceptions and two missed field goals doomed the Jackets in their first bowl loss since 1978. Miami scored the first 14 points of the game on a James Jackson rushing touchdown and a Andre King touchdown catch from Kenny Kelly. Tech mustered a Joe Hamilton touchdown late in the first half but Miami scored before the half ended on a Clinton Portis 73 yard run to lead 21-7. From that point on, Tech scored just six points on two Luke Manget field goals, which narrowed it to 21-13. But Ken Dorsey's touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne midway through the fourth quarter sealed the game for the Hurricanes.^[1]

Aftermath

Miami would go to the Sugar Bowl the next year, their last bowl game with Davis before he departed for the Cleveland Browns. The Jackets would go to one more bowl game with O'Leary before he left the program. The Jackets would return to the Gator Bowl seven years later.

Statistics

Statistics	Miami	GT
First Downs	22	29
Yards Rushing	239	217
Yards Passing	208	245
Total Offense Yards	447	462
Punts-Average	5-42.6	6-26.2
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-0
Interceptions	1	2
Penalties-Yards	9-90	7-75
Time of Possession	27:40	32:20

References

↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/sfc/99bowls/gator.htm

1999–2000 NCAA football bowl game season

Las Vegas (Dec. 18) Mobile Alabama (Dec. 22) Aloha (Dec. 25) Oahu (Dec. 25) Motor City (Dec. 27) Alamo (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Humanitarian (Dec. 30) MicronPC (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 30) Sun (Dec. 31) Insight.com (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Independence (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 4)

All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 15) Senior Bowl (Jan. 22)

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Notes	There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, and 1991.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bowl games

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