2000 LSU Tigers football team

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 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban in his first year at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Saban led the team to a turnaround from a 3–8 record in 1999 to an 8–4 record and a victory in the Peach Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	Western Carolina*		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		W 58–0	87,188
September 9	7:00 PM	Houston*		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		W 28–13	82,469
September 16	6:30 PM	at No. 24 Auburn		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–34	85,612
September 23	7:00 PM	UAB*		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNGP	L 10–13	85,339
September 30	6:00 PM	No. 11 Tennessee		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	W 38–31 ^OT	91,682
October 7	11:30 AM	at No. 12 Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)	JPS	L 9–41	85,365
October 14	7:00 PM	Kentucky		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 34–0	85,664
October 21	8:00 PM	No. 13 Mississippi State		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	ESPN2	W 45–38 ^OT	90,584
November 4	2:30 PM	Alabama		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	CBS	W 30–28	91,778
November 11	8:00 PM	at Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN2	W 20–9	52,476
November 24	1:30 PM	at Arkansas	No. 24	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Battle for the Golden Boot)	CBS	L 3–14	43,982
January 1	4:00 PM	vs. No. 15 Georgia Tech*		Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–14	73,614
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Carolina	0	0	0	0	0
• LSU	20	17	14	7	58

Scoring summary

Q1	14:02	LSU	Robinson 80 yard pass from Booty (Corbello kick)	LSU 7–0

Q1	4:24	LSU	Toefield 8 yard run (kick failed)	LSU 13–0

Q1	2:43	LSU	Myers 45 yard pass from Booty (Corbello kick)	LSU 20–0

Q2	11:03	LSU	Reed 47 yard pass from Davey (Corbello kick)	LSU 27–0

Q2	7:12	LSU	Henderson 32 yard run (Corbello kick)	LSU 34–0

Q2	:00	LSU	Corbello 36 yard field goal	LSU 37–0

Q3	12:50	LSU	Myers 36 yard pass from Davey (Corbello kick)	LSU 44–0

Q3	4:24	LSU	Parker 9 yard pass from Davey (Corbello kick)	LSU 51–0

Q4	4:48	LSU	Parquet 3 yard run (Kessler kick)	LSU 58–0

LSU Tigers football

Venues	State Field (1893–1924) Tiger Stadium (1924–present) Charles McClendon Practice Facility LSU Football Operations Center LSU Indoor Practice Facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss: Magnolia Bowl Texas A&M Tulane: Battle for the Rag

Culture & lore	History Traditions Mike the Tiger LSU Tiger Marching Band Songs of LSU Chinese Bandits Cannon's Halloween Run Earthquake Game Bluegrass Miracle 2011 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches All-Americans LSU Hall of Fame inductees College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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