American college football season
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.
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 Ball State * No. 9 PPV W 40–1985,095 September 9 Middle Tennessee * No. 8 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV W 55–084,311 September 16 at No. 11 Tennessee No. 6 CBS W 27–23108,768 September 23 Kentucky No. 3 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) CBS W 59–3185,319 September 30 at Mississippi State No. 3 CBS L 35–4743,816 October 7 LSU No. 12 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) JPS W 41–985,365 October 14 No. 19 Auburn No. 10 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) CBS W 38–785,710 October 28 vs. No. 13 Georgia No. 8 CBS W 34–2384,404 November 4 at Vanderbilt No. 6 JPS W 43–2132,714 November 11 No. 21 South Carolina No. 5 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL CBS W 41–2185,718 November 18 at No. 3 Florida State * No. 4 ABC L 7–3083,042 December 2 vs. No. 18 Auburn No. 7 ABC W 28–673,427 January 2, 2001 vs. No. 2 Miami (FL) * No. 7 ABC L 20–3764,407 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1 2 3 4 Total Ball St 7 3 9 0 19 • No. 9 Florida 12 14 7 7 40
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
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Middle Tennessee St. [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Middle Tennessee State 0 0 0 0 0 No. 8 Florida 21 17 10 7 55
1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Florida 0 7 10 10 27 No. 11 Tennessee 3 9 8 3 23
1 2 3 4 Total Kentucky 3 14 7 7 31 No. 3 Florida 10 28 14 7 59
1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 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
1 2 3 4 Total LSU 0 3 0 6 9 No. 12 Florida 7 10 10 14 41
1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Auburn 0 7 0 0 7 No. 10 Florida 14 21 0 3 38
#8 Florida Gators (6–1) vs. #13 Georgia Bulldogs (6–1)
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Florida 9 8 10 7 34 No. 13 Georgia 3 14 0 6 23
at Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida
Date : October 28Game time : 3:30 p.m. EDTGame weather : Sunny • 84 °F (29 °C) • Wind N 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h; 2.6 kn)Game attendance : 84,404Referee : Rogers ReddingTV : CBSAutomated ScoreBook
Game information Florida Georgia Quincy Carter 20/39, 240 yards, TD, 3 int 12 rush, 53 yards Damien Gary 5 rec, 64 yards
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP FLA UGA 1 6:36 12 61 5:28 Georgia 24-yard field goal by Billy Bennett 0 3 1 5:23 4 73 1:13 Florida Jabar Gaffney 27-yard touchdown reception from Rex Grossman , Jeff Chandler kick no good 6 3 1 0:10 12 40 3:20 Florida 37-yard field goal by Jeff Chandler 9 3 2 5:23 2 5 0:47 Georgia Musa Smith 4-yard touchdown run, Billy Bennett kick good 9 10 2 4:49 2 42 0:14 Georgia Musa Smith 1-yard touchdown run, Billy Bennett kick good 9 17 2 0:30 3 26 0:39 Florida Robert Gillespie 14-yard touchdown reception from Jesse Palmer , 2-point pass good 17 17 3 11:56 6 19 1:17 Florida 54-yard field goal by Jeff Chandler 20 17 3 4:59 10 82 3:59 Florida Jesse Palmer 1-yard touchdown run, Jeff Chandler kick good 27 17 4 9:50 12 65 5:40 Georgia Jasper Sanks 1-yard touchdown reception from Quincy Carter , Billy Bennett kick no good 27 23 4 4:42 2 29 0:15 Florida Robert Gillespie 2-yard touchdown run, Jeff Chandler kick good 34 23 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 34 23
1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Florida 10 7 19 7 43 Vanderbilt 7 6 0 7 20
1 2 3 4 Total No. 21 South Carolina 21 0 0 0 21 No. 5 Florida 3 28 10 0 41
1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Florida 7 0 0 0 7 No. 3 Florida State 14 0 13 3 30
SEC Championship Game [ edit ] SEC Championship Game #18 Auburn vs. #7 Florida 1 2 3 4 Total No. 18 Auburn 0 3 3 0 6 • No. 7 Florida 14 7 7 0 28
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
1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Miami 10 3 14 10 37 No. 7 Florida 7 3 7 3 20
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 9 9 8 7 3 3 (1) 12 10 8 8 6 5 4 7 7 7 10 Coaches Poll 7 7 5 4 3 3 9 9 7 7 5 4 4 9 8 7 11 BCS Not released 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 Not released
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