2000 Clemson Tigers football team

2000 Clemson Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 20–41 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
Record	9–3 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy Bowden (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Rodriguez (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Reggie Herring (2nd season)
Captains	Chad Carson Rod Gardner Chad Speck
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 81,473, grass)
Seasons ←  1999 2001  →

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Florida State $		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 17 Georgia Tech		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Clemson		6	–	2					9	–	3
Virginia		5	–	3					6	–	6
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	4
North Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	5
Maryland		3	–	5					5	–	6
Wake Forest		1	–	7					2	–	9
Duke		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played in the 2001 Gator Bowl, where they lost to Virginia Tech. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	6:00 p.m.	The Citadel *	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 38–0	75,086
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Missouri *	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	W 62–9	70,382
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 55–7	72,940
September 23	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 11	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 31–10	60,695
September 30	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	No. 7	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 52–22	16,872
October 7	3:30 p.m.	NC State	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	ABC	W 34–27	79,566
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN2	W 35–14	83,752
October 21	5:30 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 5	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 38–24	55,000
October 28	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 28–31	81,734
November 4	7:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Florida State	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–54	82,514
November 18	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 South Carolina *	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	W 16–14	85,187	[2]
January 1, 2001	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech *	No. 16	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	L 20–41	68,741
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	17	17	17	16	11	7	5	5	5	5	10	17	16	15	15	16	16
Coaches Poll	19	18	19	16	11	8	5	4	3	4	10	15	14	12	13	13	14
BCS	Not released									7	13	—	—	13	15	15	Not released

Roster

2000 Clemson Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Woodrow Dantzler  Jr WR 23 Rod Gardner Sr FB 26 Terry Witherspoon Sr C 59 Kyle Young  Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class FS 9 Robert Carswell Sr SS 40 Charles Hafley  Jr LB 43 Keith Adams Jr DE 98 Nick Eason So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2000-10-18

References

1. "Virginia Tech gobbles up Clemson in Gator Bowl". The Ledger . January 1, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
2. "Tigers win thriller". The Herald. November 19, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.