2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
Peach Bowl, L, 14–28 vs. LSU
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 17
Record9–3 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Ted Roof (2nd season)
Home stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 46,000)
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Contents

Virginia Tech

The Yellow Jackets were scheduled to play Virginia Tech at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia in the BCA Classic, but lightning struck around the stadium as the teams were lining up for kickoff. The game eventually was canceled after a lengthy delay. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27:00 pm UCF *
W 21–1740,993
September 98:00 pmNo. 2 Florida State
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
 ABC L 21–2646,381
September 163:30 pm Navy *
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
 HTS W 40–1346,032
September 218:00 pmat NC State
ESPN L 23–30 OT49,857
September 303:30 pmat North Carolina
ABCW 42–2852,000
October 1412:00 pm Wake Forest Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
 JPS W 52–2043,829
October 2112:00 pm Duke
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
JPSW 45–1036,908
October 283:30 pmat No. 5 Clemson
ABCW 31–2881,734
November 98:00 pm Virginia No. 24
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ESPNW 35–041,885
November 1812:00 pmat Maryland No. 20
JPSW 35–2224,701
November 2512:00 pmat No. 19 Georgia *No. 18
 CBS W 27–1585,912 [2]
December 295:00 pmvs. LSU *No. 15
ESPNL 14–2873,614 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP ——————————25222018171517
Coaches Poll ————————————2219181719
BCS Not released—————1313Not released

Roster

2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 35 Joe Burns Jr
WR 6 Kelly Campbell Jr
QB 11 George Godsey Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 96Gary JohnsonSo
FS 21Marty O'LearyJr
DE 38 Nick Rogers Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "ACC Coach of the Year George O'Leary Steers Rambling Wreck to Fourth Straight Bowl". Georgia Tech Athletic Association. December 7, 2000. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Tech takes bite out of Bulldogs". The Tennessean. November 26, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Tigers complete turnaround". The Shreveport Times. December 30, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "2000-01 Archive". Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
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