2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike O'Cain (1st season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinatorKen Browning (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Captain Alge Crumpler, Ronald Curry, Sedrick Hodge, Brandon Spoon
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 6–5 overall and 3–5 in ACC play to tie for sixth place. Torbush was fired following the season.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m. Tulsa *
W 30–944,000
September 96:30 p.m. [1] at Wake Forest
W 35–1430,087
September 163:30 p.m.at No. 2 Florida State
ABC L 14–6379,287
September 236:00 p.m. Marshall *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 20–1553,000
September 303:30 p.m. Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCL 28–4252,000
October 143:30 p.m. NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
ABCL 20–3859,000
October 215:30 p.m.No. 5 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 ESPN2 L 24–3855,000
October 2812:00 p.m.at Virginia
JPS L 6–1756,692
November 46:30 p.m.at Pittsburgh *
ESPN2W 20–1743,872
November 1112:00 p.m. Maryland Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
JPSW 13–1040,000
November 1812:00 p.m. [2] at Duke
JPSW 59–2124,673
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Ronald Curry Jr
WR 8 Jamal Jones Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 82 Alge Crumpler Sr
WR 88 Sam Aiken So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 27 Jason Horton So
LB 30 David Thornton Jr
LB 41 Quincy Monk Jr
LB 44 Brandon Spoon Sr
DE 49 Julius Peppers So
DT 87 Ryan Sims Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 92 Jeff Reed Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

NamePosition

[3]

Seasons in Position
Carl Torbush Head coach3rd
Gunter BrewerWide Receivers1st
Defensive tackles1st
Ken BrowningTight Ends /7th
Strength and conditioning coordinator1st
Ron CaseDefensive Backs / special teams coordinator5th
Robbie CaldwellOffensive Line1st
Defensive coordinator / Linebackers1st
Darrell MoodyRunning backs/ recruiting coordinator11th
Mike O'Cain Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks1st
NADefensive ends1st

References

  1. ↑ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on September 9, 2000 · 32 (newspapers.com)".
  2. ↑ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on November 18, 2000 · 38 (newspapers.com)".
  3. ↑ "2000 Archive". University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Department of Athletics. June 1, 2001. Archived from the original on December 29, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
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