| 2000 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jeffrey Lurie |
| Head coach | Andy Reid |
| Home field | Veterans Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 11–5 |
| Division place | 2nd NFC East |
| Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Buccaneers) 21–3 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Giants) 10–20 |
| Pro Bowlers | 5 |
The 2000 season was the Philadelphia Eagles' sixty-eighth in the National Football League (NFL) and its second under head coach Andy Reid.
The team improved on its 5–11 record from 1999, resulting in a postseason appearance for the first time since 1996.
Its season started in Dallas, with the game famously known for the onside kick that the Eagles kicked and recovered to start the game. This game is known as the Pickle Juice Game, as the Philadelphia players were given pickle juice by Andy Reid in order to prepare for the high temperature in Dallas that day. The Eagles won the game, 41–14.
This was Donovan McNabb's first full year as starting quarterback after seeing limited action during his rookie season. With McNabb, the team posted an 11–5 record. For his efforts, McNabb was named to the Pro Bowl following the season. He subsequently made several more Pro Bowl appearances during his time in Philadelphia. The Eagles played in five NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl (2004) during the McNabb era.
The Eagles easily defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild-card round of the playoffs, 21–3, but lost to its rivals, the eventual NFC champion New York Giants, in the divisional round 20–10.
In week five, running back Duce Staley broke his foot. He was later placed on injured reserve, ending his season. He rushed for 344 yards while active in five games.
The 2000 NFL draft was held April 15–16, 2000. No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year. The Eagles held the sixth pick in the seven-round draft and made a total of seven selections.
The table below shows the Eagles selections, what picks it had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. (It is possible that Eagles' picks ended up with those teams via other trades made by the Eagles with other teams.) Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
| = Pro Bowler [1] | = Hall of Famer |
| 2000 Philadelphia Eagles Draft | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Corey Simon | DT | Florida State | |
| 2 | 36 | Todd Pinkston | WR | Southern Miss | |
| 61 | Bobbie Williams | G | Arkansas | From Tennessee | |
| 3 | 68 | Traded to Tennessee | |||
| 4 | 99 | Gari Scott | WR | Michigan State | |
| 5 | 135 | Traded to Tennessee | |||
| 6 | 171 | Thomas Hamner | RB | Minnesota | |
| 178 | John Frank | DE | Utah | from Oakland | |
| 192 | John Romero | C | California | from Washington | |
| 7 | 240 | Traded to New England | |||
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| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 30 | at Cleveland Browns | L 22–33 | 0–1 | Cleveland Browns Stadium |
| 2 | August 5 | at Baltimore Ravens | L 13–16 | 0–2 | PSINet Stadium |
| 3 | August 18 | Tennessee Titans | W 34–32 | 1–2 | Veterans Stadium |
| 4 | August 24 | Buffalo Bills | L 12–16 | 1–3 | Veterans Stadium |
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 3 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 41–14 | 1–0 | Texas Stadium | Recap |
| 2 | September 10 | New York Giants | L 18–33 | 1–1 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 3 | September 17 | at Green Bay Packers | L 3–6 | 1–2 | Lambeau Field | Recap |
| 4 | September 24 | at New Orleans Saints | W 21–7 | 2–2 | Louisiana Superdome | Recap |
| 5 | October 1 | Atlanta Falcons | W 38–10 | 3–2 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 6 | October 8 | Washington Redskins | L 14–17 | 3–3 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 7 | October 15 | at Arizona Cardinals | W 33–14 | 4–3 | Sun Devil Stadium | Recap |
| 8 | October 22 | Chicago Bears | W 13–9 | 5–3 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 9 | October 29 | at New York Giants | L 7–24 | 5–4 | Giants Stadium | Recap |
| 10 | November 5 | Dallas Cowboys | W 16–13 (OT) | 6–4 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 11 | November 12 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 26–23 (OT) | 7–4 | Three Rivers Stadium | Recap |
| 12 | November 19 | Arizona Cardinals | W 34–9 | 8–4 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 13 | November 26 | at Washington Redskins | W 23–20 | 9–4 | FedExField | Recap |
| 14 | December 3 | Tennessee Titans | L 13–15 | 9–5 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| 15 | December 10 | at Cleveland Browns | W 35–24 | 10–5 | Cleveland Browns Stadium | Recap |
| 16 | Bye | |||||
| 17 | December 24 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 16–7 | 11–5 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
| NFC East | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| (1) New York Giants | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 328 | 246 | W5 |
| (4) Philadelphia Eagles | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 351 | 245 | W2 |
| Washington Redskins | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 281 | 269 | W1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 294 | 361 | L2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 210 | 443 | L7 |
| Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card | December 31, 2000 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5) | W 21–3 | 1–0 | Veterans Stadium | Recap |
| Divisional | January 7, 2001 | at New York Giants (1) | L 10–20 | 1–1 | Giants Stadium | Recap |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Eagles | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Giants | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
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