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2000 Florida Gators football team

2000 Florida Gators football
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SEC champion
SEC Eastern Division champion
Sugar Bowl, L 37–20 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
AP No. 10
2000 record 10–3 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach Steve Spurrier (11th year)
Defensive coordinator Jon Hoke (2nd year)
Captain Alex Brown
Derrick Chambers
Jesse Palmer
Gerard Warren
Alex Willis
Home stadium Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Seasons
« 1999 2001 »
2000 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#10 Florida x$   7 1         10 3  
#20 Georgia   5 3         8 4  
#19 South Carolina   5 3         8 4  
Tennessee   5 3         8 4  
Vanderbilt   1 7         3 8  
Kentucky   0 8         2 9  
Western Division
#18 Auburn x   6 2         9 4  
#22 LSU   5 3         8 4  
Ole Miss   4 4         7 5  
#24 Mississippi State   4 4         8 4  
Arkansas   3 5         6 6  
Alabama   3 5         3 8  
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Ball St 7 3 9 0 19
• Florida 12 14 7 7 40
SEC Championship Game
#18 Auburn vs. #7 Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 3 3 0 6
Florida 14 7 7 0 28

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.

Sources: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, and GatorZone.com.

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.


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