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BCS Bowl Game 66th Orange Bowl |
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Date | January 1, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Pro Player Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | David Terrell (Michigan WR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 70,461 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brad Nessler and Bob Griese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 11.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2000 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines on January 1, 2000, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Michigan defeated Alabama 35–34 in an overtime battle. The game was part of the 1999–2000 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2000 game represented the 66th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.
Quarterback Tom Brady led Michigan to the win, throwing for 369 yards and four touchdowns, while leading the team back from a pair of 14-point deficits in regulation (14-0 in the first half, and 28-14 in the second). Brady threw the game-winning score in overtime on a bootleg to tight end Shawn Thompson. The game was won by Michigan when Alabama placekicker, Ryan Pflugner, missed a PAT following their own touchdown. This was the first overtime BCS Bowl game.
No Scoring
Alabama-Shaun Alexander 5 yard run (Ryan Pflunger kick) 9:48 UA 7 UM 0
Alabama- Shaun Alexander 6 yard run (Ryan Pflunger kick) 6:51 UA 14 UM 0
Michigan-David Terrell 27 yard pass from Tom Brady (Hayden Epstein kick) 0:58 UA 14 UM 7
Michigan- David Terrell 57 yard pass from Tom Brady (Hayden Epstein kick) 13:03 UA 14 UM 14
Alabama- Shaun Alexander 50 yard run (Ryan Pflunger kick) 11:00 UA 21 UM 14