2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team

2000 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 25
2000 record 8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach Phillip Fulmer
Offensive coordinator Randy Sanders
Defensive coordinator John Chavis
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
(Capacity: 104,079)
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

The 2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the Volunteers to an appearance in the 2001 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:45 PM No. 22 Southern Miss* No. 13 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN ESPN W 19–16   108,064
September 16 3:30 PM No. 6 Florida No. 11 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in September) CBS L 23–27   108,768
September 23 4:00 PM Louisiana–Monroe*dagger No. 13 Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN PPV W 70–3   107,327
September 30 7:45 PM at LSU No. 11 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN L 31–38 OT  91,682
October 7 7:00 PM at No. 19 Georgia No. 21 Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry) ESPN L 10–21   86,520
October 21 3:30 PM Alabama Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) CBS W 20–10   107,709
October 28 12:30 PM at No. 17 South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC JPS W 17–14   84,200
November 4 12:00 PM at Memphis* Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN FSN W 19–17   63,121
November 11 12:30 PM Arkansas Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN JPS W 63–20   107,262
November 18 12:30 PM Kentucky Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel) JPS W 59–20   106,437
November 25 3:30 PM at Vanderbilt No. 25 Adelphia Coliseum • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) JPS W 28–26   68,360
January 1 11:00 AM vs. No. 11 Kansas State* No. 21 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl) FOX L 21–35   63,465
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Travis Henry Running Back2 58 Buffalo Bills
Eric Westmoreland Linebacker3 73 Jacksonville Jaguars
David Leaverton Punter5 142 Jacksonville Jaguars
Cedrick Wilson Wide receiver6 169 San Francisco 49ers
David Martin Wide receiver 6 198 Green Bay Packers

Awards and honors

References

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