2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Peach Bowl, L, 14–28 vs. LSU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 17
Record	9–3 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	George O'Leary (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Ted Roof (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium; (Capacity: 46,000)

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Virginia Tech

The Yellow Jackets were scheduled to play Virginia Tech at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia in the BCA Classic, but lightning struck around the stadium as the teams were lining up for kickoff. The game eventually was canceled after a lengthy delay.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	UCF*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta		W 21–17	40,993
September 9	8:00 pm	No. 2 Florida State		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ABC	L 21–26	46,381
September 16	3:30 pm	Navy*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	HTS	W 40–13	46,032
September 21	8:00 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN	L 23–30 ^OT	49,857
September 30	3:30 pm	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina	ABC	W 42–28	52,000
October 14	12:00 pm	Wake Forest		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	JPS	W 52–20	43,829
October 21	12:00 pm	Duke		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	JPS	W 45–10	36,908
October 28	3:30 pm	at No. 5 Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–28	81,734
November 9	8:00 pm	Virginia	No. 24	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ESPN	W 35–0	41,885
November 18	12:00 pm	at Maryland	No. 20	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	JPS	W 35–22	24,701
November 25	12:00 pm	at No. 19 Georgia*	No. 18	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	W 27–15	85,912
December 29	5:00 pm	vs. LSU*	No. 15	Georgia Dome Atlanta (Peach Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–28	73,614
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`35`	Joe Burns	Jr
WR	`6`	Kelly Campbell	Jr
QB	`11`	George Godsey	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`96`	Gary Johnson	So
FS	`21`	Marty O'Leary	Jr
DE	`38`	Nick Rogers	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

George O'Leary

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Ralph Friedgen – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Bill O'Brien – Running backs/recruiting coordinator
David Kelly – Wide receivers
Eddie Wilson – '
Mac McWhorter – Offensive line
Ted Roof – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
Danny Crossman – Defensive ends/special teams
Paul Ferraro – Defensive backs

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	22	20	18	17	15	17
Coaches Poll	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	19	18	17	19
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	13	13	Not released