2000 Auburn Tigers football team

2000 Auburn Tigers football

SEC Western Division champion
SEC Championship Game, L 28–6 vs. Florida
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 31–28 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 15
2000 record	9–4 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone
Defensive coordinator	John Lovett
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium (Capacity: 85,612)

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 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They finished the season with a 9–4 record and won the Southeastern Conference West Division championship.^[1] Second year head coach Tommy Tuberville led the Tigers to their first winning season since 1997, their second SEC Championship Game appearance, and a New Year's Day appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl against Michigan, which marked the Tigers return to post-season play for the first time in three years. The Tigers shut out arch rival Alabama, 9–0, on November 18 in the first Iron Bowl game played in Tuscaloosa since 1901. The Tigers finished the season ranked #18 in the AP Poll and #20 in the Coaches Poll.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	Wyoming*		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN	W 35–21	76,128
September 9	6:00 PM	at No. 19 Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	ESPN2	W 35–27	52,368
September 16	6:30 PM	LSU	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	W 34–17	85,612
September 23	4:00 PM	Northern Illinois*	No. 20	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	PPV	W 31-14	79,635
September 30	1:00 PM	Vanderbilt	No. 19	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	PPV	W 33–0	84,276
October 7	2:30 PM	at No. 20 Mississippi State	No. 15	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	CBS	L 10–17	43,917
October 14	2:30 PM	at No. 10 Florida	No. 19	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	CBS	L 7–38	85,710
October 21	1:00 PM	Louisiana Tech*		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	PPV	W 38–28	82,140
October 28	1:00 PM	Arkansas	No. 25	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	PPV	W 21–19	83,642
November 11	6:30 PM	No. 14 Georgia	No. 22	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 29–26 ^OT	85,612
November 18	2:30 PM	at Alabama	No. 17	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 9–0	85,986
December 2	3:30 PM	vs. No. 7 Florida	No. 18	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	ABC	L 6–28	73,427
January 1	12:00 PM	vs. No. 17 Michigan*	No. 20	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 28-31	66,928
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Auburn	3	3	0	3	9
Alabama	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 18
Location: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 85,986
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (Play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (Color) & Jill Arrington (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	:00	AUB	Damon Duval 22 yard field goal	AUB 3–0

Q2	:47	AUB	Damon Duval 42 yard field goal	AUB 6–0

Q4	9:32	AUB	Damon Duval 27 yard field goal	AUB 9–0

^[2]

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/auburn/2000.html
↑ "Auburn vs. Alabama". USA Today. November 18, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

Auburn Tigers football

Venues	Drill Field (1892–1910) Drake Field (1911–1939) Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991) Jordan–Hare Stadium (1939–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) Arkansas Clemson Florida Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Georgia Tech LSU Tennessee Tulane

Culture & lore	History Traditions Aubie "War Eagle" Marching band Toomer's Corner Punt Bama Punt Bo Over the Top Earthquake Game Prayer at Jordan–Hare Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick)

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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