2000 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 43–41 OT vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 24
Record8–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSparky Woods (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple I
Defensive coordinatorJoe Lee Dunn (5th season)
Base defense33 Stack
Home stadiumScott Field (40,656)
2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida x$  7 1   10 3  
No. 19 South Carolina  5 3   8 4  
No. 20 Georgia  5 3   8 4  
Tennessee  5 3   8 4  
Vanderbilt  1 7   3 8  
Kentucky  0 8   2 9  
Western Division
No. 18 Auburn x  6 2   9 4  
No. 22 LSU  5 3   8 4  
Ole Miss  4 4   7 5  
No. 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 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Jackie Sherrill. The Bulldogs played their home games in 2000 at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:30 pmat Memphis*FSNW 17–334,113
September 147:00 pmat BYU*ESPNW 44–2860,278
September 2311:30 amat South CarolinaNo. 25JPSL 19–2379,949
September 302:30 pmNo. 3 FloridaCBSW 47–3543,816
October 72:30 pmNo. 15 AuburnNo. 20
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, Mississippi
CBSW 17–1043,917
October 218:00 pmat LSUNo. 13ESPN2L 38–45 OT90,584
October 281:30 pmMiddle Tennessee*daggerNo. 20
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, Mississippi
W 61–3542,933
November 412:30 pmat KentuckyNo. 18PPVW 35–1762,159
November 1111:30 amAlabamaNo. 15
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, Mississippi (rivalry)
JPSW 29–744,114
November 181:00 pmArkansasNo. 13
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, Mississippi
L 10–17 OT40,010
November 237:00 pmat Ole MissNo. 23ESPNL 30–4548,811
December 317:00 pmvs. Texas A&M*ESPNW 43–41 OT36,974
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP25201513201815132324
Coaches Poll25201414211816132322
BCSNot released12Not released

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.