2000 Auburn Tigers football team

2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2000 Auburn Tigers football
2000 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division champion
SEC Championship Game, L 6–28 vs. Florida
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 28–31 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 18
2000 record	9–4 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lovett (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium; (Capacity: 85,612)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

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	Source
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 (rivalry)	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 (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–38	85,710
October 21	1:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 38–28	82,140	^[2]
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 (rivalry) (SEC Championship Game)	ABC	L 6–28	73,427
January 1	12:00 pm	vs. No. 17 Michigan*	No. 20	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 28-31	66,928
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries[]

Alabama[]

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Roster[]

2000 Auburn Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Tim Carter	So
T	`73`	Kendall Simmons	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`5`	Travaris Robinson	So
LB	`52`	Mark Brown	So
LB	`54`	Dontarrious Thomas	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Tommy Tuberville

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	24	20	19	15	19	NR	25	23	22	18	17	18	20	18
Coaches Poll	NR	NR	NR	24	22	20	13	19	NR	25	22	23	19	17	17	20	20
BCS	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References[]

^ "2000 Auburn Tigers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
^ "Johnson, Tigers grind out win". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 22, 2000. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Auburn vs. Alabama". USA Today. November 18, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

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[1] "2000 Auburn Tigers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com".

[2] "Johnson, Tigers grind out win". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 22, 2000. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Auburn vs. Alabama". USA Today. November 18, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2013.

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National championship seasons in bold

2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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