2000 Clemson Tigers football team

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

2000 Clemson Tigers football
2000 Clemson Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 20–41 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
2000 record	9–3 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy Bowden (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Rich Rodriguez (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Reggie Herring (2nd season)
Captains	Chad Carson; Rod Gardner; Chad Speck;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 81,473, grass)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	The Citadel*	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 38–0	75,086
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Missouri*	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	W 62–9	70,382
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 55–7	72,940
September 23	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 11	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 31–10	60,695
September 30	Noon	at Duke	No. 7	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 52–22	16,872
October 7	3:30 p.m.	NC State	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	ABC	W 34–27	79,566
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN2	W 35–14	83,752
October 21	5:30 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 5	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 38–24	55,000
October 28	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	L 28–31	81,734
November 4	7:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Florida State	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–54	82,514
November 18	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 South Carolina*	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ABC	W 16–14	85,187
January 1, 2001	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech*	No. 16	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	L 20–41	68,741
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2000 Clemson Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Woodrow Dantzler	Jr
WR	`23`	Rod Gardner	Sr
FB	`26`	Terry Witherspoon	Sr
C	`59`	Kyle Young	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FS	`9`	Robert Carswell	Sr
SS	`40`	Charles Hafley	Jr
LB	`43`	Keith Adams	Jr
DE	`98`	Nick Eason	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2000-10-18

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National championship seasons in bold

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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