American college football season
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.[1]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 pm UCF * W 21–1740,993
September 9 8:00 pm No. 2 Florida State Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta ABC L 21–2646,381
September 16 3:30 pm Navy * Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia HTS W 40–1346,032
September 21 8:00 pm at NC State ESPN L 23–30 OT 49,857
September 30 3:30 pm at North Carolina ABC W 42–2852,000
October 14 12:00 pm Wake Forest Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Georgia JPS W 52–2043,829
October 21 12:00 pm Duke Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta JPS W 45–1036,908
October 28 3:30 pm at No. 5 Clemson ABC W 31–2881,734
November 9 8:00 pm Virginia No. 24 Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta ESPN W 35–041,885
November 18 12:00 pm at Maryland No. 20 JPS W 35–2224,701
November 25 12:00 pm at No. 19 Georgia * No. 18 CBS W 27–1585,912
December 31 5:00 pm vs. LSU * No. 15 ESPN L 14–2873,614
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Roster [ ]
2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DT
96
Gary Johnson
So
FS
21
Marty O'Leary
Jr
DE
38
Nick Rogers
Jr
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
25
22
20
18
17
15
17
Coaches Poll
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
22
19
18
17
19
BCS
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
13
13
Not released
References [ ]
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