2000 Tennessee Volunteers 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 Tennessee Volunteers football
2000 Tennessee Volunteers football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 35–21 vs. Kansas State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
2000 record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Phillip Fulmer (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Randy Sanders (2nd as OC; 12th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	John Chavis (6th as DC; 13th overall season)
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium; (Capacity: 104,079)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the Volunteers to an appearance in the 2001 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:45 pm	No. 22 Southern Miss*	No. 13	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	ESPN	W 19–16	108,064
September 16	3:30 pm	No. 6 Florida	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in September) (College GameDay)	CBS	L 23–27	108,768
September 23	4:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe*	No. 13	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	PPV	W 70–3	107,327
September 30	7:45 pm	at LSU	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	ESPN	L 31–38 ^OT	91,682
October 7	7:00 pm	at No. 19 Georgia	No. 21	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	ESPN	L 10–21	86,520
October 21	3:30 pm	Alabama		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Third Saturday in October)	CBS	W 20–10	107,709
October 28	12:30 pm	at No. 17 South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	W 17–14	84,200
November 4	12:00 pm	at Memphis*		Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee	FSN	W 19–17	63,121
November 11	12:30 pm	Arkansas		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	JPS	W 63–20	107,262
November 18	12:30 pm	Kentucky		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	W 59–20	106,437
November 25	3:30 pm	at Vanderbilt	No. 25	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	W 28–26	68,360
January 1	11:00 am	vs. No. 11 Kansas State*	No. 21	Cotton Bowl Dallas (Cotton Bowl)	FOX	L 21–35	63,465
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`4`	Donte' Stallworth	So
WR	`14`	Cedrick Wilson Sr.	Sr
RB	`20`	Travis Henry	Sr
TE	`83`	Courtney Rogers	Fr
TE	`84`	Neil Johnson	Sr
WR	`86`	Josh Houston	Sr
WR	`87`	David Martin	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`1`	Jason Witten	Fr
LB	`42`	Eric Westmoreland	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`43`	David Leaverton	Sr

v t Tennessee Volunteers football
Venues	Waite Field (1892–1920) Shields-Watkins Field (1921–1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Porter Cup
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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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