2000 VMI Keydets football team

2000 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

2000 VMI Keydets football
2000 VMI Keydets football
Conference	Southern Conference
2000 record	2–9 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Cal McCombs (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Bob Gatling (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Memorial Field; (Capacity: 10,000)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the Keydets' 110th year of football and second season under head coach Cal McCombs.

The Keydets endured a 2–9 campaign, which included wins over Charleston Southern and a 41–21 victory over The Citadel in the Military Classic of the South.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	1:00 pm	Duquesne*	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 31–57	5,837
September 9	1:00 pm	at William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (Rivalry)	L 15–55	8,252
September 16	4:00 pm	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 3–38	5,218
September 23	1:00 pm	No. 10 Furman	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 21–35	5,046
September 30	1:00 pm	at No. 1 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 3–56	13,794
October 7	1:00 pm	No. 23 Wofford	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 28–45	7,068
October 14	7:00 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 14–27	8,842
October 21	1:00 pm	Charleston Southern*	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 40–7	5,070
October 28	1:00 pm	Western Carolina	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 31–41	5,275
November 4	2:00 pm	at No. 15 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 0–52	8,617	^[1]
November 11	1:00 pm	The Citadel	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA (Military Classic of the South)	W 41–21	9,411
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Appalachian destroys VMI". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 5, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2013 VMI Fact Book - p. 80

v t VMI Keydets football
Venues	Alumni Field (1921–1961) Alumni Memorial Field (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Military Classic of the South (The Citadel) Richmond William & Mary Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Traditions "" Moe the Kangaroo Porter Cup
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1873 1874–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2000 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1		13	–	2
No. 4 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2		10	–	4
No. 10 Furman ^		6	–	2		9	–	3
No. 23 Wofford		5	–	3		7	–	4
East Tennessee State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	5		5	–	6
Western Carolina		3	–	5		4	–	7
The Citadel		1	–	7		2	–	9
VMI		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll