2000 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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

2000 Virginia Cavaliers football
2000 Virginia Cavaliers football
Oahu Bowl, L 14–27 vs. Georgia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2000 record	6–6 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (19th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (2nd consecutive, 6th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (10th season)
Captain	Brad Barnes, Yubrenal Isabelle, Byron Thweatt, Patrick Washington
Home stadium	Scott Stadium; (capacity: 61,500)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh, who retired from coaching after the season. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:30 pm	BYU*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jim Thorpe Classic)	ABC	L 35–38	60,435
September 9	3:30 pm	Richmond*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 34–6	50,285
September 16	6:00 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 26–10	18,776
September 23	3:30 pm	No. 11 Clemson	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 10–31	60,695
September 30	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 27–10	20,151
October 7	12:00 pm	Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–23	53,655
October 21	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	L 3–37	79,121
October 28	12:00 pm	North Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	W 17–6	56,692
November 9	8:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 0–35	41,885
November 18	2:30 pm	NC State	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 24–17	55,861
November 30	7:30 pm	at No. 6 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–42	56,272
December 24	8:30 pm	vs. No. 24 Georgia*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Oahu Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–37	24,187
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2000-01 Results". University of Virginia Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

v t Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech: Commonwealth Cup
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 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 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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