2000 Florida Gators football team

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

Ball State

Middle Tennessee St.

Tennessee

Kentucky

Mississippi State

September 30, 2000

The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback Wayne Madkin also ran for two touchdowns. The Bulldogs compiled 517 total yards of offense.

A frustrated Steve Spurrier rotated three quarterbacks including Rex Grossman. Grossman went 13 for 16 with 231 yards and two touchdowns. All together, the Gators had 494 yards and four touchdowns through the air.

Mississippi State won the game 47–35, breaking Florida's 72-game winning streak against unranked teams in front of a crowd of 43,816. After the game, the Mississippi State fans stormed the field and tore down the goal posts, parts of which ended up all over campus.

LSU

Auburn

Georgia

;Florida

• Rex Grossman 12/24, 152 yards, TD, 3 int
• Robert Gillespie 15 rush, 79 yards, TD
• Jabar Gaffney 8 rec, 138 yards, TD ;Georgia
• Quincy Carter 20/39, 240 yards, TD, 3 int 12 rush, 53 yards
• Damien Gary 5 rec, 64 yards

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Florida State

SEC Championship Game

#18 Auburn vs. #7 Florida

• Source: https://archive.today/20130410171827/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/recaps/2000/12/02/ffa_aar/

Miami (Sugar Bowl)

Notable players

• 07 QB Jesse Palmer (Sr.)
• 08 QB Rex Grossman (Fr.)
• 09 QB Brock Berlin (Fr.)
• 05 RB Earnest Graham (So.)
• 33 RB Ran Carthon (Fr.)
• 06 WR Taylor Jacobs (So.)
• 10 WR Jabar Gaffney (Fr.)
• 17 WR Reche Caldwell (So.)
• 78 T Kenyatta Walker (Jr.)
• 91 DE Derrick Chambers (Sr.)
• 57 DE Bobby McCray (Fr.)
• 61 DT Gerard Warren (Jr.)
• 45 LB Andra Davis (Jr.)
• 03 CB Lito Sheppard (So.)
• 04 S Marquand Manuel (Jr.)

References

Bibliography

• 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
• Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). .
• Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). .
• Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). .
• McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). .

References

1. (September 3, 2000). "Florida hands Ball St. its 18th loss in row". The Indianapolis Star.
2. (September 10, 2000). "Florida dominates Blue Raiders". The Montgomery Advertiser.
3. (September 17, 2000). "Gators get a break on last grasp". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
4. (September 24, 2000). "Gators run over 'Cats, 59–31". St. Lucie News Tribune.
5. (October 1, 2000). "'Dogs take bite out of Gators". The Commercial Appeal.
6. (October 8, 2000). "Gators turn it loose in win". The Tampa Tribune.
7. (October 15, 2000). "Grossman passes for 5 TDs as Gators rip Auburn 38–7". The Courier-Journal.
8. (October 29, 2000). "Defense-minded". The Miami Herald.
9. (November 5, 2000). "Florida's defense dominates Vandy". The Jackson Sun.
10. (November 12, 2000). "Gator fans thinking Orange". Pensacola News Journal.
11. (November 19, 2000). "Seminoles blast Gators". Florida Today.
12. (December 3, 2000). "Gators carry on; Florida cruises to SEC title, Sugar Bowl bid". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
13. (January 3, 2001). "Miami makes case 37–20". The Clarion-Ledger.
14. "2000 Florida Gators Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
15. . ["2000 NCAA Football Statistics (Florida)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/218413). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
16. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100246/100246432.htm USA Today]