2000 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 2000 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with an 8–4 record. This was the Bulldogs' fifth and final season with Jim Donnan as their head coach.

2000 Georgia Bulldogs football
Oahu Bowl champion
Oahu Bowl, W 37–14 vs. Virginia
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Donnan (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Gary Gibbs (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (86,520)

2000 Southeastern Conference football standings

	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern*	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	PPV	W 29–7	86,520
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at South Carolina	No. 10	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 10–21	83,605
September 23	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 24	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 37–0	85,202
September 30	12:30 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 24	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	JPS	W 38–7	51,162
October 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 Tennessee	No. 19	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 21–10	86,520
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 13	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 29–19	86,520
October 21	12:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	No. 12	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	JPS	W 34–30	68,565
October 28	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Florida	No. 12	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 23–34	84,404
November 11	7:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Auburn	No. 13	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	L 26–29 OT	85,612
November 18	6:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 21	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	W 32–14	76,248
November 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 18 Georgia Tech*	No. 19	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 15–27	85,912
December 24	8:30 p.m.	vs. Virginia*	No. 24	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Oahu Bowl)	ESPN	W 37–14	24,187
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 70 Kevin Breedlove So QB 17 Quincy Carter Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 45 Boss Bailey So LB 42 Tony Gilbert So DT 93 Richard Seymour Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Vince Dooley Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Depth chart

Offense
QB	Quincy Carter	6-3	223	Jr.		Corey Phillips	6-0	200	So.
RB	Jasper Sanks	6-0	216	Jr.		Brett Millican	5-11	197	Sr.
RB	Bruce Thornton	5-10	188	Fr.		Kenny Bailey	5-11	192	Fr.
WR	Terrance Edwards	6-2	175	So.		LaBrone Mitchell	6-1	203	Jr.
WR	Michael Greer	5-10	170	Sr.		Durell Robinson	6-2	200	So.
T	Jonas Jennings	6-4	302	Sr.		Alex Jackson	6-4	318	So.
G	Brady Pate	6-5	273	Sr.		Reggie Stargill	6-3	281	Sr.
C	Curt McGill	6-3	273	Jr.		Brady Pate	6-5	273	Sr.
G	Kevin Breedlove	6-4	310	So.		Reggie Stargill	6-3	281	Sr.
T	Jon Stinchcomb	6-5	272	So.		George Foster	6-5	302	So.
TE	Jevaris Johnson	6-6	258	Sr.		Randy McMichael	6-3	223	So.
K	Brett Kirouac	6-1	191	So.
Returning starters in bold.

Defense
DE	Charles Grant	6-3	266	So.		Demetric Evans	6-3	275	Sr.
DT	Richard Seymour	6-6	295	Sr.		Tyrone Robertson	6-4	287	So.
DT	Marcus Stroud	6-6	300	Sr.		David Jacobs	6-4	258	So.
DE	Bruce Adrine	6-4	258	Jr.		Terin Smith	6-3	234	Jr.
SLB	Boss Bailey	6-3	220	Jr.		Jessie Miller	6-2	217	So.
MLB	Kendrell Bell	6-2	240	Sr.		Adrian Hollingshed	6-2	234	Jr.
WLB	Will Witherspoon	6-1	215	Jr.		Tony Gilbert	6-0	227	So.
CB	Jamie Henderson	6-2	190	Sr.		Cory Robinson	5-11	191	Sr.
CB	Tim Wansley	5-8	179	Jr.		Decory Bryant	5-11	179	Fr.
SS	Terreal Bierria	6-3	215	So.		Jermaine Phillips	6-2	202	Sr.
FS	Cap Burnett	6-1	202	So.		Kentrell Curry	6-1	188	Fr.
P	Wynn Kopp	5-9	162	Jr.		Jonathan Kilgo	6-2	200	So.
Returning starters in bold.

Rankings

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	10	10	9	23	24	25	19	14	12	13	17	14	22	19	24	24	20
Coaches Poll	11	11	10	22	24	24	19	13	12	12	17	13	21	18	24	24	17
BCS	Not released									12	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released