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)
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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	Source
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern*	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	PPV	W 29–7	86,520	[1]
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at South Carolina	No. 10	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 10–21	83,605	[2]
September 23	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 24	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 37–0	85,202	[3]
September 30	12:30 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 24	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	JPS	W 38–7	51,162	[4]
October 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 Tennessee	No. 19	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 21–10	86,520	[5]
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 13	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 29–19	86,520	[6]
October 21	12:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	No. 12	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	JPS	W 34–30	68,565	[7]
October 28	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Florida	No. 12	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 23–34	84,404	[8]
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	[9]
November 18	6:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 21	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	W 32–14	76,248	[10]
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	[11]
December 24	8:30 p.m.	vs. Virginia*	No. 24	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Oahu Bowl)	ESPN	W 37–14	24,187	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^[13][14]

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

Personnel

Roster

2000 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 70 Kevin Breedlove So WR 1 Reggie Brown Fr QB 17 Labrone Mitchell Jr WR 8 Terrence Edwards So OT 71 George Foster So RB 35 Verron Haynes Jr OT 75 Jonas Jennings Sr QB 6 Sean Jones Fr TE 86 Randy McMichael Jr OT 78 Jon Stinchcomb So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 45 Boss Bailey So LB 37 Kendrell Bell Sr SS 15 Terreal Bierria So DE 92 Demetric Evans Sr LB 42 Tony Gilbert So LB 19 Charles Grant So CB 31 Jamie Henderson Sr DT 98 Josh Mallard Jr DT 93 Richard Seymour Sr DT 97 Marcus Stroud Sr DT 57 Johnathan Sullivan Fr CB 2 Tim Wansley Jr MLB 46 Will Witherspoon Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Donnan Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Gibbs (defensive coordinator / linebackers) Greg Adkins (offensive line / tight ends) Phil Jones (defensive ends) Rodney Garner (defensive line / recruiting coordinator) Brad Lambert (secondary) Doug Marrone (offensive line) Leon Perry (running backs) Greg Williams (wide receivers) Todd Donnan (quarterbacks) Mark D'Onofrio (graduate assistant) Eric Fears (director of strength and conditioning) Keith Gray (assistant strength and conditioning) Steve Greer (director of football operations) Mark Krichbaum (assistant strength and conditioning) John Power (program coordinator) John Segrave (graduate assistant) Joe Tereshinski (video coordinator and assistant strength and conditioning) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

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.

^[15]

References

1. "Southern discomfort". Ledger-Enquirer. September 3, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "So. Carolina? Not So. Carolina". The Macon Telegraph. September 10, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Bulldogs maul the Aggies". The Santa Fe New Mexican. September 24, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Georgia has big day in Nutt house". Anderson Independent-Mail. October 1, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Georgia topples Tennessee". News and Record. October 8, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bulldogs defense made difference". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 15, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Freshman's 528 yards not enough for UK". Evansville Courier and Press. October 22, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Defense-minded". The Miami Herald. October 29, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Auburn nips Georgia with Leard's TD in overtime". The Courier-Journal. November 12, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Rebels start fast, fall 32–14". The Clarion-Ledger. November 19, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Georgia Tech takes bite out of Bulldogs". The Tennessean. November 26, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Georgia vanquishes Virginia". The Honolulu Advertiser. December 25, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "2000 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
14. "2000 NCAA Football Statistics (Georgia)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
15. "Georgia Bulldogs 2000 Football Preview". www.nationalchamps.net. Retrieved February 26, 2021.