2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] The team played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and were coached by Paul Johnson, in his fourth year as head coach. The Eagles won their second consecutive, and sixth overall, I-AA title by defeating Montana in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.
| 2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA Champion SoCon champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game, W 27–25 vs. Montana Grizzlies | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 1 |
| 2000 record | 13–2 (7–1 SoCon) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Sewak (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Paulson Stadium (Capacity: 18,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 6:00 pm | at No. 10 (I-A) Georgia* | No. 1 | L 7–29 | 86,520 | ||
| September 9 | Johnson C. Smith (NC)* | No. 1 | W 57–12 | – | |||
| September 16 | Wofford | No. 2 |
| W 24–17 | – | ||
| September 23 | at Chattanooga | No. 2 | W 31–10 | – | |||
| September 30 | 1:00 pm | VMI | No. 2 |
| W 50–14 | 13,794 | |
| October 7 | at Western Carolina | No. 1 | W 42–24 | – | |||
| October 14 | No. 5 Appalachian State | No. 1 |
| W 34–28 | – | ||
| October 21 | 3:30 pm | at The Citadel | No. 1 | FSNS | W 27–10 | 12,391 | |
| October 28 | East Tennessee State | No. 1 |
| W 42–7 | – | ||
| November 4 | at No. 11 Furman (SC) | No. 1 | L 10–45 | – | |||
| November 11 | Elon (NC) | No. 6 |
| W 32–9 | – | ||
| November 25 | No. 16 McNeese State* | No. 5 |
| W 42–17 | – | ||
| December 2 | No. 12 Hofstra* | No. 5 |
| W 48–20 | – | ||
| December 9 | 12:00 pm | at No. 2 Delaware* | No. 5 | W 27–18 | 15,035 | ||
| December 16 | 1:00 pm | vs. No. 1 Montana* | No. 5 |
| ESPN | W 27–25 | 17,156 |
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References
- "2000 Georgia Southern Eagles Football schedule | Fanbase". fanbase.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- "2000 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- "I-AA Top 25". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. The Sports Network. November 21, 2000. p. 2D. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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