American college football season
The 2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Phillip Fulmer was the head coach and led the Volunteers to an appearance in the 2001 Cotton Bowl Classic.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 7:45 pm | No. 22 Southern Miss* | No. 13 | | ESPN | W 19–16 | 108,064 |
September 16 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 Florida | No. 11 | | CBS | L 23–27 | 108,768 |
September 23 | 4:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 13 | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, Tennessee
| PPV | W 70–3 | 107,327 |
September 30 | 7:45 pm | at LSU | No. 11 | | ESPN | L 31–38 OT | 91,682 |
October 7 | 7:00 pm | at No. 19 Georgia | No. 21 | | ESPN | L 10–21 | 86,520 |
October 21 | 3:30 pm | Alabama | | | CBS | W 20–10 | 107,709 |
October 28 | 12:30 pm | at No. 17 South Carolina | | | JPS | W 17–14 | 84,200 |
November 4 | 12:00 pm | at Memphis* | | | FSN | W 19–17 | 63,121 |
November 11 | 12:30 pm | Arkansas | | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, Tennessee
| JPS | W 63–20 | 107,262 |
November 18 | 12:30 pm | Kentucky | | | JPS | W 59–20 | 106,437 |
November 25 | 3:30 pm | at Vanderbilt | No. 25 | | JPS | W 28–26 | 68,360 |
January 1 | 11:00 am | vs. No. 11 Kansas State* | No. 21 | | FOX | L 21–35 | 63,465 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | 43 | David Leaverton | Sr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Randy Sanders – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
- Woody McCorvey – Running backs
- Pat Washington – Wide receivers
- Mark Bradley – Tight ends/assistant offensive line
- Mike Barry – Offensive line
- John Chavis – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
- Dan Brooks – Defensive line/recruiting coordinator
- Larry Slade – Defensive backs
- Steve Caldwell – Special teams/defensive ends
- Ryan Held – Graduate assistant
- Shawn Quinn – Graduate assistant
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt Roster |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 21 | 21 | — |
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Coaches Poll | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 25 |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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Team players drafted into the NFL
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National championship seasons in bold |