2000 Auburn Tigers football team

The 2000 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Tommy Tuberville, Tigers team compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, winning the SEC's Western Division title. Auburn advanced to the SEC Championship Game, losing to Florida Citrus Bowl. The Tigers were then invited to the Florida Citrus Bowl, where they lost to Michigan. The team played home games at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama.

2000 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division champion
SEC Championship Game, L 6–28 vs. Florida
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 28–31 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 18
Record	9–4 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lovett (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium
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

Tuberville led the Tigers to their first winning season since 1997, their second SEC Championship Game appearance, and a New Year's Day appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl, which marked the Tigers return to a bowl game for the first time in three years. Auburn shut out rival Alabama, 9–0, on November 18 in the first Iron Bowl game played in Tuscaloosa since 1901. The Tigers finished the season ranked No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 20 in the Coaches Poll.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 pm	Wyoming*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	ESPN	W 35–21	76,128	[2]
September 9	6:00 pm	at No. 19 Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 35–27	52,368	[3]
September 16	6:30 pm	LSU	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	W 34–17	85,612	[4]
September 23	4:00 pm	Northern Illinois*	No. 20	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 31–14	79,635	[5]
September 30	1:00 pm	Vanderbilt	No. 19	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 33–0	84,276	[6]
October 7	2:30 pm	at No. 20 Mississippi State	No. 15	Scott Field Starkville, MS	CBS	L 10–17	43,917	[7]
October 14	2:30 pm	at No. 10 Florida	No. 19	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–38	85,710	[8]
October 21	1:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 38–28	82,140	[9]
October 28	1:00 pm	Arkansas	No. 25	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	W 21–19	83,642	[10]
November 11	6:30 pm	No. 14 Georgia	No. 22	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN	W 29–26 OT	85,612	[11]
November 18	2:30 pm	at Alabama	No. 17	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 9–0	85,986	[12]
December 2	3:30 pm	vs. No. 7 Florida	No. 18	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game, rivalry)	ABC	L 6–28	73,427	[13]
January 1	12:00 pm	vs. No. 17 Michigan*	No. 20	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 28–31	66,928	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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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	—	—	—	24	20	19	15	19	—	25	23	22	18	17	18	20	18
Coaches	—	—	—	24	22	20	13	19	—	25	22	23	19	17	17	20	20
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

Alabama

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Auburn	3	3	0	3	9
Alabama	0	0	0	0	0

• Date: November 18
• Location: Bryant–Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
• Game attendance: 85,986
• TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (color) & Jill Arrington (sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	:00	AUB	Damon Duval 22 yard field goal	AUB 3–0
Q2	:47	AUB	Damon Duval 42 yard field goal	AUB 6–0
Q4	9:32	AUB	Damon Duval 27 yard field goal	AUB 9–0

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Roster

2000 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Tim Carter So QB 17 Jason Campbell RFr RB 23 Ronnie Brown Fr WR 25 Ronney Daniels RSo RB 32 Rudi Johnson Sr FB 44 Heath Evans Sr TE 49 Lorenzo Diamond So C 55 Ben Nowland So C 61 Cole Cubelic Sr OT 73 Kendall Simmons Jr WR 81 Jeris McIntyre Fr TE 87 Robert Johnson Jr WR Silas Daniels RFr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 5 Travaris Robinson So DB 36 Roderick Hood So LB 38 Reggie Torbor Fr LB 52 Mark Brown So LB 54 Dontarrious Thomas Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 20 Damon Duval So	Head coach Tommy Tuberville Coordinators/assistant coaches OC Noel Mazzone DC John Lovett Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster