2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA Champion
SoCon champion
Conference Southern Conference
2000 record 13–2 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach Paul Johnson
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2000 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#1 Georgia Southern $^  7 –1     13 –2  
#4 Appalachian State ^  6 –2     10 –4  
#10 Furman ^  6 –2     9 –3  
#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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

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] Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Paul Johnson, in his fourth year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 PM at Georgia* Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 7–29   86,520
September 9 Johnson C. Smith (NC)* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 57–12   –
September 16 Wofford Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 24–17   –
September 23 at Chattanooga Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN W 31–10   –
September 30 1:00 PM VMI No. 1 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 50–14   13,794
October 7 at Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC W 42–24   –
October 14 Appalachian State Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 34–28   –
October 21 3:30 PM at The Citadel No. 1 Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC FSNS W 27–10   12,391
October 28 East Tennessee State Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 42–7   –
November 4 at Furman (SC) Paladin Stadium • Greensville, SC L 10–45   –
November 11 Elon (NC) Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 32–9   –
November 25 McNeese State* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Division I-AA 1st Round Playoff Game) W 42–17   –
December 2 Hofstra* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Division I-AA Quarterfinal Playoff Game) W 48–20   –
December 9 12:00 PM at Delaware* Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (Division I-AA Semifinal Playoff Game) W 27–18   15,035
December 16 1:00 PM at No. 1 Montana* No. 3 Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (Division I-AA Championship Game) ESPN W 27–25   17,156
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "2000 Georgia Southern Eagles Football schedule | Fanbase". fanbase.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  2. ↑ "2000 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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