2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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.

2000 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
2000 record8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coachPhillip Fulmer (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorRandy Sanders
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
(Capacity: 104,079)
2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:45 PMNo. 22 Southern Miss*No. 13ESPNW 19–16108,064
September 163:30 PMNo. 6 FloridaNo. 11
CBSL 23–27108,768
September 234:00 PMLouisiana–Monroe*No. 13
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPVW 70–3107,327
September 307:45 PMat LSUNo. 11ESPNL 31–38 OT91,682
October 77:00 PMat No. 19 GeorgiaNo. 21ESPNL 10–2186,520
October 213:30 PMAlabama
CBSW 20–10107,709
October 2812:30 PMat No. 17 South Carolina
JPSW 17–1484,200
November 412:00 PMat Memphis*FSNW 19–1763,121
November 1112:30 PMArkansas
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPSW 63–20107,262
November 1812:30 PMKentucky
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel)
JPSW 59–20106,437
November 253:30 PMat VanderbiltNo. 25
JPSW 28–2668,360
January 111:00 AMvs. No. 11 Kansas State*No. 21FOXL 21–3563,465
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 4 Donte' Stallworth So
RB 20 Travis Henry Sr
TE 83 Courtney Rogers Fr
TE 84 Neil Johnson Sr
WR 86 Josh Houston Sr
WR 87 David Martin Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 1 Jason Witten Fr
DB 42 Eric Westmoreland Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 43 David Leaverton Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 12 13 12 11 13 11 21 NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 21 21 NR 
Coaches Poll 12 12 11 9 13 11 21 NR NR NR NR NR 25 24 21 21 25 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Travis HenryRunning back258Buffalo Bills
Eric WestmorelandLinebacker373Jacksonville Jaguars
David LeavertonPunter5142Jacksonville Jaguars
Cedrick WilsonWide receiver6169San Francisco 49ers
David MartinTight End6198Green Bay Packers

Awards and honors

References

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