2000 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2000 Virginia Cavaliers football
2000 Virginia Cavaliers football
Oahu Bowl, L 14–27 vs. Georgia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–6 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	George Welsh (19th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (10th season)
Captains	Brad Barnes; Yubrenal Isabelle; Byron Thweatt; Patrick Washington;
Home stadium	Scott Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Florida State $	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 17 Georgia Tech	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 16 Clemson	6	–	2	9	–	3
Virginia	5	–	3	6	–	6
NC State	4	–	4	8	–	4
North Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	5
Maryland	3	–	5	5	–	6
Wake Forest	1	–	7	2	–	9
Duke	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh, who retired from coaching after the season. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	3:30 pm	BYU*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jim Thorpe Classic)	ABC	L 35–38 ^OT	60,435
September 9	3:30 pm	Richmond*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 34–6	50,285
September 16	6:00 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 26–10	18,776
September 23	3:30 pm	No. 11 Clemson	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 10–31	60,695
September 30	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 27–10	20,151
October 7	12:00 pm	Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–23	53,655
October 21	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	L 3–37	79,121
October 28	12:00 pm	North Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	W 17–6	56,692
November 9	8:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 0–35	41,885
November 18	2:30 pm	NC State	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 24–17	55,861
November 25	7:30 pm	at No. 6 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–42	56,272
December 24	8:30 pm	vs. No. 24 Georgia*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Oahu Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–37	24,187	^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Georgia vanquishes Virginia". The Honolulu Advertiser. December 25, 2000. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2000-01 Results". University of Virginia Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 5, 2012.