American college football season
The 2000 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium . The defending national champion Seminoles reached the title game for the third straight year and quarterback Chris Weinke won the school's second Heisman Trophy .
As a senior in 2000, Chris Weinke led the nation in passing with 4,167 yards and won the Heisman Trophy , awarded to college football's best player, as well as the Davey O'Brien Award and the Johnny Unitas Award . He also led the Seminoles to the Orange Bowl for their third title game in as many years, however the team failed to defend their title and lost 13–2 to the Oklahoma Sooners . At the age of 28, Weinke was the oldest player in history to win the Heisman Trophy. He finished his Florida State career with a 32–3 record and held numerous FSU records including most passing yards in a career and most career touchdown passes.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 26 8:00 p.m. vs. BYU * No. 2 ABC W 29–354,260 September 9 8:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech No. 2 ABC W 26–2146,381 September 16 3:30 p.m. North Carolina No. 2 ABC W 63–1479,287 September 23 6:00 p.m. Louisville * No. 2 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN2 W 31–080,741 12:00 p.m. at Maryland No. 2 ESPN W 59–747,044 October 7 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Miami (FL) * No. 1 CBS L 24–2780,905 October 14 7:00 p.m. Duke No. 7 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL PPV W 63–1480,280 October 21 3:30 p.m. Virginia No. 6 ABC W 37–379,121 October 28 7:00 p.m. at No. 21 NC State No. 6 ESPN W 58–1452,384 November 4 7:30 p.m. No. 10 Clemson No. 4 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry ) ESPN W 54–782,514 November 11 8:00 p.m. at Wake Forest No. 3 PPV W 35–627,071 November 18 8:00 p.m. No. 4 Florida * No. 3 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry , College GameDay ) ABC W 30–783,042 [ 1] January 3 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Oklahoma * No. 3 ABC L 2–1376,835 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 2 (29) 2 (30) 2 (28) 2 (26) 2 (26) 2 (30) 1 (42) 7 6 6 4 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 5 Coaches Poll 2 (21) 2 (17) 2 (15) 2 (10) 2 (14) 2 (14) 2 (21) 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 (1) 3 (5) 3 (1) 4 BCS Not released 5 3 2 3 2 2 2 Not released
2000 Florida State Seminoles football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2000-10-18
Defense
FS Chris Hope Gennaro Jackson B.J. Ward
MIKE WILL SAM Tommy Polley Kendyll Pope Bradley Jennings Brian Allen Jean Jeune Michael Boulware Jerel Hudson Devaughn Darling Richie Chambers Brandon Myers Allen Augustin
ROVER Derrick Gibson Abdual Howard Patrick Newton
CB Clevan Thomas Rufus Brown Malcolm Tatum
DE DT DT DE Jamal Reynolds Darnell Dockett Jeff Womble David Warren Randy Wilkins Kevin Emanuel Chris Woods Alonzo Jackson O.J. Jackson Eric Powell Rian Cason Charles Howard
CB Tay Cody Stanford Samuels Leroy Smith
Offense
WR Anquan Boldin Javon Walker Devard Darling
LT LG C RG RT Char-ron Dorsey Montrae Holland Jarad Moon Justin Amman Brent Williams Donald Heaven Otis Duhart Antoine Mirambeau Ronald Boldin Todd Williams Tarlos Thomas Ray Willis Josh Baggs Jerry Carmichael David Castillo
TE Ryan Sprague Carver Donaldson Nick Franklin Patrick Hughes
WR Marvin Minnis Nick Maddox Talman Gardner
QB Chris Weinke Marcus Outzen Jared Jones
RB Travis Minor Jeff Chaney Lemar Parrish Davy Ford
FB William McCray Randy Golightly Chad Maeder
Chris Weinke, Heisman Trophy[ 2] Chris Weinke, Sammy Baugh Trophy[ 3] Chris Weinke, Davey O'Brien Award Chris Weinke, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Jamal Reynolds, Defensive End, Lombardi Award[ 4] 2000 team members in the NFL [ edit ] Player Position Round Overall NFL team Jamal Reynolds Defensive End 1 10 Green Bay Packers Derrick Gibson Defensive Back 1 28 Oakland Raiders Tommy Polley Outside Linebacker 2 42 St. Louis Rams Tay Cody Cornerback 3 67 San Diego Chargers Snoop Minnis Wide Receiver 3 77 Kansas City Chiefs Brian Allen Linebacker 3 83 St. Louis Rams Travis Minor Running Back 3 85 Miami Dolphins Chris Weinke Quarterback 4 106 Carolina Panthers Char-ron Dorsey Tackle 7 242 Dallas Cowboys
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