2000 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2000 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Woody Widenhofer.

2000 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Woody Widenhofer (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Crosby (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Herb Paterra (1st season)
Captain	4 Ryan Aulds Elliott Carson John Markham Matt Stewart
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 41,221)
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 30–33	26,240
September 9	11:30 a.m.	at No. 13 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	JPS	L 10–28	83,091
September 16	11:30 a.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	L 7–12	36,390
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Duke*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	JPS	W 26–7	35,391
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	PPV	L 0–33	84,276
October 7	2:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 17–10	18,213
October 14	12:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		L 19–29	86,520
October 21	1:00 p.m.	No. 18 South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 14–30	33,369
November 4	11:30 a.m.	No. 6 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	JPS	L 20–43	32,714
November 11	12:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		W 24–20	58,117
November 25	2:30 p.m.	No. 25 Tennessee	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	L 26–28	68,360
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2000 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Anthony Jones   So RB 2 Rodney Williams   Jr QB 12 Greg Zolman   Jr OT 60 Pat Green Jr G 77 Darren Rothenberg Sr G 78 Michael Saltsman Sr OT 79 Brent Peacher So TE 80 Elliott Carson Sr TE 81 Nick Getter Fr WR 82 Nezih Hasanoglu Jr TE 83 Zeke Brandon Fr TE 84 Tom Simone So WR 85 Dan Stricker So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 5 Aaron McWherter   So CB 9 Jimmy Williams Sr LB 26 Matt Stewart Sr LB 47 Hunter Hillenmeyer So DT 97 Tyler Unzicker   Jr DT 98 Ryan Aulds   Sr LB 99 Reggie Washington   Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Woody Widenhofer Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt Last update: 2000-11-18

References

1. DeLassus, David. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.