2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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] The team played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and were coached by Paul Johnson, in his fourth year as head coach. The Eagles won their second consecutive, and sixth overall, I-AA title by defeating Montana in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.

2000 Georgia Southern Eagles football
NCAA Division I-AA Champion
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 1
2000 record13–2 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coachPaul Johnson (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Sewak (4th season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2000 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 Georgia Southern $^  7 –1     13 –2  
No. 4 Appalachian State ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 10 Furman ^  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 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
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 PMat Georgia*
L 7–2986,520
September 9Johnson C. Smith (NC)*
W 57–12–
September 16Wofford
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 24–17–
September 23at Chattanooga
W 31–10–
September 301:00 PMVMINo. 1
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 50–1413,794
October 7at Western Carolina
W 42–24–
October 14Appalachian State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 34–28–
October 213:30 PMat The CitadelNo. 1
FSNSW 27–1012,391
October 28East Tennessee State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 42–7–
November 4at Furman (SC)
L 10–45–
November 11Elon (NC)
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 32–9–
November 25No. 16 McNeese State*No. 5
W 42–17–
December 2No. 12 Hofstra*No. 5
W 48–20–
December 912:00 PMat No. 2 Delaware*No. 5
W 27–1815,035
December 161:00 PMvs. No. 1 Montana*No. 5
ESPNW 27–2517,156

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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.
  3. "I-AA Top 25". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. The Sports Network. November 21, 2000. p. 2D. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via newspapers.com.


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