The 2000 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the
Georgia Institute of Technology in the
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their seventh national championship and their thirty-seventh conference championship, the first of each since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer.
Oklahom ...
. The team's coach was
George O'Leary
George Joseph O'Leary (born August 17, 1946) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1994 to 2001 and the UCF Knights from 2004 to 2015 ...
. It played its home games at
Bobby Dodd Stadium
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field is the football stadium located at the corner of North Avenue at Techwood Drive on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. It has been home to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets foo ...
in
Atlanta
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.
Virginia Tech
The Yellow Jackets were scheduled to play
Virginia Tech at
Lane Stadium
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in
Blacksburg, Virginia
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in the
BCA Classic
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, but lightning struck around the stadium as the teams were lining up for kickoff. The game eventually was canceled after a lengthy delay.
Schedule
Roster
Rankings
References
Georgia Tech
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part o ...
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football seasons
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Football Program represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Competitors in the sport of American football. The Yellow Jackets college football team competes in the NCAA Div ...
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