2000 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2000 Ole Miss Rebels football
2000 Ole Miss Rebels football
Music City Bowl, L 38–49 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	7–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	John Latina (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Art Kaufman (6th season)
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the West Division. Coached by David Cutcliffe, the Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.

2000 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:30 am	Tulane*	No. 18	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	JPS	W 49–20	46,847
September 9	6:00 pm	Auburn	No. 19	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 27–35	52,368
September 16	11:30 am	at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	W 12–7	36,390
September 30	6:00 pm	Kentucky		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 35–17	51,448
October 7	1:00 pm	Arkansas State*		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 35–10	44,042
October 14	6:00 pm	at Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–45	83,818
October 28	1:00 pm	UNLV*		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 43–40 ^OT	40,338
November 4	1:00 pm	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		W 38–24	49,647
November 11	8:00 pm	LSU		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 9–20	52,476
November 18	5:00 pm	at No. 21 Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	L 14–32	76,248
November 23	7:00 pm	No. 23 Mississippi State		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	W 45–30	48,811
December 28	3:00 pm	vs. West Virginia*		Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	L 38–49	47,119
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time