2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2000 record 6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach Carl Torbush
Offensive coordinator Mike O'Cain
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,000)
2000 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Florida State †   8 – 0         11 – 2  
#17 Georgia Tech   6 – 2         9 – 3  
#16 Clemson   6 – 2         9 – 3  
Virginia   5 – 3         6 – 6  
NC State   4 – 4         8 – 4  
North Carolina   3 – 5         6 – 5  
Maryland   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Wake Forest   1 – 7         2 – 9  
Duke   0 – 8         0 – 11  
† – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and was led by head coach Carl Torbush, who would be fired at the end of the season.

Coaching staff

Name Position

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 Seasons in Position
Carl Torbush Head Coach 3rd
Gunter Brewer Wide Receivers 1st
Defensive Tackles 1st
Ken Browning Tight Ends / 7th
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator 1st
Ron Case Defensive Backs / Special Teams Coordinator 5th
Robbie Caldwell Offensive Line 1st
Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers 1st
Darrell Moody Running Backs/ Recruiting Coordinator 11th
Mike O'Cain Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks 1st
NA Defensive Ends 1st

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 PM Tulsa* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 30–9   44,000
September 9 7:00 PM at Wake Forest Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 35–14   30,087
September 16 3:30 PM at #2 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC L 14–63   79,287
September 23 6:00 PM Marshall* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 20–15   53,000
September 30 3:30 PM Georgia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ABC L 28–42   52,000
October 14 3:30 PM NC State Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Carolina–State Game) ABC L 20–38   59,000
October 21 5:30 PM #5 Clemson Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN2 L 24–38   55,000
October 28 12:00 PM at Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) JPS L 6–17   56,692
November 4 6:30 PM at Pittsburgh* Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA ESPN2 W 20–17   43,872
November 11 12:00 PM Marylanddagger Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC JPS W 13–10   40,000
November 17 12:00 PM at Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Victory Bell Game) JPS W 59–21   24,673
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time[2].

References

  1. ↑ "2000 Archive". University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Department of Athletics. June 1, 2001. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ "2000 UNC Football Schedule". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved January 9, 2015.