2000 Orange Bowl

The 2000 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines on January 1, 2000, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Michigan defeated Alabama 35–34 in an overtime battle. The game was part of the 1999–2000 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2000 game represented the 66th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.

Quarterback Tom Brady led Michigan to the win, throwing for 369 yards and four touchdowns, while leading the team back from a pair of 14-point deficits in regulation (14-0 in the first half, and 28-14 in the second). Brady threw the game-winning score in overtime on a bootleg to tight end Shawn Thompson. The game was won by Michigan when Alabama placekicker, Ryan Pflugner, missed a PAT following their own touchdown. This was the first overtime BCS Bowl game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

No Scoring

2nd Quarter

Alabama-Shaun Alexander 5 yard run (Ryan Pflunger kick) 9:48 UA 7 UM 0

Alabama- Shaun Alexander 6 yard run (Ryan Pflunger kick) 6:51 UA 14 UM 0

Michigan-David Terrell 27 yard pass from Tom Brady (Hayden Epstein kick) 0:58 UA 14 UM 7

3rd Quarter

Michigan- David Terrell 57 yard pass from Tom Brady (Hayden Epstein kick) 13:03 UA 14 UM 14

Alabama- Shaun Alexander 50 yard run (Ryan Pflunger kick) 11:00 UA 21 UM 14

Alabama-Freddie Milons 62 yard punt return (Ryan Pflunger kick) 8:29 UA 28 UM 14

Michigan- David Terrell 20 yard pass from Tom Brady (Hayden Epstein kick) 5:42 UA 28 UM 21

Michigan-Anthony Thomas 3 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick) 1:01 UA 28 UM 28

4th Quarter

No Scoring

Overtime

Michigan- Shawn Thompson 25 yard pass from Tom Brady (Hayden Epstein kick) UM 35 UA 28

Alabama-Antonio Carter 21 yard pass from Andrew Zow (kick failed) UM 35 UA 34

References

1 2 "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.

External links

Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History

1999–2000 NCAA football bowl game season
Las Vegas (Dec. 18) Mobile Alabama (Dec. 22) Aloha (Dec. 25) Oahu (Dec. 25) Motor City (Dec. 27) Alamo (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Humanitarian (Dec. 30) MicronPC (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 30) Sun (Dec. 31) Insight.com (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Independence (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)
Bowl Championship Series games: Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 4)
All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 15) Senior Bowl (Jan. 22)

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Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996 and 2014. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

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