2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Torbush (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike O'Cain (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Ken Browning (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Alge Crumpler, Ronald Curry, Sedrick Hodge, Brandon Spoon
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 1999 2001 →

2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Florida State $	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 17 Georgia Tech	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 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 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 6–5 overall and 3–5 in ACC play to tie for sixth place. Torbush was fired following the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Tulsa*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 30–9	44,000
September 9	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium (II) Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 35–14	30,087
September 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 14–63	79,287
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Marshall*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 20–15	53,000
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 28–42	52,000
October 14	3:30 p.m.	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–38	59,000
October 21	5:30 p.m.	No. 5 Clemson	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	L 24–38	55,000
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	L 6–17	56,692
November 4	6:30 p.m.	at Pittsburgh*	Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN2	W 20–17	43,872
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	W 13–10	40,000
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	W 59–21	24,673
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2000 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Ronald Curry	Jr
WR	`8`	Jamal Jones	Fr
TE	`82`	Alge Crumpler	Sr
WR	`88`	Sam Aiken	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`27`	Jason Horton	So
LB	`30`	David Thornton	Jr
LB	`41`	Quincy Monk	Jr
LB	`44`	Brandon Spoon	Sr
DE	`49`	Julius Peppers	So
DT	`87`	Ryan Sims	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`92`	Jeff Reed	Jr

Name	Position	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

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels football
Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: Victory Bell NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest
Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels 2010 football scandal 2011 academic-athletic scandal
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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