Year Game Played: | 2000 |
Title Sponsor: | Tostitos |
Game Name: | Fiesta Bowl |
Subheader: | BCS Bowl Game |
Football Season: | 1999 |
Visitor Name Short: | Tennessee |
Visitor Nickname: | Volunteers |
Home Name Short: | Nebraska |
Home Nickname: | Cornhuskers |
Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
Visitor Conference: | SEC |
Home Record: | 11–1 |
Home Conference: | Big 12 |
Visitor Coach: | Phillip Fulmer |
Home Coach: | Frank Solich |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 6 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 5 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 5 |
Home Rank Ap: | 3 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 3 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 3 |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home 1Q: | 14 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | January 2 |
Stadium: | Sun Devil Stadium |
City: | Tempe, Arizona |
Odds: | Nebraska by 3.5 |
Anthem: | Tunes Wrap |
Referee: | Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten) |
Attendance: | 71,526[1] |
Us Network: | ABC |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Tim Brant and Dean Blevins |
The 2000 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 2, 2000, was the 29th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game was played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona between the Tennessee Volunteers (ranked #5 in the BCS) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (ranked #3 in the BCS). The matchup featured the two most current National Championship teams: Nebraska in 1997, and Tennessee in 1998. The teams first met two years earlier for the 1998 Orange Bowl.
Nebraska – Dan Alexander 7 yard run (Josh Brown kick) 11:34 NEB 7 TN 0
Nebraska – Bobby Newcombe 60 yard punt return (Josh Brown kick) 3:21 NEB 14 TN 0
Nebraska – Josh Brown 31-yard field goal 1:37 NEB 17 TN 0
Tennessee – Donté Stallworth 9 yard pass from Tee Martin (Alex Walls kick) 0:18 NEB 17 TN 7
Tennessee – Travis Henry 4 yard run (Alex Walls kick) 13:03 NEB 17 TN 14
Nebraska – Aaron Golliday 13 yard pass from Eric Crouch (Josh Brown kick) 4:44 NEB 24 TN 14
Nebraska – Correll Buckhalter 2 yard run (Josh Brown kick) 12:01 NEB 31 TN 14
Tennessee – Donte Stallworth 44 yard pass from Cedrick Wilson (Alex Walls kick) 7:25 NEB 31 TN 21