Year Game Played: | 2000 |
Title Sponsor: | Chick-fil-A |
Game Name: | Peach Bowl |
Football Season: | 2000 |
Visitor Name Short: | LSU |
Visitor Nickname: | Tigers |
Visitor School: | Louisiana State University |
Home Name Short: | Georgia Tech |
Home Nickname: | Yellow Jackets |
Home School: | Georgia Tech |
Visitor Record: | 7 - 4 |
Visitor Conference: | SEC |
Home Record: | 9 - 2 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Nick Saban |
Home Coach: | George O'Leary |
Home Rank Ap: | 15 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 17 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 13 |
Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
Visitor 4Q: | 19 |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 7 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Date Game Played: | December 29 |
Stadium: | Georgia Dome |
City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Referee: | Randy Simms (C-USA) |
Attendance: | 73,614 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, and Adrian Karsten (sideline) |
The 2000 Peach Bowl was the 33rd Peach Bowl game and featured the LSU Tigers, and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.[1]
LSU scored first on a 32-yard John Corbello field goal to take a 3–0 lead. Georgia Tech responded with a 32-yard Joe Burns touchdown run to take a 7–3 lead. In the second quarter, Jermaine Hatch scored on a 9-yard touchdown run, giving Tech a 14–3 lead.
In the third quarter, Rohan Davey threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Banks, as LSU got within 14–9. In the fourth quarter, Davey threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reed giving LSU a 17–14 lead. John Corbello kicked a 49-yard field goal giving the Tigers a 20–14 advantage. Davey later threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Banks as LSU won by a 28-14 count.