| 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Astrodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 33,899 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference and the East Carolina Pirates from Conference USA (C-USA) at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on December 27, 2000. It was the inaugural game in the bowl's history. The game was the final competition of the 2000 football season for each team and resulted in 40–27 East Carolina victory.