2000 Music City Bowl

2000 Music City Bowl
1234 Total
Ole Miss 36722 38
West Virginia 728140 49
DateDecember 28, 2000
Season2000
StadiumAdelphia Coliseum (LP Field)
LocationNashville, Tennessee
RefereeCourtney Mauzy (ACC)
Attendance47,119
PayoutUS$750,000 per team [1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMark Jones, Gino Toretta, and Rob Stone
Music City Bowl
 < 1999  2001

In the 2000 Music City Bowl, West Virginia defeated Ole Miss 49–38. This game was also West Virginia Mountaineers football coach Don Nehlen's final game.[2] Although West Virginia won the game, it was notable because of a second half comeback by freshman Eli Manning. Down 49–16 in the fourth quarter, Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe inserted Manning.[3] Ole Miss scored 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. The game was played in below-freezing temperatures. The temperature at kickoff was 31 degrees, and climbed down to 27 degrees by the end of the game.

  1. ^ "CNNSI.com - 2000 NCAA Football Bowls - 2000-01 college bowls schedule - Thursday January 04, 2001 01:07 AM". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
  2. ^ "CNNSI.com - 2000 NCAA Football Bowls - Music City - Nehlen goes out a winner at West Virginia - Thursday December 28, 2000 08:29 PM". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Warm spot for Eli Manning on cold day". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.