2000 Orange Bowl

2000 FedEx Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game 66th Orange Bowl
Alabama Crimson Tide Michigan Wolverines (10–2) (9–2) 34 35 Head coach:  Mike DuBose Head coach:  Lloyd Carr AP Coaches BCS 5 6 4 AP Coaches BCS 8 8 8 1 2 3 4 OT Total University of Alabama 0 14 14 0 6 28 University of Michigan 0 7 21 0 7 35
Date	January 1, 2000
Season	1999
Stadium	Pro Player Stadium
Location	Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP	David Terrell (Michigan WR)
Attendance	70,461
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers:	Brad Nessler and Bob Griese
Nielsen ratings	11.4
Orange Bowl  < 1999  2001 >

The 2000 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines on January 1, 2000, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Michigan defeated Alabama 35–34 in an overtime battle. The game was part of the 1999–2000 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2000 game represented the 66th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.

The game was won by Michigan in overtime when Alabama placekicker, Ryan Pflugner, missed a PAT. This was the first overtime BCS Bowl game.

External links

• Summary at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History