2000 Music City Bowl
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| 2000 Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 3rd Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
 Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted the Music City Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelphia Coliseum (LP Field) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Courtney Mauzy (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 47,119 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$750,000 per team [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones, Gino Toretta, and Rob Stone | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
