2000 Florida Citrus Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 2000 Ourhouse.com Florida Citrus Bowl 1999 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State University Florida Gators University of Florida 9–2 Big Ten 9–3 SEC Bobby Williams Steve Spurrier 9 9 9 10 10 10 3 17 6 11 7 14 6 7 January 1 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida Plaxico Burress (Michigan State WR) Courtney Mauzy (ACC) 62,011 ABC List of announcers of major college bowl games Brent Musburger (play-by-play) Gary Danielson (analyst) Jack Arute (sideline) The 2000 Citrus Bowl was a college football bowl game following the 1999–2000 football season. The game matched the Michigan State Spartans against the Florida Gators. Michigan State came into the game with new head coach Bobby Williams, who took over on December 6, six days after Nick Saban departed to take over the LSU program. Michigan State wide receiver Plaxico Burress caught a career-high 13 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns and Paul Edinger kicked a 39-yard field goal as time expired to lead the ninth-ranked Spartans to a 37–34 victory over the No. 10 Gators. Williams was later hired as the head coach of the Spartans.BC lands in Champs Bowl https://eu.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2007/12/03/bc-lands-in-champs-bowl/52722345007/ eu.telegram.com 20 February 2024 Scoring summary 1st quarter Michigan State – Paul Edinger 46-yard field goal 4:41 left. MSU 3 UF 0 Florida – Travis Taylor 12-yard pass from Doug Johnson (Jeff Chandler kick) 0:58 left. UF 7 MSU 3 2nd quarter Michigan State – Plaxico Burress 37 pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick) 13:24 left. MSU 10 UF 7 Michigan State – T.J. Turner 24-yard fumble recovery (Paul Edinger kick) 12:44 left. MSU 17 UF 7 Florida – Travis Taylor 8-yard pass from Doug Johnson (Jeff Chandler kick) 8:12 left. MSU 17 UF 14 Michigan State – Paul Edinger 20-yard field goal 3:09 left. MSU 20 UF 14 Florida – Doug Johnson 1-yard run (Jeff Chandler kick) 0:33 left. UF 21 MSU 20 3rd quarter Michigan State – Plaxico Burress 21-yard pass from Bill Burke (2-pt conversion failed) 1:10 left. MSU 26 UF 21 Florida – Travis Taylor 39-yard pass from Doug Johnson (2-pt conversion failed) 0:03 left. UF 27 MSU 26 4th quarter Florida – Robert Gillespie 2-yard run (Jeff Chandler kick) 13:27 left. UF 34 MSU 26 Michigan State – Plaxico Burress 30-yard pass from Bill Burke (Gari Scott pass from Bill Burke) 10:46 left. MSU 34 UF 34 Michigan State – Paul Edinger 39-yard field goal 0:00 left. MSU 37 UF 34 Statistics StatisticMSUUFFirst downs 25 27Rushing yards 143 67Passing yards 257 300Total yards400 367Punt return yards 13 0Kickoff return yards 132 118Passes (Att-Comp-Int) 35-21-2 51-25-0Punts-Average 3-43.3 6-35.5Fumbles-Lost 3-1 4-2Penalties-Yards 7-80 10-100Time of possession 32:49 27:11 References Florida Citrus Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Florida Gators football bowl games Category:Michigan State Spartans football bowl games Tangerine Bowl|Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Category:2000 in Orlando, Florida