2000 Philadelphia Eagles season

68th season in franchise history; first playoff appearance since 1996 December 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 2000 11–5 2nd NFC East Andy Reid Rod Dowhower Jim Johnson Jeffrey Lurie Veterans Stadium Won Wild Card Playoffs(vs. Buccaneers) 21–3Lost Divisional Playoffs(at Giants) 10–20 5 Eagles seasons The 2000 season was the Philadelphia Eagles' sixty-eighth in the National Football League (NFL) and its second under head coach Andy Reid. The team improved on its 5–11 record from 1999, resulting in a postseason appearance for the first time since 1996. Its season started in Dallas, with the game famously known for the onside kick that the Eagles kicked and recovered to start the game. This game is known as the Pickle Juice Game, as the Philadelphia players were given pickle juice by Andy Reid in order to prepare for the high temperature in Dallas that day. The Eagles won the game, 41–14. This was Donovan McNabb's first full year as starting quarterback after seeing limited action during his rookie season. With McNabb, the team posted an 11–5 record. For his efforts, McNabb was named to the Pro Bowl following the season. He subsequently made several more Pro Bowl appearances during his time in Philadelphia. The Eagles played in five NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl (2004) during the McNabb era. The Eagles easily defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild-card round of the playoffs, 21–3, but lost to its rivals, the eventual NFC champion New York Giants, in the divisional round 20–10. In week five, running back Duce Staley broke his foot. He was later placed on injured reserve, ending his season. He rushed for 344 yards while active in five games. Offseason NFL draft The 2000 NFL draft was held April 15–16, 2000. No teams elected to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year. The Eagles held the sixth pick in the seven-round draft and made a total of seven selections. Player selections The table below shows the Eagles selections, what picks it had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. (It is possible that Eagles' picks ended up with those teams via other trades made by the Eagles with other teams.) Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away. = Pro Bowler Players are identified as Pro Bowlers if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their careers.= Hall of Famer 2000 Philadelphia Eagles Draft Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 6 Corey Simon DT Florida State 2 36 Todd Pinkston WR Southern Miss 61 Bobbie Williams G Arkansas From Tennessee 3 68 Traded to Tennessee 4 99 Gari Scott WR Michigan State 5 135 Traded to Tennessee 6 171 Thomas Hamner RB Minnesota 178 John Frank DE Utah from Oakland 192 John Romero C California from Washington 7 240 Traded to New England Staff 2000 Philadelphia Eagles President/Chief Executive Officer – Jeffrey Lurie Executive vice president/chief operating officer – Joe Banner Director of football operations – Tom Modrak Director of college scouting – John Goeller Director of pro personnel – Mike McCartney Head coach – Andy Reid Assistant to the head coach – Sean McDermott Offensive coordinator – Rod Dowhower Quarterbacks – Brad Childress Running backs – Ted Williams Wide receivers – David Culley Tight ends/offensive line – Pat Shurmur Offensive line – Juan Castillo Offensive assistant/quality control – Tom Melvin Defensive coordinator – Jim Johnson Defensive line – Tommy Brasher Linebackers – Ron Rivera Defensive backs – Leslie Frazier Defensive assistant – Steve Spagnuolo Special teams coordinator – John Harbaugh Head athletic trainer – Rick Burkholder Strength and conditioning – Mike Wolf Assistant strength and conditioning – Tom Kanavy Volunteer assistant strength and conditioning – Chris DiSanto Assistant trainer – Eric Sugarman Roster Philadelphia Eagles 2000 final roster Quarterbacks 10 Koy Detmer  5 Donovan McNabb 11 Ron Powlus Running backs 24 Darnell Autry 33 Thomas Hamner y 38 Cecil Martin FB 30 Brian Mitchell running back RS 36 Stanley Pritchett FB 35 Chris Warren American football Wide receivers 85 Na Brown 82 Dameane Douglas 81 Charles Johnson wide receiver, born 1972 87 Todd Pinkston y 86 Gari Scott y 80 Torrance Small Tight ends 84 Luther Broughton 89 Chad Lewis 83 Jeff Thomason Offensive linemen 74 Doug Brzezinski G 63 Hank Fraley y C 71 Jermane Mayberry G 65 Bubba Miller C 69 Jon Runyan T 67 Ryan Schau G/T 72 Tra Thomas T 76 John Welbourn G 66 Bobbie Williams y G Defensive linemen 53 Hugh Douglas American football DE 96 Paul Grasmanis DT 91 Uhuru Hamiter DE 59 Mike Mamula DE 90 Corey Simon y DT 78 Hollis Thomas DT 97 Darwin Walker DT 98 Brandon Whiting DE Linebackers 56 Mike Caldwell linebacker OLB 57 James Darling American football MLB 51 Carlos Emmons American football OLB 52 Barry Gardner OLB 58 Ike Reese OLB 54 Jeremiah Trotter MLB Defensive backs 32 Jason Bostic CB 25 Je'Rod Cherry SS 42 Rashard Cook FS 20 Brian Dawkins FS 31 Al Harris cornerback CB 45 Tim Hauck FS 43 Damon Moore SS 21 Bobby Taylor American football CB 23 Troy Vincent CB Special teams  2 David Akers K 88 Mike Bartrum LS  7 Sean Landeta P Reserve lists 93 Pernell Davis DT NF-Inj. 79 Greg Jefferson DE IR 61 Giradie Mercer y DT IR 22 Duce Staley RB IR Practice squad 41 William Hampton gridiron football CB 62 Dwight Johnson American football y DE 64 John Romero American football y C 75 Paul Snellings T 13 Elijah Thurmon y WR rookies in italics 53 active, 4 inactive, 5 practice squad Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 July 30 at Cleveland Browns L 22–33 0–1 Cleveland Browns Stadium 2 August 5, 2000 at Baltimore Ravens L 13–16 0–2 PSINet Stadium 3 August 18, 2000 Tennessee Titans W 34–32 1–2 Veterans Stadium 4 August 24, 2000 Buffalo Bills L 12–16 1–3 Veterans Stadium Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 3 at Dallas Cowboys W 41–14 1–0 Texas Stadium Recap 2 September 10 New York Giants L 18–33 1–1 Veterans Stadium Recap 3 September 17 at Green Bay Packers L 3–6 1–2 Lambeau Field Recap 4 September 24 at New Orleans Saints W 21–7 2–2 Louisiana Superdome Recap 5 October 1 Atlanta Falcons W 38–10 3–2 Veterans Stadium Recap 6 October 8 Washington Redskins L 14–17 3–3 Veterans Stadium Recap 7 October 15 at Arizona Cardinals W 33–14 4–3 Sun Devil Stadium Recap 8 October 22 Chicago Bears W 13–9 5–3 Veterans Stadium Recap 9 October 29 at New York Giants L 7–24 5–4 Giants Stadium Recap 10 November 5 Dallas Cowboys W 16–13 (OT) 6–4 Veterans Stadium Recap 11 November 12 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 26–23 (OT) 7–4 Three Rivers Stadium Recap 12 November 19 Arizona Cardinals W 34–9 8–4 Veterans Stadium Recap 13 November 26 at Washington Redskins W 23–20 9–4 FedExField Recap 14 December 3 Tennessee Titans L 13–15 9–5 Veterans Stadium Recap 15 December 10 at Cleveland Browns W 35–24 10–5 Cleveland Browns Stadium Recap 16Bye 17 December 24 Cincinnati Bengals W 16–7 11–5 Veterans Stadium Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Postseason 2000–01 NFL playoffs Schedule Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild Card December 31, 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5) W 21–3 1–0 Veterans Stadium Recap Divisional January 7, 2001 at New York Giants (1) L 10–20 1–1 Giants Stadium Recap Game summaries NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers text-align:center; Philadelphia Eagles 2000 2 NFC Wild Card Playoffs: (5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers at (4) Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary Buccaneers 0 3 0 0 Eagles 0 14 0 7 Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 31, 2000 4:00 p.m. EST 35 °F °C, cloudy Fox Pat Summerall (play-by-play), John Madden (color commentator), and D. J. Johnson (sideline reporter) Mike Carey 65,813 First quarter No scoring plays. Second quarter TB – Martín Gramática 29-yard field goal, 10:16. Buccaneers 3–0. Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 3:49. PHI – Donovan McNabb 5-yard run (David Akers kick), 3:21. Eagles 7–3. Drive: 4 plays, 15 yards, 0:59. PHI – Na Brown 5-yard pass from Donovan McNabb (David Akers kick), 0:12. Eagles 14–3. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 1:31. Third quarter No scoring plays. Fourth quarter PHI – Jeff Thomason 2-yard pass from Donovan McNabb (David Akers kick), 14:13. Eagles 21–3. Drive: 9 plays, 57 yards, 5:20. Top passers TB – Shaun King – 17/31, 171 yards PHI – Donovan McNabb – 24/33, 161 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers TB – Mike Alstott – 7 rushes, 42 yards PHI – Chris Warren – 22 rushes, 85 yards Top receivers TB – Keyshawn Johnson – 6 receptions, 106 yards PHI – Charles Johnson – 5 receptions, 47 yards NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) New York Giants text-align:center; Philadelphia Eagles 2000 2 NFC Divisional Playoffs: (4) Philadelphia Eagles at (1) New York Giants – Game summary Eagles 0 3 0 7 Giants 7 10 0 3 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey January 7, 2001 4:00 p.m. EST 42 °F °C, cloudy Fox Pat Summerall (play-by-play), John Madden (color commentator), and D. J. Johnson (sideline reporter) Ed Hochuli 78,765 First quarter NYG – Ron Dixon 97-yard kickoff return (Brad Daluiso kick), 14:43. Giants 7–0. Second quarter NYG – Brad Daluiso 37-yard field goal, 14:55. Giants 10–0. Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards, 2:19. NYG – Jason Sehorn 32-yard interception return (Brad Daluiso kick), 1:40. Giants 17–0. PHI – David Akers 28-yard field goal, 0:26. Giants 17–3. Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 1:14. Third quarter No scoring plays. Fourth quarter NYG – Brad Daluiso 25-yard field goal, 8:41. Giants 20–3. Drive: 13 plays, 88 yards, 8:11. PHI – Torrance Small 10-yard pass from Donovan McNabb (David Akers kick), 1:56. Giants 20–10 Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, 0:25. Top passers PHI – Donovan McNabb – 20/41, 181 yards, TD, INT NYG – Kerry Collins – 12/19, 125 yards Top rushers PHI – Brian Mitchell – 3 rushes, 18 yards NYG – Ron Dayne – 17 rushes, 53 yards Top receivers PHI – Charles Johnson – 5 receptions, 53 yards NYG – Pete Mitchell – 2 receptions, 47 yards Awards and honors Andy Reid, 2000 Sporting News Coach of Year Andy Reid, 2000 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of Year References External links 2000 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles