2000 Florida Citrus Bowl

2000 Ourhouse.com Florida Citrus Bowl
1234 Total
Michigan State 317611 37
Florida 71467 34
Date January 1, 2000
Season 1999
Stadium Florida Citrus Bowl
Location Orlando, Florida
MVP Plaxico Burress (Michigan State WR)
Attendance 62,011
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute

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 interim coach Bobby Williams, who took over on December 5, five days after Nick Saban departed to take over the Louisiana State 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.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Statistics

Statistics Michigan State Florida
First Downs 25 27
Rushing Yards 143 67
Passing Yards 257 300
Total Yards400 367
Punt Return Yards 13 0
Kickoff Return Yards 132 118
Passes (Att-Comp-Int) 35-21-2 51-25-0
Punts-Average 3-43.3 6-35.5
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards 7-80 10-100

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