2000 Peach Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2000

| title_sponsor = Chick-fil-A

| game_name = Peach Bowl

| subheader = {{ordinal|33}} Peach Bowl

| football_season = 2000

| image = File:1996 Georgia Dome (cropped).JPEG

| caption = The Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the Peach Bowl.

| visitor_name_short = LSU

| visitor_nickname = Tigers

| visitor_school = Louisiana State University

| home_name_short = Georgia Tech

| home_nickname = Yellow Jackets

| home_school = Georgia Tech

| visitor_record = 7–4

| visitor_conference = SEC

| home_record = 9–2

| home_conference = ACC

| visitor_coach = Nick Saban

| home_coach = George O'Leary

| home_rank_AP = 15

| home_rank_coaches = 17

| home_rank_BCS = 13

| visitor_1q = 3

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 6

| visitor_4q = 19

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 7

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 0

| date_game_played = December 29

| stadium = Georgia Dome

| city = Atlanta, Georgia

| referee = Randy Simms (C-USA)

| attendance = 73,614

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, and Adrian Karsten (sideline)

}}

The 2000 Peach Bowl was the 33rd Peach Bowl game and featured the LSU Tigers, and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.{{cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100364/100364381.htm|title=Louisiana State vs. Georgia Tech|publisher=USA Today|date=December 30, 2000|access-date=March 22, 2019}}

LSU scored first on a 32-yard John Corbello field goal to take a 3–0 lead. Georgia Tech responded with a 32-yard Joe Burns touchdown run to take a 7–3 lead. In the second quarter, Jermaine Hatch scored on a 9-yard touchdown run, giving Tech a 14–3 lead.

In the third quarter, Rohan Davey threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Banks, as LSU got within 14–9. In the fourth quarter, Davey threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Josh Reed giving LSU a 17–14 lead. John Corbello kicked a 49-yard field goal giving the Tigers a 20–14 advantage. Davey later threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Banks as LSU won by a 28-14 count.

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