2000 Orange Bowl


The 2000 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Alabama Crimson Tide on January 1, 2000, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Michigan defeated Alabama 35–34 in an overtime battle. The game was part of the 1999–2000 Bowl Championship Series of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2000 game represented the 66th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.
Quarterback Tom Brady led Michigan to the win, throwing for 369 yards and four touchdowns, while leading the team back from a pair of 14-point deficits in regulation. Brady threw the game-winning score in overtime on a bootleg to tight end Shawn Thompson. The game was won by Michigan when Alabama placekicker, Ryan Pflugner, missed a PAT following their own touchdown. This was the first overtime BCS Bowl game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

No Scoring

2nd Quarter

Alabama-Shaun Alexander 5 yard run 9:48 UA 7 UM 0
Alabama- Shaun Alexander 6 yard run 6:51 UA 14 UM 0
Michigan-David Terrell 27 yard pass from Tom Brady 0:58 UA 14 UM 7

3rd Quarter

Michigan- David Terrell 57 yard pass from Tom Brady 13:03 UA 14 UM 14
Alabama- Shaun Alexander 50 yard run 11:00 UA 21 UM 14
Alabama-Freddie Milons 62 yard punt return 8:29 UA 28 UM 14
Michigan- David Terrell 20 yard pass from Tom Brady 5:42 UA 28 UM 21
Michigan-Anthony Thomas 3 yard run 1:01 UA 28 UM 28

4th Quarter

No Scoring

Overtime

Michigan- Shawn Thompson 25 yard pass from Tom Brady UM 35 UA 28
Alabama-Antonio Carter 21 yard pass from Andrew Zow UM 35 UA 34