2000 Fiesta Bowl
| 2000 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BCS Bowl Game 29th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Nebraska by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Tunes Wrap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 71,526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tim Brant, Dean Blevins, and Leslie Gudel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2000 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 2, 2000, was the 29th edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game was played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona between the Tennessee Volunteers (ranked #5 in the BCS) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (ranked #3 in the BCS). The matchup featured the two most current National Championship teams: Nebraska in 1997, and Tennessee in 1998. The teams first met two years earlier for the 1998 Orange Bowl.