2000 Music City Bowl

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Name = 2000 Music City Bowl
Date = December 28, 2000
Year = 2000
Visitor School =
Visitor Name Short = Ole Miss
Visitor Nickname = Rebels
Visitor Record = 7–5
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Visitor Coaches =
Visitor BCS =
Visitor Coach = David Cutcliffe
Visitor1 = 3
Visitor2 = 6
Visitor3 = 7
Visitor4 = 22
Visitor Total = 38
Home School =
Home Name Short = WVU
Home Nickname = Mountaineers
Home Record = 7–5
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Home Coaches =
Home BCS =
Home Coach = Don Nehlen
Home1 = 7
Home2 = 28
Home3 = 14
Home4 = 0
Home Total = 49
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Stadium = Adelphia Coliseum
City = Nashville, Tennessee


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attendance = 47,119
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In the 2000 Music City Bowl, West Virginia defeated Ole Miss 49–39. This game was also West Virginia Mountaineers football coach Don Nehlen's final game [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2000/bowls/news/2000/12/28/nehlen_finale_ap/] . Although West Virginia won the game, it was notable because of a second half comeback by freshman Eli Manning. Down 49–16 in the fourth quarter, Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe inserted Manning. [.http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2008/01/16/2008-01-16_warm_spot_for_eli_manning_on_cold_day.html] Ole Miss scored 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.

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