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2000 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Bill Cowher
Home Field Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record 9–7
Place 3rd in AFC Central
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers OLB Jason Gildon
Team MVP Jerome Bettis
Team ROY Dan Kreider
Timeline
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The 2000 Pittsburgh Steelers season began with the team trying to improve on their 6–10 record from 1999 in which they failed to qualify for the playoffs. While Pittsburgh did improve to 9–7 and had their first winning season since 1997, it was not enough for the team to qualify for the playoffs. This season also marked the Steelers' last at Three Rivers Stadium.

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Location Result Record
1 September 3 Baltimore Three Rivers Stadium L 16–0 0–1
2 September 10 Bye
3 September 17 Cleveland Cleveland Browns Stadium L 23–20 0–2
4 September 24 Tennessee Three Rivers Stadium L 23–20 0–3
5 October 1 Jacksonville Alltel Stadium W 24–13 1–3
6 October 8 NY Jets Giants Stadium W 20–3 2–3
7 October 15 Cincinnati Three Rivers Stadium W 15–0 3–3
8 October 22 Cleveland Three Rivers Stadium W 22–0 4–3
9 October 29 Baltimore PSInet Stadium W 9–6 5–3
10 November 5 Tennessee Adelphia Coliseum L 9–7 5–4
11 November 12 Philadelphia Three Rivers Stadium L 26–23 (OT) 5–5
12 November 19 Jacksonville Three Rivers Stadium L 34–24 5–6
13 November 26 Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium W 48–28 6–6
14 December 3 Oakland Three Rivers Stadium W 21–20 7–6
15 December 10 NY Giants Giants Stadium L 30–10 7–7
16 December 16 Washington Three Rivers Stadium W 24–3 8–7
17 December 24 San Diego Qualcomm Stadium W 34–21 9–7

Game summaries[]

Week 1 (Sunday September 3, 2000): vs. Baltimore Ravens[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 10 3 3 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 0 0 0 0 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 77°F (Mostly Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 55,049
  • Referee: Phil Luckett
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle (play by play), Mark May (color commentator)

Week 2 (Sunday September 10, 2000): Bye Week[]

Week 3 (Sunday September 17, 2000): at Cleveland Browns[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 10 10 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Browns 14 0 3 6 {{{HTotal}}}


at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 73,018
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Gus Johnson (play by play), Brent Jones (color commentator)

Week 4 (Sunday September 24, 2000): vs. Tennessee Titans[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Titans 10 0 3 10 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 3 3 0 14 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 60°F (Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 51,769
  • Referee: Walt Coleman
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle (play by play), Mark May (color commentator)

Week 5 (Sunday October 1, 2000): at Jacksonville Jaguars[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 10 7 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Jaguars 3 3 0 7 {{{HTotal}}}


at Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

Steelers get first ever win in Jacksonville.

During the game, rookie WR Plaxico Burress caught a third down pass and went down without being touched. He spiked the football to celebrate, but since he was never touched down, the ball remained live (in play) and the Jaguars recovered the fumble.

Week 6 (Sunday October 8, 2000): at New York Jets[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 0 10 {{{RTotal}}}
Jets 0 3 0 0 {{{HTotal}}}


at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 78,441
  • Referee: Gerald Austin
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Kevin Harlan (play by play), Randy Cross (color commentator)

Week 7 (Sunday October 15, 2000): vs. Cincinnati Bengals[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 0 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 7 3 3 2 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 59°F (Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 54,238
  • Referee: Phil Luckett
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Don Criqui (play by play), Steve Tasker (color commentator)

Week 8 (Sunday October 22, 2000): vs. Cleveland Browns[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 0 0 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 3 10 3 6 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 4:05 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 70°F (Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 57,659
  • Referee: Ed Hochuli
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle (play by play), Mark May (color commentator)

Week 9 (Sunday October 29, 2000): at Baltimore Ravens[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 9 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Ravens 0 6 0 0 {{{HTotal}}}


at PSINet Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 69,405
  • Referee: Bernie Kukar
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle (play by play), Mark May (color commentator)

Week 10 (Sunday November 5, 2000): at Tennessee Titans[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 7 {{{RTotal}}}
Titans 0 3 0 6 {{{HTotal}}}


at Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 68,498
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Don Criqui (play by play), Steve Tasker (color commentator)

Week 11 (Sunday November 12, 2000): vs. Philadelphia Eagles[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 7 3 10 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 0 6 7 10 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 42°F (Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 56,702
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
  • TV announcers: (FOX) Kenny Albert (play by play), Tim Green (color commentator)

Week 12 (Sunday November 19, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 17 17 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 7 3 0 14 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Week 13 (Sunday November 26, 2000): at Cincinnati Bengals[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 14 10 21 3 {{{RTotal}}}
Bengals 7 7 7 7 {{{HTotal}}}


at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 63,925
  • Referee: Larry Nemmers
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Bill Macatee (play by play), Charles Mann (color commentator)

Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): vs. Oakland Raiders[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 17 0 3 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 7 0 7 7 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 31°F (Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 54,881
  • Referee: Tom White
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Kevin Harlan (play by play), Daryl Johnston (color commentator)

Week 15 (Sunday December 10, 2000): at New York Giants[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 7 {{{RTotal}}}
Giants 3 10 7 10 {{{HTotal}}}


at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Week 16 (Saturday December 16, 2000): vs. Washington Redskins[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 3 0 0 0 {{{RTotal}}}
Steelers 0 17 0 7 {{{HTotal}}}


at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 12:30 PM EST
  • Game weather: 39°F (Rain)
  • Game attendance: 58,183
  • Referee: Mike Carey
  • TV announcers: (FOX) Dick Stockton (play by play), Matt Millen (color commentator)

This was the last game at Three Rivers Stadium.

Week 17 (Sunday December 24, 2000): at San Diego Chargers[]

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 17 0 10 {{{RTotal}}}
Chargers 14 0 7 0 {{{HTotal}}}


at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

  • Game time: 4:05 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 50,809
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Gus Johnson (play by play), Brent Jones (color commentator)

Roster[]

2000 Pittsburgh Steelers roster
Quarterbacks
  • 11 Kent Graham
  • 10 Kordell Stewart
  • 17 Tee Martin

Running Backs

  • 36 Jerome Bettis
  • 45 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala FB
  • 33 Richard Huntley
  • 35 Dan Kreider FB
  • 38 Jon Witman FB
  • 21 Amos Zereoue

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

  • 87 Mark Bruener
  • 48 Matt Cushing
  • 85 Cory Geason
  • 84 Jerame Tuman
 Offensive Linemen
  • 63 Dermontti Dawson C/G
  • 62 Roger Duffy G/C
  • 66 Alan Faneca G/T
  • 72 Wayne Gandy T
  • 61 Tom Myslinski G
  • 68 Shar Pourdanesh T
  • 77 Marvel Smith T
  • 65 Rich Tylski G
  • 71 Larry Tharpe T

Defensive Linemen

  • 96 Kendrick Clancy DT
  • 73 Chris Combs DE
  • 76 Kevin Henry DE
  • 91 Aaron Smith DE
  • 94 Jeremy Staat DE
  • 74 Chris Sullivan DE
  • 67 Kimo von Oelhoffen DE/DT/NT
 Linebackers
  • 57 John Fiala ILB
  • 92 Jason Gildon
  • 53 Clark Haggans
  • 50 Earl Holmes
  • 99 Levon Kirkland ILB
  • 55 Joey Porter
  • 90 Donnel Thompson
  • 56 Mike Vrabel

Defensive Backs

  • 27 Brent Alexander FS
  • 28 Ainsley Battles S
  • 40 Myron Bell SS
  • 24 Nakia Codie CB
  • 41 Lee Flowers SS
  • 22 Hank Poteat CB
  • 30 Chad Scott CB
  • 47 Scott Shields FS
  • 23 Jason Simmons CB
  • 26 Deshea Townsend CB
  • 20 Dewayne Washington CB

Special Teams

  •  3 Kris Brown K
  •  4 Josh Miller P
  • 54 Mike Schneck LS

Standings[]

AFC Central
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Tennessee Titans 13 3 0 .813 346 191
Baltimore Ravens 12 4 0 .750 333 165
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7 0 .563 321 255
Jacksonville Jaguars 7 9 0 .438 367 327
Cincinnati Bengals 4 12 0 .250 185 359
Cleveland Browns 3 13 0 .188 161 419

References[]

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