Florida State Seminoles ©	Virginia Tech Hokies
The Sugar Bowl Played January 4, 2000 at the Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana

  

 

Teams' Belt Records

 

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
		W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Florida State ©	2	19	1	0	.950	10	0	0	1.000	8	0	0	1.000	1	1	0	.500
Virginia Tech	0	0	3	0	.000					0	3	0	.000

 

Previous Belt Meetings

 

11/12/1988	Virginia Tech	14
	Florida State ©	41

The top-ranked, 11-0 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden met the 2^nd ranked, 11-0 Virginia Tech Hokies of coach Frank Beamer in the Sugar Bowl for The Belt & the BCS National Championship.  This would be an offensive shootout between Florida State’s QB Chris Weinke, All-American WR Peter Warrick & Virginia Tech’s All-Big East QB Michael Vick.  Weinke & Warrick were brilliant as the Seminoles retained The Belt & claimed the BCS title with a 46-29 win.  On the Hokies' opening drive, Vick fumbled near the Seminoles’ goal line.  The Seminoles scored with 3:22 left in the opening quarter on a 64-yard pass from Weinke to Warrick.  Just over a minute later, the Seminoles’ special teams capitalized when RB Jeff Chaney picked up a punt blocked by All-ACC LB Tommy Polley & took it 6 yards for another score.  The Hokies got on the board when Vick hit WR Andre Davis on a 49-yard touchdown pass making the score Florida State 14, Virginia Tech 7 as the 2^nd quarter started.  The Seminoles added to the lead as Weinke hit WR Ron Dugans on a 63-yard touchdown pass with 13:45 to play in the half.  After a stalled drive on Virginia Tech’s next possession, Warrick returned the punt 59 yards for another score giving the Seminoles a 28-7 lead.  Warrick's breakaway stunned the Hokies as their special teams had given up only 36 total yards on 9 punt returns all season.  After a spectacular 43-yard run earlier in the drive, Vick scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with 0:37 to play in the half getting the Hokies to a 28-14 deficit as the teams went to their locker rooms.  Virginia Tech dominated the 3^rd quarter as All-Big East PK Shayne Graham hit a field goal from 23 yards, & RB Andre Kendrick scored touchdowns on runs of 29 & 6 yards as the Hokies took a 29-28 lead after three quarters.  The second score that gave Virginia Tech the lead came after All-Big East CB Anthony Midget intercepted Weinke & the Hokies drove 59 yards in 7 plays for the go-ahead score.  The 4^th quarter & National Championship belonged to the Seminoles.  Weinke hit Dugans for a 14-yard touchdown pass &, after Florida State's S Sean Key recovered a Vick fumble, All-American PK Sebastian Janikowski hit a 32-yard field goal to give Florida State a 39-29 lead.  The game was sealed when Virginia Tech's S Nick Sorensen was stopped by Florida State's CB Tay Cody & Chaney on a fake punt at the Hokies’ 43-yard line.  On the next snap, Weinke hit Warrick for the 43-yard touchdown pass for the final points.  Weinke threw for 329 yards with 4 touchdowns while Warrick had 6 receptions for 163 yards with 2 touchdowns to go with his return touchdown.  For Virginia Tech, Vick finished with 225 yards passing with a touchdown & 97 yards rushing with a touchdown but was sacked 7 times while the Hokies' defense held the Seminoles’ rushing attack to 30 net yards.  Virginia Tech outgained Florida State 503-359 & held the ball for 13 more minutes.  Florida State finished the season 12-0; ACC Champions, & National Champions while the Hokies finished 11-1, Big East Champions & ranked 2^nd nationally.  Virginia Tech would play for The Belt again in 2000.