The 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference and the East Carolina Pirates from Conference USA (C-USA) at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on December 27, 2000.
The game was the final competition of the 2000 football season for each team and resulted in 40–27 East Carolina victory.
[2] The Pirates, led by ninth-year head coach Steve Logan, entered the game with a record of 7–4 (5–2 in C-USA play), finishing tied for second in the conference.
The Red Raiders, led by first-year head coach Mike Leach, entered the game with a record of 7–5 (3–5 in Big 12 play), finishing fourth in the Big 12's South Division.
Leach introduced a new, up-tempo, pass-heavy offense known as the air raid that saw starting quarterback Kliff Kingsbury attempt an average of 48.7 passes per game.