As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2000
                                           Registration No. 333-00169

             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C.  20549
                  ________________________

              POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                          FORM S-3

   REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                 BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                      75-1914582
  (State of incorporation)    (I.R.S. employer identification number)

                      6820 LBJ Freeway
                    Dallas, Texas  75240
                        972-980-9917
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
     code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

              _________________________________
                      Russell G. Owens
                Executive Vice President and
                   Chief Financial Officer
                 Brinker International, Inc.
                      6820 LBJ Freeway
                    Dallas, Texas  75240
                        972-980-9917
  (Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                 code, of agent for service)
            ____________________________________
                         Copies to:

Roger F. Thomson                 Bruce H. Hallett
Executive Vice President and     Hallett & Perrin, P.C.
General Counsel                  717 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1400
Brinker International, Inc.      Dallas, Texas  75201
6820 LBJ Freeway                 214-953-0053
Dallas, Texas  75240
972-980-9917

            _____________________________________

      Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
Not applicable.

      If the only securities being registered on this Form are
being  offered pursuant to a dividend or interest reinvestment
plans, please check the following box.  [  ]

      If  any of the securities being registered on this  Form
are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to
Rule  415  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  other  than
securities  offered  only  in  connection  with  dividend   or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  [  ]

      If  this Form is filed to register additional securities
for  an  offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act,  please  check the following box and list the  Securities
Act  registration number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering.  [  ]

     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant
to  Rule  462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following
box  and list the Securities Act registration statement number
of  the earlier effective registration statement for the  same
offering.  [  ]

      If  delivery of the prospectus is expected  to  be  made
pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box.  [  ]

     The registrant hereby withdraws the effectiveness of this
registration statement.  The registrant believes that  all  of
the  shares registered under this registration statement  have
been  sold  or,  if  shares  remain unsold,  such  shares  are
eligible  for resale under Rule 144 of the Securities  Act  of
1933, as amended.

                         SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities  Act  of
1933,  the  registrant  has  duly caused  this  post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to be signed  on  its
behalf  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized  in  the
City  of  Dallas and the State of Texas, on the 7th day  of
September, 2000.

                         BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.



                         By: /s/ Russell G. Owens
                            Russell G. Owens, Executive Vice
                            President and Chief Financial and
                            Strategic Officer



      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities  Act  of
1933,  as  amended,  this  post-effective  amendment  to  this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the  following
persons in the capacities indicated effective on the 7th day
of September, 2000.

Signature                                    Title



/s/ Ronald A. McDougall             Vice Chairman of the Board
Ronald A. McDougall                 and Chief Executive Officer
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Russell G. Owens                Executive Vice President and
Russell G. Owens                    Chief Financial and Strategic Officer
                                    (Principal Financial and
                                     Accounting Officer)


/s/ Norman E. Brinker               Chairman of the Board
Norman E. Brinker



/s/ Douglas H. Brooks               President, Chief Operating
Douglas H. Brooks                   Officer and Director



________________________            Director
Donald J. Carty



/s/ Dan W. Cook, III                Director
Dan W. Cook, III



/s/ Marvin J. Girouard              Director
Marvin J. Girouard



/s/ J.M. Haggar, Jr.                Director
J.M. Haggar, Jr.



/s/ Frederick S. Humphries          Director
Frederick S. Humphries



/s/ Ronald Kirk                     Director
Ronald Kirk



/s/ Jeffrey A. Marcus               Director
Jeffrey A. Marcus



/s/ James E. Oesterreicher          Director
James E. Oesterreicher



/s/ Roger T. Staubach               Director
Roger T. Staubach