2000 Toledo Rockets football team

2000 Toledo Rockets football
MAC West Division co-champion
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division West Division
2000 record 10–1 (6–1 MAC)
Head coach Gary Pinkel (10th season)
Home stadium Glass Bowl
(Capacity: 26,248)
2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L    W L 
East Division
Marshall xy$  5 –1     5 –3     8 –5  
Akron x  5 –1     5 –3     6 –5  
Ohio  4 –2     5 –3     7 –4  
Miami  4 –2     5 –3     6 –5  
Bowling Green  1 –5     2 –6     2 –9  
Buffalo  2 –4     2 –6     2 –9  
Kent State  0 –6     1 –7     1 –10  
West Division
Western Michigan xy  4 –1     7 –1     9 –3  
Toledo x  4 –1     6 –1     10 –1  
Northern Illinois  2 –3     4 –3     6 –5  
Ball State  2 –3     4 –3     5 –6  
Eastern Michigan  2 –3     2 –5     3 –8  
Central Michigan  1 –4     2 –6     2 –9  
Championship: Marshall 19, Western Michigan 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in the West Division. The Rockets were led by head coach Gary Pinkel, who left the school after the end of the season to coach at Missouri.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 12:00 PM at Penn State* Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN2 W 24–6   94,296
September 9 7:00 PM Weber State* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH W 51–0   32,726
September 16 7:00 PM Eastern Illinois* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH W 31–26   27,318
September 23 6:00 PM at Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI L 14–21   24,816
September 30 7:00 PM Central Michigan Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH W 41–0   20,913
October 7 4:00 PM at Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI W 42–14   14,139
October 14 7:00 PM Marshalldagger Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN+ W 42–0   34,900
October 28 12:00 PM at Navy* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 35–14   27,355
November 4 2:00 PM at Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 38–24   13,354
November 11 1:00 PM at Ball State Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH W 31–3   18,916
November 22 6:30 PM Bowling Green Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH (Battle of I-75) ESPN2 W 51–17   26,531
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Roster

2000 Toledo Rockets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 14 Carl Ford Sr
WR 17 Donta Greene So
TB 19 Chester Taylor Sr
OL 79 Noah Swartz So
WR 84 Erik Kost Sr
TE 85 Greg Grothous So
TE 86 Marcus Hairston Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 12 Brandon Hefflin  Fr
CB 25 James Stanley So
LB 30 Tom Ward So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-02-23

References

  1. ↑ http://www.utrockets.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=89645&SPID=10708&DB_OEM_ID=18000&Q_SEASON=2000
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