2000 Akron Zips football team

2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	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.;

2000 Akron Zips football
2000 Akron Zips football
MAC East Division co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
2000 record	6–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Lee Owens (6th season);
Captain	Tony McCray, Rich Reliford, Dwight Smith, Butchie Washington
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season; they competed in the Mid-American Conference. They were led by sixth–year head coach Lee Owens. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They outscored their opponents 333–295 and finished with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses (6–5).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 2	at No. 11 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 23–52
September 9	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 7–17
September 16	UCF*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 35–24
September 23	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 23–20
September 30	Miami (OH)	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 37–20
October 7	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	W 27–21
October 14	Northern Illinois	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 35–52
October 21	Connecticut*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 35–38
October 28	Marshall	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 28–31
November 11	Buffalo	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 49–14
November 18	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (rivalry)	W 34–6
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

2000 Akron Zips football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Matthew Cherry	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Lee Owens

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References[]

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2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t	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.