2000 Buffalo Bulls 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 Buffalo Bulls football
2000 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East
2000 record	2–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Craig Cirbus (6th season);
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium; (Capacity: 31,000)
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulls offense scored 177 points while the defense allowed 452 points.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York		L 7–63	40,634
September 9	6:00 pm	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 0–59	26,511
September 16	7:00 pm	Connecticut*	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		L 21–24	13,678
September 23	7:00 pm	Bowling Green	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		W 20–17	8,081
September 30	7:00 pm	at Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia	ESN	L 14–47	29,089
October 7	7:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, Ohio		L 20–42	17,634
October 21	1:00 pm	Ball State	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		L 35–44	13,064
October 28	1:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	ESPN+	L 10–73	16,586
November 4	1:00 pm	Kent State	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		W 20–17 ^OT	7,131
November 11	7:00 pm	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, Ohio		L 14–49	5,132
November 18	1:00 pm	Miami (OH)	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		L 16–17	26,511
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

2000 Buffalo Bulls football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Adam Johnson	So
QB	`15`	Joe Freedy	Jr
OL	`71`	Brian Johnessee	Jr
OL	`72`	Dan Minocchi	Fr
OL	`73`	Josh Stello	Sr
OL	`74`	David Pruce	Sr
OL	`75`	Erik Zeppuhar	Fr
OL	`77`	William Paris	Fr
WR	`81`	Andre Forde	So
WR	`82`	Dan Lindsay	So
TE	`84`	Chad Bartoszek	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`29`	J. J. Gibson	Fr
DB	`30`	Mark Quinn	So
LB	`39`	Ryan Buttles	So
LB	`49`	Marcus Gray	Sr
LB	`59`	Marcus Cole	Sr
DB	`40`	Terek Henderson	Fr
DL	`78`	Ron Gannello	Jr
DL	`79`	Lorenzo Jones	Fr
DE	`90`	Steve Fleming	So
DT	`91`	Omari Jordan	Jr
LB	`92`	Brian Pons	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2001-07-22

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2000 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
2000 record	2–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Craig Cirbus (6th season)
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

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.