2000 Toledo Rockets football team

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2000 Toledo Rockets football
Toledo Rockets wordmark.svg
MAC West Division co-champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2000 record10–1 (6–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
(Capacity: 26,248)
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Mid-American Conference football standings
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 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.

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[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 pmat Penn State*
ESPN2W 24–694,296
September 97:00 pmWeber State*
W 51–032,726
September 167:00 pmEastern Illinois*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 31–2627,318
September 236:00 pmat Western Michigan
L 14–2124,816
September 307:00 pmCentral Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 41–020,913
October 74:00 pmat Eastern Michigan
W 42–1414,139
October 147:00 pmMarshalldagger
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
ESPN+W 42–034,900
October 2812:00 pmat Navy*
W 35–1427,355
November 42:00 pmat Northern Illinois
W 38–2413,354
November 111:00 pmat Ball State
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 31–318,916
November 226:30 pmBowling Green
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH (Battle of I-75)
ESPN2W 51–1726,531

Roster[]

2000 Toledo Rockets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 1 Tavares Bolden Sr
WR 3 Manny Johnson So
WR 14 Carl Ford So
WR 17 Donta Greene So
TB 19 Chester Taylor Sr
OL 79 Noah Swartz So
WR 80 Mel Long Sr
WR 84 Erik Kost Sr
TE 85 Greg Grothous So
TE 86 Marcus Hairston Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 12 Brandon Hefflin Redshirt.svg Fr
CB 25 James Stanley Jr
LB 30 Tom Ward So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-02-23

Rankings[]

See also: 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 25 NR 
Coaches Poll NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 25 NR 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

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