2000 Toledo Rockets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2000 Toledo Rockets football Toledo Rockets wordmark.svg 175 Mid-American Conference West Division MAC 10–1 6–1 Gary Pinkel 10th Dave Christensen 4th Tom Amstutz 7th Glass Bowl MAC West Division co-champion 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 2000 AP Eastern September 2 12:00 pm w y y Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN2 24–6 94,296 September 9 7:00 pm w y Weber State Glass Bowl Toledo, OH Food Town Kickoff 51–0 32,726 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-blade-ut-runs-over-weber-state/177944772/ The Blade UT runs over Weber State September 10, 2000 August 1, 2025 Newspapers.com September 16 7:00 pm w y Eastern Illinois Glass Bowl Toledo, OH 31–26 27,318 September 23 6:00 pm l y Western Michigan Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI 14–21 24,816 September 30 7:00 pm w Central Michigan Glass Bowl Toledo, OH 41–0 20,913 Toledo lights up Central Michigan Battle Creek Enquirer October 1, 2000 4C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99375047/toledo-lights-up-central-michigan/ Newspapers.com October 7 4:00 pm w y Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI 42–14 14,139 October 14 7:00 pm w y Marshall Glass Bowl Toledo, OH ESPN Plus 42–0 34,900 October 28 12:00 pm w y y Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD 35–14 27,355 November 4 2:00 pm w y Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL 38–24 13,354 November 11 1:00 pm w y Ball State Glass Bowl Toledo, OH 31–3 18,916 November 22 6:30 pm w Bowling Green Glass Bowl Toledo, OH rivalry ESPN2 51–17 26,531 Rankings 2000 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 25 NR Coaches Poll 0 16 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 25 NR BCS 9 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Roster 2000 Toledo Rockets f 1 Sr Tavares Bolden QB 3 So Manny Johnson WR 14 So Carl Ford Carl Ford (American football) WR y 17 So Donta Greene WR 19 Sr Chester Taylor TB y 79 So Noah Swartz OL 80 Sr Mel Long WR 84 Sr Erik Kost WR 85 So Greg Grothous TE 86 Fr Marcus Hairston TE 12 Fr Brandon Hefflin CB yes 25 Jr James Stanley James Stanley (American football) CB y 30 So Tom Ward LB https://web.archive.org/web/20010223030317/http://utrockets.fansonly.com:80/sports/m-footbl/mtt/tol-m-footbl-mtt-num.html *Gary Pinkel (regular season) Dave Christensen – Offensive coordinator and offensive line David Yost – Quarterbacks and recruiting coordinator Brian Jones – Running backs Cornell Ford – Wide receivers Bruce Walker – Tight ends Tom Amstutz – Defensive coordinator and assistant head coach Craig Kuligowski – Defensive line David Walkosky – outside linebackers Matt Eberflus – Defensive backs David Hutchinson – Graduate assistant Mark Lister – Graduate assistant Justin Wooley – Graduate assistant December 5, 2023 References Toledo Category:Toledo Rockets football seasons Toledo Rockets football