2000 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 2000 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Marshall won its fourth consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship.

2000 Marshall Thundering Herd football
MAC champion
MAC East Division co-champion
Motor City Bowl champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast
2000 record8–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEd Zaunbrecher
Defensive coordinatorKevin Kelly
Home stadiumMarshall University Stadium
(Capacity: 38,019)
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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmSE Missouri State*W 63–730,225
September 912:00 pmat No. 24 Michigan State*ESPNL 24–3472,983
September 236:00 pmat North Carolina*L 15–2053,000
September 307:00 pmBuffalo
  • Marshall University Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 47–1429,089
October 58:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Marshall University Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
ESPNL 10–3027,109
October 147:00 pmat ToledoESPN+L 0–4234,900
October 213:30 pmKent State
  • Marshall University Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 34–1225,646
October 287:00 pmat AkronW 31–2815,641
November 41:30 pmat Bowling GreenW 20–138,091
November 117:00 pmMiami (OH)
  • Marshall University Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 51–3130,419
November 184:00 pmat OhioL 28–3821,217
December 21:00 pmWestern Michigan
ABCW 19–1424,816
December 274:00 pmvs. Cincinnati*ESPN2W 25–1452,911
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Marshall Thundering Herd football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 6 John Cooper Sr
QB 7 Byron Leftwich So
WR 3 Nate Poole Sr
G 75 Steve Sciullo So
WR 40 Darius Watts Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
FS 19 Chris Crocker So
DB 15 Yancey Satterwhite Sr
DE 85 Paul Toviessi Sr
LB 5 Max Yates Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 43 J. R. Jenkins Sr
LS 54 Chris Massey Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2000-11-09

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Paul ToviessiDefensive End251Denver Broncos

References

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