2000 Ohio Bobcats football team

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2000 Ohio Bobcats football
Ohio Bobcats wordmark.svg
Conference Mid-American Conference
DivisionEast
Record7–4 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Troy Calhoun (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Brian Knorr (2nd season)
Home stadium Peden Stadium
Seasons
  1999
2001  
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 (OH)  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 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ohio competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Bobcats were led by head coach Jim Grobe, who resigned after the conclusion of the season to become the head coach for Wake Forest. [1] They played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 212:30 pmat Iowa State * FSN L 15–2534,385
September 92:30 pmat Minnesota *W 23–1741,637
September 167:00 pm Tennessee Tech *W 52–1421,326
September 232:00 pm Akron
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
L 20–2320,114
September 301:00 pmat Western Michigan ONN L 10–2321,412
October 77:00 pm Buffalo
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
ONNW 42–2017,634
October 142:00 pmat Kent State W 44–78,976
October 212:00 pm Central Michigan Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Peden Stadium
  • Athens, OH
W 52–320,836 [3]
November 412:00 pmat Miami (OH) FSNL 24–2720,941
November 111:30 pmat Bowling Green W 23–216,646
November 184:00 pm Marshall
ONNW 38–2821,217
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "Jim Grobe". Sports Reference.
  2. "Peden Stadium". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. "Ohio 52, Central Michigan 3". Lansing State Journal. October 22, 2000. p. 5C via Newspapers.com.
  4. "OHIOBOBCATS.COM - Ohio Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.