2000 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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2000 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
Gateway champion
Conference Gateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 12
Record9–3 (5–1 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadium Hanson Field
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Gateway Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Western Illinois $^  5 –1   9 –3  
No. 11 Youngstown State ^  4 –2   9 –3  
No. 24 Illinois State  4 –2   7 –4  
No. 19 Northern Iowa  3 –3   7 –4  
Southwest Missouri State  2 –4   5 –6  
Southern Illinois  2 –4   3 –8  
Indiana State  1 –5   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by second-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 9–3 record overall and a 5–1 record in conference play, making them conference champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Lehigh in the first round. [1] The team was ranked No. 12 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of Division I-AA. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at Missouri *No. 23
L 20–5053,224 [3]
September 9at Ball State *No. 25
W 24–1412,779 [4]
September 16No. 23 Sam Houston State *No. 19
W 31–05,934 [5]
September 23 Nicholls State *No. 15
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 44–34,787 [6]
September 30 Indiana State No. 12
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 49–712,348 [7]
October 7at Southern Illinois No. 11
W 42–1710,000 [8]
October 14at Southwest Missouri State No. 7
W 14–108,738 [9]
October 21No. 3 Youngstown State No. 6
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 24–1013,418 [10]
October 28 Morgan State *No. 3
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 73–174,839 [11]
November 4 Illinois State No. 4
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 18–2510,147 [12]
November 18at No. 18 Northern Iowa No. 6
W 44–4114,128 [13]
November 25No. 8 Lehigh *No. 6
L 7–373,204 [14]

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References

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