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
Conf.Overall
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26:30 p.m.at Missouri *No. 23
L 20–5053,224 [3]
September 912:00 p.m.at Ball State *No. 25
W 24–1412,779 [4]
September 161:05 p.m.No. 23 Sam Houston State *No. 19
W 31–05,934 [5]
September 231:05 p.m. Nicholls State *No. 15
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 44–34,787 [6]
September 301:05 p.m. Indiana State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 12
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 49–712,348 [7]
October 71:30 p.m.at Southern Illinois No. 11
W 42–1710,000 [8]
October 141:30 p.m.at Southwest Missouri State No. 7
Gateway TVW 14–108,738 [9]
October 211:05 p.m.No. 3 Youngstown State No. 6
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 24–1013,418 [10]
October 281:05 p.m. Morgan State *No. 3
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 73–174,839 [11]
November 41:05 p.m. Illinois State No. 4
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 18–2510,147 [12]
November 187:05 p.m.at No. 18 Northern Iowa No. 6
W 44–4114,128 [13]
November 25No. 8 Lehigh *No. 6
L 7–373,204 [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Western Illinois Football Record Book" (PDF). Western Illinois University Athletics. p. 73. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ "I-AA poll". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. December 19, 2000. p. 4C. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Coats, Bill (September 3, 2000). "MU opens with some special effects". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . p. D1. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Zaleski, Doug (September 10, 2000). "The streak continues". The Star Press . p. 1C. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tharp leads Western Illinois in rout". Quad-City Times . Associated Press. September 17, 2021. p. D13. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Nicholls falls to WIU". Daily World . September 24, 2000. p. 1B. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Western routs Ind. State". The Pantagraph . Associated Press. October 1, 2000. p. F3. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Underwood, Rick (October 8, 2000). "Leathernecks thrash Salukis". The Southern Illinoisan . p. 1B. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Scranton, Lyndal (October 15, 2021). "Bears suffer another agonizing loss". The Springfield News-Leader . p. 1C. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Leathernecks claim showdown with Penguins". Quad-City Times . Associated Press. October 22, 2000. p. D2. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Pospeschil, Jodi (October 29, 2000). "Western Illinois races to 73-17 romp over Morgan State". The Baltimore Sun . p. 8E. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Reinhardt, Randy (November 5, 2000). "Beshel's TD carries ISU to upset". The Pantagraph . p. F1. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Newhoff, Doug (November 19, 2021). "Down, and out?". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier . p. D1. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Larimer, Terry (November 26, 2000). "Lehigh Delivers Loud Message; Taunted Engineers Totally Dismantle Higher-Seeded Foe". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1. Retrieved October 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in Paul Reinhard column on same page.
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