2001 Toledo Rockets football team

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2001 Toledo Rockets football
Toledo Rockets wordmark.svg
MAC champion
MAC West Division co-champion
Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 23–16 vs. Cincinnati
Conference Mid-American Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 23
Record10–2 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Lou West (1st season)
Home stadium Glass Bowl
Seasons
←  2000
2002  →
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf.Overall
Team W L    W L  W L 
East Division
Marshall x  6 –0   8 –0   11 –2  
Miami (OH)  4 –2   6 –2   7 –5  
Bowling Green  4 –2   5 –3   8 –3  
Kent State  3 –3   5 –3   6 –5  
Akron  3 –3   4 –4   4 –7  
Buffalo  1 –5   1 –7   3 –8  
Ohio  0 –6   1 –7   1 –10  
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$  4 –1   5 –2   10 –2  
Northern Illinois x  4 –1   4 –3   6 –5  
Ball State x  4 –1   4 –3   5 –6  
Western Michigan  2 –3   4 –4   5 –6  
Central Michigan  1 –4   2 –6   3 –8  
Eastern Michigan  0 –5   1 –6   2 –9  
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2001 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 Tom Amstutz. Toledo's schedule originally included a game against Youngstown State on September 15, 2001, but that contest was canceled following the September 11 attacks.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:00 pm Minnesota *
 BCN W 38–734,950
September 84:00 pmat Temple *
W 33–719,751
September 221:00 pmat Central Michigan
W 52–2827,413 [1]
September 297:00 pm Northern Illinois No. 25
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
W 41–2036,502
October 66:00 pmat Ohio No. 23
W 48–4121,918
October 202:00 pmat Ball State No. 25
BCNL 20–2421,278
October 277:00 pm Navy *
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
BCNW 21–2036,852
November 68:00 pm Western Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
 ESPN W 41–3523,923
November 177:00 pm Eastern Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
W 28–727,831
November 237:00 pmat Bowling Green
L 21–5626,483
November 307:30 pmNo. 20 Marshall
ESPN2 W 41–3620,025
December 2912:00 pmvs. Cincinnati *No. 25
ESPNW 23–1644,164
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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After the season

NFL draft

The following Rocket was selected in the 2002 NFL draft following the season. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
6207 Chester Taylor Running back Baltimore Ravens

References

  1. ↑ "Taylor's 5 TDs ignite Toledo's rout of CMU". Lansing State Journal. September 23, 2001. p. 5C – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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