2000 Western Michigan Broncos football team

2000 Western Michigan Broncos football
MAC West Division co-champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record9–3 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Rock (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChuck Driesbach (4th season)
MVPGarrett Soldano
Home stadiumWaldo 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 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Western Michigan University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Gary Darnell, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished in a tie for first place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and lost to the Marshall Thundering Herd in the 2000 MAC Championship Game.[1][2][3] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[4]

The team's statistical leaders were Jeff Welsh with 2,537 passing yards, Robert Sanford with 1,571 rushing yards, and Steve Neal with 67 catches for 848 receiving yards.[5] Sanford was selected as the MAC's most valuable player and the offensive player of the year.[6] Gary Darnell was named the MAC coach of the year.[6]

  1. ^ "2000 Western Michigan Broncos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 2000-09". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Waldo Stadium". Western Michigan University. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "2000 Western Michigan Broncos Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Football History: Conference Awards". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 6, 2016.