2000 Michigan Wolverines football team

2000 Michigan Wolverines football

Big Ten co-champion Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 11
2000 record	9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Stan Parrish (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (4th year)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Anthony Thomas
Captain	Steve Hutchinson
Captain	Anthony Thomas
Captain	James Whitley
Captain	Eric Wilson
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium (Capacity: 107,501)
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 Michigan +		6	–	2		9	–	3
#13 Purdue $+		6	–	2		8	–	4
Northwestern +		6	–	2		8	–	4
Ohio State		5	–	3		8	–	4
#23 Wisconsin		4	–	4		9	–	4
Minnesota		4	–	4		6	–	6
Penn State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Iowa		3	–	5		3	–	9
Illinois		2	–	6		5	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Indiana		2	–	6		3	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bowling Green	0	0	0	7	7
• Michigan	7	14	0	21	42

Date: September 2
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
TV announcers (ESPN+): Craig Coshun (Play-by-play) & Bob Valesente (Color)

Scoring summary

1	1:16	MICH	David Terrell 41 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 7–0

2	11:23	MICH	Ronald Bellamy 19 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 14–0

2	7:58	MICH	Ronald Bellamy 11 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 21–0

4	14:19	MICH	Marquise Walker 4 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 28–0

4	12:41	MICH	Anthony Thomas 28 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 35–0

4	5:21	BGSU	Andre Pinchem 24 yard pass from Andy Sahm (Mike Knapp kick)	Michigan 35–7

4	3:02	MICH	Chris Perry 42 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 42–7

Scoring summary

1	1:16	MICH	David Terrell 41 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 7–0

2	11:23	MICH	Ronald Bellamy 19 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 14–0

2	7:58	MICH	Ronald Bellamy 11 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 21–0

4	14:19	MICH	Marquise Walker 4 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 28–0

4	12:41	MICH	Anthony Thomas 28 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 35–0

4	5:21	BGSU	Andre Pinchem 24 yard pass from Andy Sahm (Mike Knapp kick)	Michigan 35–7

4	3:02	MICH	Chris Perry 42 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick)	Michigan 42–7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	0	0	0	7	7
• Michigan	28	7	3	0	38

Date: September 9
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
TV announcers (ESPN+): Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play), Randy Wright (Color) & Jim Barbar (Sideline)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	6	7	7	0	20
• UCLA	0	3	14	6	23

Date: September 16
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Todd Harris (Sideline)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	7	0	7	21	35
Illinois	0	14	10	7	31

Date: September 23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (Color) & Adrian Karsten (Sideline)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	3	0	0	7	10
• Michigan	0	3	3	7	13

Date: September 30
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	4:26	WIS	Vitaly Pisetsky 49 yard field goal	WIS 3–0

Q2	:04	MICH	Jeff Del Verne 33 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q3	7:31	MICH	Jeff Del Verne 33 yard field goal	MICH 6–3

Q4	12:10	WIS	Chad Kuhns 5 yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Vitaly Pisetsky kick)	WIS 10–6

Q4	6:42	MICH	David Terrell 15 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)	MICH 13–10

Scoring summary

Q1	4:26	WIS	Vitaly Pisetsky 49 yard field goal	WIS 3–0

Q2	:04	MICH	Jeff Del Verne 33 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q3	7:31	MICH	Jeff Del Verne 33 yard field goal	MICH 6–3

Q4	12:10	WIS	Chad Kuhns 5 yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Vitaly Pisetsky kick)	WIS 10–6

Q4	6:42	MICH	David Terrell 15 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)	MICH 13–10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	7	21	0	3	31
• Purdue	3	7	13	9	32

Date: October 7
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

The 2000 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

David Terrell was the Big Ten receiving yardage champion for all games with 94.2 yards per game. The team led the Big Ten in passing efficiency for conference games (148.0) and all games (155.3). They led the conference in turnover margin (+1.13, co-leader with Northwestern) in conference games and (+1.08) in all games.

Anthony Thomas set several school records: single-season carries (319), eclipsing the 303 mark by Tim Biakabutuka set five years earlier and broken three years later by Chris Perry; career carries (924), breaking Jamie Morris' thirteen-year-old record of 809 and broken seven years later by Mike Hart; career yards (4472), also breaking Jamie Morris' thirteen-year-old record of 4393 and broken seven years later by Hart; career rushing touchdowns (52), breaking Tyrone Wheatley's six-year-old record of 47 and still standing; single season yards per game (144.4), eclipsing Morris' 141.9 from 1987 and still standing; single-season 150-yard games (6), surpassing Morris and Rob Lytle who had 5 in 1987 and 1976, respectively; career 100-yard games (22) eclipsing Wheatley's 20 in 1994 and surpassed by Hart in 2007; career 150-yard games (9), surpassing Morris' 7 set in 1987 and surpassed by Hart in 2007.Drew Henson ended his career with the current school record for lowest interception percentage (1.87), surpassing Michael Taylor's 2.55 set in 1989. Terrell broke Amani Toomer's single season reception yards record of 1096 by posting 1130 yards, but Marquise Walker surpassed this record the following season.

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