2000 Michigan Wolverines football | |
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Big Ten co-champion
Florida Citrus Bowl champion |
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Florida Citrus Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Auburn
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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) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scoring summary | ||||
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1:16
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MICH | David Terrell 41 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick) | Michigan 7–0 |
2 |
11:23
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MICH | Ronald Bellamy 19 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick) | Michigan 14–0 |
2 |
7:58
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MICH | Ronald Bellamy 11 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick) | Michigan 21–0 |
4 |
14:19
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MICH | Marquise Walker 4 yard pass from John Navarre (Hayden Epstein kick) | Michigan 28–0 |
4 |
12:41
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MICH | Anthony Thomas 28 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick) | Michigan 35–0 |
4 |
5:21
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BGSU | Andre Pinchem 24 yard pass from Andy Sahm (Mike Knapp kick) | Michigan 35–7 |
4 |
3:02
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MICH | Chris Perry 42 yard run (Hayden Epstein kick) | Michigan 42–7 |
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Scoring summary | ||||
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Q1 |
4:26
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WIS | Vitaly Pisetsky 49 yard field goal | WIS 3–0 |
Q2 |
:04
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MICH | Jeff Del Verne 33 yard field goal | Tie 3–3 |
Q3 |
7:31
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MICH | Jeff Del Verne 33 yard field goal | MICH 6–3 |
Q4 |
12:10
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WIS | Chad Kuhns 5 yard pass from Brooks Bollinger (Vitaly Pisetsky kick) | WIS 10–6 |
Q4 |
6:42
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MICH | David Terrell 15 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick) | MICH 13–10 |
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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.