2001 Toledo Rockets football team

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.

2001 Toledo Rockets football
MAC champion
MAC West Division co-champion
Motor City Bowl champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 23
2001 record102 (62 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
(Capacity: 26,248)
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  ConfOverall
Team W L    W L  W L 
East Division
Marshall x  6 0   8 0   11 2  
Miami  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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:00 pmMinnesota*BCNW 38–734,950
September 84:00 pmat Temple*W 33–719,751
September 221:00 pmat Central MichiganW 52–2827,413[1]
September 297:00 pmNorthern IllinoisNo. 25
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
W 41–2036,502
October 66:00 pmat OhioNo. 23W 48–4121,918
October 202:00 pmat Ball StateNo. 25BCNL 20–2421,278
October 277:00 pmNavy*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
BCNW 21–2036,852
November 68:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
ESPNW 41–3523,923
November 177:00 pmEastern Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
W 28–727,831
November 237:00 pmat Bowling GreenL 21–5626,483
November 307:30 pmNo. 18 MarshallESPN2W 41–3620,025
December 2912:00 pmvs. Cincinnati*No. 25ESPNW 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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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 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2012-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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