2000 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

The 2000 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Jeff Woodruff, the Eagles compiled a 3–8 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference, and were outscored by their opponents, 350 to 209. The team's statistical leaders included Walter Church with 2,326 passing yards, John White with 561 rushing yards, and Kenny Christian with 808 receiving yards. Walter Church received the team's most valuable player award.

2000 Eastern Michigan Eagles football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
Record	3–8 (2–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jeff Woodruff (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Pete Alamar (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	William Harris (1st season)
MVP	Walter Church
Captain	Walter Church, Craig Cipa, Jason Short, Jeremaine Kyles, Clifton Robinson
Home stadium	Rynearson Stadium

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Connecticut*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	CPTV	W 32-25	11,148
September 9	1:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		L 17-34	10,023
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 6-41	80,922
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Temple*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		L 40-49	13,853
September 30	1:00 p.m.	UCF*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		L 10-31	10,238
October 7	4:00 p.m.	Toledo	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		L 14-42	14,139
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN		L 14-33	17,899
October 21	7:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		L 6-20	8,042
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)		W 31-15	10,023
November 11	1:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		W 39-32	4,592
November 18	1:05 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		L 0-28	15,102
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB/DB 2 Ryan Clifford Fr WR 3 Jamal Stevens Jr WR 7 Kenny Christian Jr WR 9 Keijuan Douglas Sr QB 10 Chinedu Okoro Fr WR/DB 13 Ashantti Watson Fr QB 14 Collin Carey Fr WR 15 Alonzo Harris Fr QB 16 Troy Edwards So QB 17 Rick Pyle Fr WR 18 Adrian Barbera Sr QB/DB 18 Kevin Harrison Fr QB 19 Walter Church Sr TB 21 Rich Schutt So TB 23 Dale McGhee So WR/DB 28 Jeff Brown Fr TB 31 Idris Wells Sr TB/SS 32 Mike Mangan Fr TE 33 Mike Luna Sr WR 33 James Stanford Fr TB 34 John White Jr TE 36 Matt Kelly Sr TB 40 Eric Powell Jr TE/DE 41 Braden Feucht Fr TB 45 Chris Whittington So TB/DB 48 Ryan King Fr OL 62 Craig Cipa Sr OL 63/69 Damian Tilley Jr OL 64 Rich Chorak Jr OL 66 Luis Garcia Sr OL 67 Michael Johnson Fr OL 68 Chuck Butkowski Jr OL 70 Nick Suszan Fr OL 71 Woodrow Young So OL 72 Chris Sartori Fr C 73 Cory Annett Jr OL 74 Kristofer Stark Jr OL 75 Izaak Madril Jr OL 77 John Grabowski Jr WR 81 Kevin Walter So TE 82 Kevin Zureki Fr WR 84 Larry Clark So TE 85 Adam Jarosz Fr TE/DE 86 Sam Anderson Fr WR 88 Vince Nasca So TE 89 Brett Wells So TE 97 Justin Berent Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Emmanuel Sneed Jr DB 4 Maurice Ryland Jr DB 5 Andrae Brooks Jr DB 6 Rickey Scott Sr LB 8 Clifton Robinson Sr DB 11 London Lindsey Jr LB 22 Kenny Philpot Jr DB 23 Jelani Johnson Sr DB 25 David Huff Fr DB 26 Terrance Dills So DB 27 Ryan Pratt So DB 29 Erick Middleton So DB 35 James Willingham Sr DB/TB 37 Nate Brooks Fr LB 37 Ernie Scalzi So LB 37 Mike Salvatori Fr DB 38 Antonio Liddell So LB 39 Jason Short Sr FS 43 Josh Martin Fr LB 44 Scott Russell Jr LB 46 Fred Bateman So LB 49 Jeff Altoft So LB/FB 51 Ryan Robinette Fr LB 52 Chris Roberson So LB 53 David Martin So LB 54 David Lusky Fr LB/DE 55 Brian Jenkins Fr RE 56 Elliott Daniels So LB 57 Cody Lettiere Fr DE/OT 59 Dan Davis Fr DL 90 Anthony Bailey Jr DL 91 Hammond Russell So LE 92 Nik Buckmeier Jr DL 93 Jari Brown Jr DL 95 Jeremaine Kyles Sr DE 96 Antone Hines Jr DE 98 Jonas Jackson Jr DE 99 James Turner Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Toller Starnes Jr PNT 20 Nick Avondet Sr PNT/TE 20 Colin Wilshire Fr LS 87 Carson Dach So PNT 98 David Rysco So	Head coach Jeff Woodruff Coordinators/assistant coaches William Harris Pete Alamar Mark Woodson Scott Schroeder Kerry Locklin Tony Lombardi Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Conference awards and leaders

Walter Church

• 238 Pass Completions (2nd)
• 399 Pass Attempts (2nd)
• 59.6 Pass Completion Percentage (3rd)
• 2,326 Passing Yards (4th)

Kenny Christian

• 78 Receptions (1st)
• Second Team All-MAC Offense

Kevin Walter

• 5 Receiving Touchdowns (Tied 4th)
• 426 Total Plays (Tied 3rd)
• 2,236 Total Yards (5th)

Toller Starnes

• 11 Field Goals Made (Tied 4th)
• 78.6 Field Goal Percentage (3rd)

Nick Avondet

• 71 Punts (3rd)
• 2,954 Punting Yards (2nd)
• 41.6 Punting Yards Per Punt (3rd)
• Second Team All-MAC Defense