2000 Buffalo Bulls football team

2000 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	2–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Craig Cirbus (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Reich (4th season)
Captain	Brandon Shaughnessy, Gabe Kogler, Tory Smith, Chris Gray, Marcus Cole
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium

2000 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	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 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulls offense scored 177 points while the defense allowed 452 points.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York		L 7–63	40,634
September 9	6:00 pm	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 0–59	26,511
September 16	7:00 pm	Connecticut*	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		L 21–24	13,678
September 23	7:00 pm	Bowling Green	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		W 20–17	8,081
September 30	7:00 pm	at Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia	ESN	L 14–47	29,089
October 7	7:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, Ohio		L 20–42	17,634
October 21	1:00 pm	Ball State	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		L 35–44	13,064
October 28	1:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois	ESPN+	L 10–73	16,586
November 4	1:00 pm	Kent State	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		W 20–17 ^OT	7,131
November 11	7:00 pm	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, Ohio		L 14–49	5,132
November 18	1:00 pm	Miami (OH)	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		L 16–17	26,511
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2000 Buffalo Bulls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Adam Johnson So QB 15 Joe Freedy Jr OL 71 Brian Johnessee Jr OL 72 Dan Minocchi Fr OL 73 Josh Stello Sr OL 74 David Pruce Sr OL 75 Erik Zeppuhar Fr OL 77 William Paris Fr WR 81 Andre Forde So WR 82 Dan Lindsay So TE 84 Chad Bartoszek So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 29 J. J. Gibson Fr DB 30 Mark Quinn So LB 39 Ryan Buttles So LB 49 Marcus Gray Sr LB 59 Marcus Cole Sr DB 40 Terek Henderson Fr DL 78 Ron Gannello Jr DL 79 Lorenzo Jones  Fr DE 90 Steve Fleming So DT 91 Omari Jordan Jr LB 92 Brian Pons Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Craig Cirbus Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2001-07-22

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