2001 Toledo Rockets football team

2001 Toledo Rockets football
MAC champion MAC West Division co-champion Motor City Bowl champion
MAC Championship Game, W 41–36 vs. Marshall
Motor City Bowl, W 23–16 vs. Cincinnati
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 23
Record	10–2 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	Tom Amstutz (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Lou West (1st season)
Home stadium	Glass Bowl

2001 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Marshall x		6	–	0					8	–	0					11	–	2
Miami (OH)		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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	7:00 pm	Minnesota*		Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio (13abc.com Kickoff)	BCN	W 38–7	34,950
September 8	4:00 pm	at Temple*		Veterans Stadium Philadelphia		W 33–7	19,751
September 22	1:00 pm	at Central Michigan		Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, Michigan		W 52–28	27,413	[1]
September 29	7:00 pm	Northern Illinois	No. 25	Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio		W 41–20	36,502
October 6	6:00 pm	at Ohio	No. 23	Peden Stadium Athens, Ohio		W 48–41	21,918
October 20	2:00 pm	at Ball State	No. 25	Ball State Stadium Muncie, Indiana	BCN	L 20–24	21,278
October 27	7:00 pm	Navy*		Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio	BCN	W 21–20	36,852
November 6	8:00 pm	Western Michigan		Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio	ESPN	W 41–35	23,923
November 17	7:00 pm	Eastern Michigan		Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio		W 28–7	27,831
November 23	7:00 pm	at Bowling Green		Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio (Battle of I-75)		L 21–56	26,483
November 30	7:30 pm	No. 20 Marshall		Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio (MAC Championship)	ESPN2	W 41–36	20,025
December 29	12:00 pm	vs. Cincinnati*	No. 25	Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	W 23–16	44,164
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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After the season

NFL draft

The following Rocket was selected in the 2002 NFL draft following the season.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
6	207	Chester Taylor	Running back	Baltimore Ravens

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 March 26, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
3. "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.