The 2000 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines compiled a 9–3 record (6–2 in conference games), outscored opponents by a total of 373 to 201, and finished in a three-way tie for the Big Ten championship. They defeated Auburn in the Florida Citrus Bowl and were ranked No. 11 in the final AP poll.
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Drew Henson with 1,852 passing yards, running back Anthony Thomas with 1,551 rushing yards and 102 points scored, and wide receiver David Terrell.
Offensive tackle Steve Hutchinson won the Jim Parker Trophy as the top collegiate offensive lineman and was a unanimous first-team All-American. David Terrell also received first-team All-America honors from some selectors. Five Michigan players received first-team honors on the 2000 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Thomas (Coaches-1, Media-1); Terrell (Coaches-1, Media-1); Hutchinson (Coaches-1, Media-1); tackle Jeff Backus (Coaches-1, Media-1); and linebacker Larry Foote (Coaches-1, Media-2).
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries Bowling Green
Rice
UCLA
Illinois
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Michigan State
Anthony Thomas 25 rush, 175 yds
Northwestern
Penn State
Ohio State
Drew Henson 14/25, 303 yds
Florida Citrus Bowl
Anthony Thomas 32 rush, 182 yds David Terrell 4 rec, 136 yds Marquise Walker 4 rec, 100 yds
Statistical achievements 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.
Players Roster
Offense Kurt Anderson, offensive lineman, senior, Glenbrook, Illinois Dave Armstrong, fullback, junior, Doylestown, Pennsylvania B. J. Askew, fullback, sophomore, Cincinnati – started 6 games at fullback David Baas, guard, freshman, Sarasota, Florida Jeff Backus, offensive tackle, fifth-year senior, Norcross, Georgia – started all 12 games at left offensive tackle Ryan Beard, running back, sophomore, Houston, Texas Calvin Bell, wide receiver, freshman, Simi Valley, California Ronald Bellamy, wide receiver, sophomore, New Orleans, Louisiana – started 3 games at flanker, 2 games at fullback, 1 game at split end David Brandt, center, fifth-year senior, Jenison, Michigan – started all 12 games at center Andrew Christopfel, offensive lineman, freshman, Cincinnati, Ohio Walter Cross, running back, junior, Fort Washington, Maryland Joe Denay, offensive lineman, junior, Bay City, Michigan Deitan Dubuc,Dubuc played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League as a fullback from 2005 to 2006. tight end, junior, Fabreville, Quebec Tyler Ecker, tight end, freshman, El Dorado Hills, California Justin Fargas, running back, junior, Encino, California Jermaine Gonzalez, quarterback, freshman, Pontiac, Michigan Jonathan Goodwin, offensive line, senior, Columbia, South Carolina – started 9 games at right offensive guard Drew Henson, quarterback, junior, Brighton, Michigan – started 8 games at quarterback Steve Hutchinson, offensive line, fifth-year senior, Coral Springs, Florida – started all 12 games at left offensive guard Tommy Jones, wide receiver, fifth-year senior, Lansing, Michigan Bennie Joppru, tight end, junior, Wayzata, Minnesota – started 3 games at tight end, 1 game at split end, 1 game at flanker and 1 game at fullback Ben Mast, offensive line, senior, Massillon, Ohio – started 3 games at right offensive guard Todd Mossa, offensive line, junior, Darien, Connecticut John Navarre, quarterback, sophomore, Cudahy, Wisconsin – started 4 games at quarterback Tony Pape, offensive tackle, sophomore, Clarendon Hills, Illinois Chris Perry, running back, freshman, Advance, North Carolina Aaron Richards, wide receiver, senior, Reading, Michigan Eric Rosel, tight end, senior, Liberal, Kansas – started 1 game at fullback Bill Seymour, tight end, senior, Granger, Indiana – started 8 games at tight end, 1 game at fullback Rudy Smith, wide receiver, senior, Knoxville, Tennessee Demetrius Solomon, offensive lineman, sophomore, Flint, Michigan David Terrell, wide receiver, junior, Richmond, Virginia – started 10 games at split end Anthony Thomas, running back, senior, Winnfield, Louisiana – started all 12 games at tailback Shawn Thompson, tight end, senior, Saginaw, Michigan – started 1 game at tight end Marquise Walker, wide receiver, junior, Syracuse, New York – started 7 games at flanker Eric Warner, offensive lineman, fifth-year senior, Brighton, Michigan Maurice Williams, offensive tackle, senior, Detroit, Michigan – started all 12 games at right offensive tackle
Defense Norman Boebert, defensive line, sophomore, Peoria, Arizona Grant Bowman, defensive line, sophomore, Blacklick, Ohio – started 5 games at nose tackle Eric Brackins, inside linebacker, senior, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee – started 8 games at inside linebacker Philip Brackins, linebacker, sophomore, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Emmanuel Casseus, linebacker, freshman, Montreal Evan Coleman, RLB, junior, Houston, Texas – started 4 games at r linebacker Julius Curry, strong safety, junior, Detroit, Michigan – started 11 games at strong safety P. J. Cwayna, inside linebacker, senior, Grand Rapids, Michigan Carl Diggs, linebacker, sophomore, Warren, Ohio – started 2 games at inside linebacker Charles Drake, defensive back, sophomore, Los Angeles – started 2 games at free safety, 1 game at strong safety, 1 game at inside linebacker Larry Foote, inside linebacker, junior, Detroit, Michigan – started all 12 games at inside linebacker Robert Fraumann, linebacker, senior, Deerfield, Illinois Jake Frysinger, defensive end, senior, Grosse Ile, Michigan – started 1 game at defensive end Norm Heuer, defensive line, sophomore, Peoria, Arizona – started 1 game at defensive end, 1 game at nose tackle Victor Hobson, outside linebacker, junior, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey – started 10 games at outside linebacker Todd Howard, cornerback, junior, Bolingbrook, Illinois – started 11 games at weak-side cornerback Clayton Jones, free safety, true freshman, Belle Glade, Florida – 4 interceptions in 8 games Anthony Jordan, linebacker, senior, Jersey City, New Jersey – started 1 game at inside linebacker Cato June, free safety, junior, Washington, D.C. Alain Kashama, defensive line, freshman, Montreal – started 2 games at r linebacker Zach Kaufman, linebacker, freshman, Claremont, California Brodie Killian, outside linebacker, senior, Dearborn, Michigan Shawn Lazarus, defensive line, junior, Canal Fulton, Ohio – started 5 games at defensive tackle Jeremy LeSueur, cornerback, sophomore, Holly Springs, Mississippi – started 1 game at strong-side cornerback, 1 game at weak-side cornerback Michael Manning, cornerback, senior, Worcester, Massachusetts Jeremy Miller, LS, senior, Swanton, Ohio Dwight Mosley, linebacker, junior, Fort Wayne, Indiana Shantee Orr, RLB, sophomore, Detroit, Michigan – started 2 games at r linebacker, 1 game at nose tackle DeWayne Patmon, strong safety, senior, San Diego, California – started 10 games at strong safety Dave Pearson, defensive line, sophomore, Brighton, Michigan Dave Petruziello, defensive end, junior, Mentor, Ohio – started 3 games at defensive tackle Gary Rose, defensive line, senior, Quinnesec, Michigan Dan Rumishek, defensive line, junior, Addison, Illinois – started 10 games at defensive end Andy Sechler, outside linebacker, fifth-year senior, Union City, Michigan Joseph Sgroi, linebacker, junior, Plymouth, Michigan Jon Shaw, defensive back, sophomore, Coral Springs, Florida John Spytek, linebacker, sophomore, Pewaukee, Wisconsin Larry Stevens, linebacker, freshman, Tacoma, Washington – started 4 games at r linebacker James Whitley, cornerback, senior, Norfolk, Virginia – started 9 games at strong-side cornerback Brandon Williams, cornerback, sophomore, Omaha, Nebraska – started 2 games at strong-side cornerback, 1 game at outside linebacker Dan Williams, free safety, fifth-year senior, Temperance, Michigan Eric Wilson, defensive line, fifth-year senior, Monroe, Michigan – started 5 games at nose tackle, 4 games at defensive tackle Clyde Young, defensive line, senior, Springfield, Ohio
Kickers Jeff Del Verne, place-kicker, fifth-year senior, Sylvania, Ohio Hayden Epstein, place-kicker, punter, junior, Cardiff, California Adam Finley, punter, place-kicker, freshman, Greenwood, Indiana Cory Sargent, punter, fifth-year senior, South Lyon, Michigan
Awards and honors The individuals in the sections below earned recognition for meritorious performances at the national, conference and team levels.
National All-Americans: Steve Hutchinson, David Terrell Jim Parker Trophy (top collegiate offensive lineman): Steve Hutchinson
Conference All-Conference: Steve Hutchinson, Anthony Thomas, David Terrell, Jeff Backus, Larry Foote Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year: Steve Hutchinson
Team Co-captains: Steve Hutchinson, Anthony Thomas, James Whitley, Eric Wilson Most Valuable Player: Anthony Thomas Meyer Morton Award: Jeff Backus John Maulbetsch Award: Ronald Bellamy Frederick Matthei Award: David Terrell Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Andy Sechler Dick Katcher Award: Dan Rumishek Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Jeff Backus, Maurice Williams, Steve Hutchinson Robert P. Ufer Award: David Brandt, DeWayne Patmon Roger Zatkoff Award: Victor Hobson
Coaching staff Head coach: Lloyd Carr Assistant coaches: Teryl Austin, Erik Campbell, Jim Herrmann, Brady Hoke, Fred Jackson, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bobby Morrison, Stan Parrish Staff: Scott Draper, Mark Ouimet, Kelly Cox Trainer: Paul Schmidt Managers: Sean Merrill (senior manager), Craig Hisey, Gregory Deutch, Jason Henderson, Chad Seigle, Lisa Kuzma, Victor H. Soto, Chris Anderson, Brian Resutek, Adam Jahnke, Rick Polanco, Craig Podolski, Taylor Morgan, Chris LeMaster, Joe Harper, Maggie Malone
References
External links 2000 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History