2000 Miami RedHawks football team

The 2000 Miami RedHawks football team represented the Miami University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio and competed as members of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by head coach Terry Hoeppner.

2000 Miami RedHawks football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	6–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Terry Hoeppner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jon Wauford (1st season)
Home stadium	Yager 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
September 2	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee		W 33–30	26,240
September 9	1:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, Michigan		W 34–17	10,023
September 16	12:00 pm	at No. 17 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ESPN+	L 16–27	96,721
September 23	2:00 pm	Kent State	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio		W 45–14	16,298
September 30	7:00 pm	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, Ohio		L 20–37	14,132
October 7	2:00 pm	Ball State	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio		L 10–15	16,412
October 14	2:00 pm	Bowling Green	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio		W 24–10	10,987
October 28	2:00 pm	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati (Battle for the Bell)		L 15–45	32,924
November 4	2:00 pm	Ohio	Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio (Battle of the Bricks)	ESPN+	W 27–24	20,941
November 11	7:00 pm	at Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia		L 31–51	30,419
November 18	1:00 pm	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, New York		W 17–16	6,871
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time