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2000 Akron Zips football
2000 Akron Zips football
MAC East Division co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	6–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Lee Owens (6th season);
Captain	Tony McCray, Rich Reliford, Dwight Smith, Butchie Washington
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Akron Zips football team

American college football season

The 2000 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season; they competed in the Mid-American Conference. They were led by sixth–year head coach Lee Owens. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They outscored their opponents 333–295 and finished with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses (6–5).

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	at No. 11 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 23–52	56,272
September 9	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	L 7–17	18,438
September 16	UCF*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 35–24	12,964
September 23	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 23–20	20,114
September 30	Miami (OH)	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 37–20	14,132
October 7	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	W 27–21	8,008^[1]
October 14	Northern Illinois	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 35–52	9,487
October 21	Connecticut*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 35–38	6,467
October 28	Marshall	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 28–31	15,641
November 11	Buffalo	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 49–14	5,132
November 18	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (rivalry)	W 34–6	5,270^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

2000 Akron Zips football team

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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.