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2001 Toledo Rockets football team

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2001 Toledo Rockets football
MAC champion
MAC West Division co-champion
Motor City Bowl champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 23
Record10–2 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLou West (1st season)
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:00 pmMinnesota*
BCNW 38–734,950
September 84:00 pmat Temple*W 33–719,751
September 221:00 pmat Central MichiganW 52–2827,413[1]
September 297:00 pmNorthern IllinoisNo. 25
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
W 41–2036,502
October 66:00 pmat OhioNo. 23W 48–4121,918
October 202:00 pmat Ball StateNo. 25BCNL 20–2421,278
October 277:00 pmNavy*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
BCNW 21–2036,852
November 68:00 pmWestern Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
ESPNW 41–3523,923
November 177:00 pmEastern Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, Ohio
W 28–727,831
November 237:00 pmat Bowling GreenL 21–5626,483
November 307:30 pmNo. 20 MarshallESPN2W 41–3620,025
December 2912:00 pmvs. Cincinnati*No. 25ESPNW 23–1644,164
  • *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

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NFL draft

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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

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.