| Year: | 2000 |
| Team: | Western Michigan Broncos |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 9–3 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Head Coach: | Gary Darnell |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Brian Rock |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Chuck Driesbach |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Garrett Soldano |
| Stadium: | Waldo Stadium |
| Champion: | MAC West Division co-champion |
| Conf Champ: | MAC Championship Game |
| Conf Champ Result: | L 19–14 vs. Marshall |
The 2000 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Western Michigan University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Gary Darnell, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished in a tie for first place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and lost to the Marshall Thundering Herd in the 2000 MAC Championship Game.[1] [2] [3] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[4]
The team's statistical leaders were Jeff Welsh with 2,537 passing yards, Robert Sanford with 1,571 rushing yards, and Steve Neal with 67 catches for 848 receiving yards.[5] Sanford was selected as the MAC's most valuable player and the offensive player of the year.[6] Gary Darnell was named the MAC coach of the year.[6]