2000 Richmond Spiders football team

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2000 Richmond Spiders football
A-10 co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
Record10–3 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach
Captains
  • Eric Beatty
  • Harold Hill
  • Mac Janney
Home stadiumUR Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Delaware +^   7 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 6 Richmond +^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
UMass   5 – 3     7 – 4  
James Madison   4 – 4     6 – 5  
New Hampshire   4 – 4     6 – 5  
William & Mary   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Maine   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Villanova   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Rhode Island   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Northeastern   1 – 7     4 – 7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 117th season and they finished as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions with Delaware after posting identical 7–1 conference records.[1][2] The Spiders earned a berth as the #8 seed into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to #1 seed Montana, 20–34.[1] Richmond was led by sixth-year head coach Jim Reid.[1]

The Spiders' win over Arkansas State in week four was their first against a Division I-A opponent since 1985.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27:00 p.m.Bucknell*
W 10–714,100
September 93:30 p.m.at Virginia*
L 6–3450,285
September 161:00 p.m.No. 3 UMass
  • University of Richmond Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 31–2410,200
September 30at Arkansas State*No. 19
W 30–2713,116
October 71:00 p.m.No. 7 DelawareNo. 16
  • University of Richmond Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 17–2413,100
October 141:00 p.m.at New HampshireNo. 19
W 31–106,268
October 21MainedaggerNo. 19
  • University of Richmond Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 17–610,075
October 281:00 p.m.at No. 8 VillanovaNo. 16
W 28–189,229
November 412:00 p.m.at Rhode IslandNo. 13
W 13–10 OT3,681
November 1112:00 p.m.No. 17 James MadisonNo. 11
  • University of Richmond Stadium
  • Richmond, VA (rivalry)
W 21–213,750[4]
November 1812:00 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 10
W 21–186,651
November 252:00 p.m.No. 9 Youngstown State*No. 10
W 10–35,484
December 22:00 p.m.at No. 1 Montana*No. 10
L 20–3417,345

Awards and honors[edit]

  • Second Team All-America – Eric Beatty (Associated Press, The Sports Network); Josh Spraker (Associated Press)
  • First Team All-Atlantic 10 – Eric Beatty, Josh Spraker
  • Second Team All-Atlantic 10 – Michael Millard, Mac Janney
  • Third Team All-Atlantic 10 – Chad Blackstock, Harold Hill, Ken Farrar, David Lewandoski, Mark Thompson, TyRonne Turner
  • Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year – Jim Reid

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "2000 Richmond Spiders football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Richmond Spiders Football Record Book" (PDF). richmond.edu. University of Richmond. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Start Of A Championship Run". University of Richmond. March 6, 2001. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Spiders whip JMU". The Daily News Leader. November 12, 2000. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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