2000 Dartmouth Big Green football team

The 2000 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

2000 Dartmouth Big Green football
ConferenceIvy League
2000 record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Peter Chapman
  • Richard Joyce
Home stadiumMemorial Field
2000 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Penn $  6 –1     7 –3  
Cornell  5 –2     5 –5  
Yale  4 –3     7 –3  
Harvard  4 –3     5 –5  
Princeton  3 –4     3 –7  
Columbia  1 –6     3 –7  
Dartmouth  1 –6     2 –8  
Brown *  4 –3     7 –3  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Ineligible for conference championship

In its ninth season under head coach John Lyons, the team compiled a 2–8 record and was outscored 388 to 231. Peter Chapman and Richard Joyce were the team captains.[1]

The Big Green's 1–6 conference record tied for worst in the Ivy League standings, though both they and Columbia are considered to have tied for sixth, as 4–3 Brown was excluded from the championship and recorded as finishing last. Dartmouth was outscored 290 to 155 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 Colgate*
L 24–42 4,916 [3]
September 23 at No. 25 New Hampshire*
L 21–42 5,157 [4]
September 30 at Penn
L 14–48 6,545 [5]
October 7 Yale
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 14–24 7,107 [6]
October 14 Holy Cross*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–14 5,014 [7]
October 21 at Columbia
L 21–49 9,289 [8]
October 28 Harvard
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
L 7–49 8,028 [9]
November 4 at Cornell
L 31–49 4,518 [10]
November 11 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 26–34 [1]
November 18 at Princeton
W 42–37 18,667 [11]

References
  1. "Season-by-Season Results: 2000-". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 38–39. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "Colgate 42, Dartmouth 24". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. September 17, 2000. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Lessels, Allen (September 24, 2000). "It Was the Wildcats' Day; Big Green Can't Escape Big Hole". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Juliano, Joe (October 1, 2000). "Hoffman's Big Day Leads Penn to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Yantz, Tom (October 8, 2000). "Nice Gain on History". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Doyle, Dave (October 15, 2000). "Big Green Roll Over Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Dicker, Ron (October 22, 2000). "Reese Sets Pace as Columbia Romps on Homecoming". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. SP11 – via ProQuest.
  9. Monahan, Bob (October 29, 2000). "Crimson Pick Apart Big Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Feaver, Christopher (November 6, 2000). "Fireworks at Schoellkopf". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 3B, 9B – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Big Green Stop the Tigers; Hawks Top the Dolphins". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. November 19, 2000. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Standings Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 19, 2000. p. D17.
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