2000 Hofstra Pride football team

The 2000 Hofstra Pride football team represented Hofstra University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 60th season, and they competed as an Independent.[1][2] The Pride earned a berth into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to eventual national champion Georgia Southern, 48–20.[1] They finished #7 in the final national poll and were led by 11th-year head coach Joe Gardi.

2000 Hofstra Pride football
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 20–48 vs. Georgia Southern
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
2000 record9–4
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumJames M. Shuart Stadium
2000 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Davidson  0 0     10 0  
No. 7 Hofstra ^  0 0     9 4  
Southern Utah  0 0     7 4  
South Florida  0 0     7 4  
Elon  0 0     7 4  
Morehead State  0 0     6 3  
Saint Mary's  0 0     6 5  
Charleston Southern  0 0     5 6  
Georgetown  0 0     5 6  
Jacksonville  0 0     3 8  
Samford  0 0     4 7  
Cal Poly  0 0     3 8  
Liberty  0 0     3 8  
Austin Peay  0 0     2 9  
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 season was the first in which Hofstra went by the nickname "Pride."[3] The previous spring, the school decided to change the nickname for their sports teams from Flying Dutchmen and Flying Dutchwomen to go into effect the 2000–01 school year.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:00 p.m.at No. 2 Montana*No. 11Omega TVW 10–919,248
September 9at Maine*No. 6Metro TVW 51–30
September 167:00 p.m.No. 11 Delaware*No. 4MSG NetworkL 14–447,706
September 23Rhode Island*No. 12
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
MSG NetworkW 30–12
September 306:00 p.m.at No. 11 UMass*No. 10Fox SportsW 51–3610,143
October 7at No. 4 Portland State*No. 10L 35–40
October 13Liberty*No. 13
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 42–14
October 21Elon*No. 11
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
Fox SportsW 38–27
October 28at Cal Poly*No. 11Fox SportsW 33–30
November 4at No. 5 Youngstown State*No. 8Metro TVL 35–42 OT
November 18Albany*No. 12
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
Metro TVW 55–28
November 25at No. 4 Furman*No. 12Fox SportsW 31–24
December 2at No. 5 Georgia Southern*No. 12Metro TVL 20–48

Awards and honors

  • First Team All-AmericaDoug Shanahan (The Sports Network, The Football Gazette); Khary Williams (AFCA)
  • Second Team All-America – Khary Williams (Associated Press)
  • Third Team All-AmericaCharlie Adams (Associated Press); Doug Shanahan (Associated Press); Khary Williams (The Sports Network); Dan Zorger (Associated Press, The Sports Network)
  • Honorable Mention All-America – Charlie Adams (The Football Gazette); Khary Williams (The Football Gazette)
  • First Team I-AA Independents – Charlie Adams, Rocky Butler, Trevor Dimmie, Rich Holzer, Doug Shanahan
  • Second Team I-AA Independents – Michael Curry, Ryan Fletcher, Jim Mayer, Robert Thomas, Joe Todd, Khary Williams, Dennis Winters
  • ECAC Second Team – Rocky Butler, Doug Shanahan, Khary Williams
  • I-AA Independents Offensive Player of the Year – Rocky Butler

References

  1. "2000 Hofstra Pride football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. "2007 Hofstra Pride Football Media Guide: All-Time Results" (PDF). Hofstra.edu. Hofstra University. 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  3. Farmer, Sam (March 13, 2001). "Hofstra Sheds Colorful Name for Meaningful One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  4. Steven, Marcus (April 20, 2000). "Hofstra's Showing Its Pride / No longer Dutchmen, school adopts new nickname". Newsday. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
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