2000 Richmond Spiders football team

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]

2000 Richmond Spiders football
A-10 Conference Co-Champions
Division I-AA Quarterfinals, L 20–34, vs. #1 Montana
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
2000 record10–3 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach
Captains
  • Eric Beatty
  • Harold Hill
  • Mac Janney
Home stadiumUR Stadium
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 Spiders' win over Arkansas State in week four was their first against a Division I-A opponent since 1985.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
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
  • UR Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 31–2410,200
September 30at Arkansas State*No. 19W 30–2713,116
October 71:00 p.m.No. 7 DelawareNo. 16
  • UR Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 17–2413,100
October 141:00 p.m.at New HampshireNo. 19W 31–106,268
October 21MaineNo. 19
  • UR Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
W 17–610,075
October 281:00 p.m.at No. 8 VillanovaNo. 16W 28–189,229
November 412:00 p.m.at Rhode IslandNo. 13W 13–10 OT3,681
November 1112:00 p.m.No. 17 James MadisonNo. 11
W 21–213,750
November 1812:00 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 10W 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. 10L 20–3417,345

Awards and honors

  • 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 YearJim Reid

References

  1. "2000 Richmond Spiders football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. 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.
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