2000 Richmond Spiders football team

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]

  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.