2000 Cornell Big Red football team

2000 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorGreg Gigantino (3rd season)
Captains
  • Joe Splendorio
  • Dan Weyandt
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
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

The 2000 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished second in the Ivy League.

In its third and final season under head coach Pete Mangurian, the team compiled a 5–5 record and was outscored 334 to 264. Joe Splendorio and Dan Weyandt were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 5–2 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. Despite their winning record, the Big Red were outscored 238 to 217 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 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.