2000 Hofstra Pride football team

2000 Hofstra Pride football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
Record9–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Brock (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDan Quinn (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumJames M. Shuart Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Davidson       10 0  
No. 7 Hofstra ^       9 4  
Southern Utah       7 4  
South Florida       7 4  
Elon       7 4  
Morehead State       6 3  
Saint Mary's       6 5  
Charleston Southern       5 6  
Georgetown       5 6  
Jacksonville       3 8  
Samford       4 7  
Cal Poly       3 8  
Liberty       3 8  
Austin Peay       2 9  
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b "2000 Hofstra Pride football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "2007 Hofstra Pride Football Media Guide: All-Time Results" (PDF). Hofstra.edu. Hofstra University. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2019. 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.