2000 Richmond Spiders football team

Richmond Spiders football
	2000 Richmond Spiders football
A-10 Conference Co-Champions
Division I-AA Quarterfinals, L 20–34, vs. #1 Montana
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 6
2000 record	10–3 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach	Jim Reid (6th season)
Captain	Eric Beatty
Captain	Harold Hill
Captain	Mac Janney
Home stadium	UR Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

Template:2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings 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]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Bucknell*		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 10–7	14,100
September 9	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 6–34	50,285
September 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 3 UMass		UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 31–24	10,200
September 30		at Arkansas State*	No. 19	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 30–27	13,116
October 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Delaware	No. 16	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	L 17–24	13,100
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at New Hampshire	No. 19	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	W 31–10	6,268
October 21		Maine	No. 19	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 17–6	10,075
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Villanova	No. 16	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 28–18	9,229
November 4	12:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island	No. 13	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 13–10 ^OT	3,681
November 11	12:00 p.m.	No. 17 James Madison	No. 11	UR Stadium Richmond, VA (Rivalry)	W 21–2	13,750
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at William & Mary	No. 10	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (I-64 Bowl)	W 21–18	6,651
November 25	2:00 p.m.	No. 9 Youngstown State*	No. 10	UR Stadium Richmond, VA (Division I-AA First Round)	W 10–3	5,484
December 2	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Montana*	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Division I-AA Quarterfinals)	L 20–34	17,345
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll at time of game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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 Year – Jim Reid

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "2000 Richmond Spiders football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1952&year=2000. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
↑ "Richmond Spiders Football Record Book" (PDF). richmond.edu. University of Richmond. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/richmond.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/4/3/Richmond_FB_Record_Book.pdf. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
↑ "The Start Of A Championship Run". University of Richmond. March 6, 2001. https://richmondspiders.com/story.aspx?filename=205196873&file_date=3/6/2001. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[cfbdw-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "2000 Richmond Spiders football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1952&year=2000. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[mediaguide-2] "Richmond Spiders Football Record Book" (PDF). richmond.edu. University of Richmond. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/richmond.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/4/3/Richmond_FB_Record_Book.pdf. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[3] "The Start Of A Championship Run". University of Richmond. March 6, 2001. https://richmondspiders.com/story.aspx?filename=205196873&file_date=3/6/2001. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

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