2000 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Barry HoAire
  • Alex Houston
  • Randall Joseph
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Lehigh $^   6 – 0     12 – 1  
Colgate   4 – 2     7 – 4  
Holy Cross   4 – 2     7 – 4  
Towson   3 – 3     7 – 4  
Bucknell   2 – 4     6 – 5  
Fordham   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Lafayette   1 – 5     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate tied for second in the Patriot League.

In its fifth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–4 record. Barry HoAire, Randall Joseph and Alex Houston were the team captains.[1]

Despite their winning record, the Red Raiders were outscored 240 to 235. Their 4–2 conference record tied for second place in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[2]

Colgate was ranked No. 25 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll, but dropped out of the top 25 before it had played a game, and remained unranked for the remainder of the year.

This season marked the final appearance of "Red Raiders" as Colgate's team name. In August 2001, the university trustees announced that all Colgate athletic teams would be known simply as "Raiders". Though the name "Red Raiders" was not originally a reference to Native Americans, such imagery had built up over the years, and the students and faculty who had asked for the change cited increasing sensitivity to racial stereotypes as their reason.[3]

The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9 at Connecticut*
L 7–37 16,632 [4]
September 16 at Dartmouth*
W 42–24 4,916 [5]
September 23 Fordham
W 21–6 4,012 [6]
September 30 at Towson
W 30–27 OT 3,038 [7]
October 7 Princeton*
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 34–6 4,019 [8]
October 14 at Cornell*
W 23–16 7,610 [9]
October 21 Saint Mary's*
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
L 20–37 3,927 [10]
October 28 Lafayette
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 17–14 5,290 [11]
November 4 at No. 9 Lehigh
L 14–20 13,316 [12]
November 11 Holy Cross
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
L 3–32 2,114 [13]
November 18 at Bucknell
W 24–21 2,814 [14]

References

  1. ^ "Colgate Athletic History: Football" (PDF). Hamilton, N.Y.: Colgate University. pp. 13–14 and 27. Retrieved June 15, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Seba, Jaime A. (August 16, 2001). "Colgate Now Just the Raiders". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Price, Terry (October 10, 2000). "Tracey Airs It Out; UConn Has Colgate on the Run". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate 42, Dartmouth 24". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. September 17, 2000. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Colgate 21, Fordham 6". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. September 24, 2000. p. 8F – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ewell, Christian (October 1, 2000). "Colgate Gives Towson the Boot, 30-27". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 10D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Colgate Roars Past Princeton". The Record. Hackensack, N.J. Associated Press. October 8, 2000. pp. S-5, S-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Feaver, Christopher (October 16, 2000). "Red Beaten by Own Trick: Colgate Rallies from Early Deficit, Holds On for Win". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 3B, 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Gaels Brush Off Colgate". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. October 22, 2000. pp. C-9, C-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Colgate 17, Lafayette 14". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. October 29, 2000. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Larimer, Terry (November 5, 2000). "Lehigh Roars Back to Rebuff Colgate". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Holy Cross 32, Colgate 3". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 12, 2000. pp. 6B, 7B – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Forks' Grad Sparks Colgate". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 19, 2000. pp. 6B, 7B – via Newspapers.com.
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