2000 Richmond Spiders football team

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] 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.^[2] Richmond was led by sixth-year head coach Jim Reid.

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

2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings

v t e	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 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	Source
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Bucknell*		University of Richmond 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		University of Richmond 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	University of Richmond 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	University of Richmond 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	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 21–2	13,750	[4]
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	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, VA (NCAA 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 (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 20–34	17,345	[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network 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