2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team

2000 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	7–4 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Dick Biddle (5th season)
Captains	Barry HoAire Alex Houston Randall Joseph
Home stadium	Andy Kerr Stadium
Seasons ←  1999 2001  →

2000 Patriot League football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Connecticut *	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 7–37	16,632	[4]
September 16	at Dartmouth *	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 42–24	4,916	[5]
September 23	Fordham	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 21–6	4,012	[6]
September 30	at Towson	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	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 *	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	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	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	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	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 24–21	2,814	[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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.