2000 Dartmouth Big Green football team

2000 Dartmouth Big Green football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	John Lyons (9th season)
Captains	Peter Chapman Richard Joyce
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ←  1999 2001  →

2000 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Penn $		6	–	1					7	–	3
Cornell		5	–	2					5	–	5
Yale		4	–	3					7	–	3
Harvard		4	–	3					5	–	5
Princeton		3	–	4					3	–	7
Columbia		1	–	6					3	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6					2	–	8
Brown *		4	–	3					7	–	3
$ – Conference champion * Ineligible for conference championship

The 2000 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Big Green tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In its ninth season under head coach John Lyons, the team compiled a 2–8 record and was outscored 388 to 231. Peter Chapman and Richard Joyce were the team captains. ^[1]

The Big Green's 1–6 conference record tied for worst in the Ivy League standings, though both they and Columbia are considered to have tied for sixth, as 4–3 Brown was excluded from the championship and recorded as finishing last. Dartmouth was outscored 290 to 155 by Ivy opponents. ^[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Colgate *	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 24–42	4,916	[3]
September 23	at No. 25 New Hampshire *	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 21–42	5,157	[4]
September 30	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–48	6,545	[5]
October 7	Yale	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 14–24	7,107	[6]
October 14	Holy Cross *	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 31–14	5,014	[7]
October 21	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 21–49	9,289	[8]
October 28	Harvard	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 7–49	8,028	[9]
November 4	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 31–49	4,518	[10]
November 11	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 26–34		[1]
November 18	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 42–37	18,667	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

Roster

2000 Dartmouth Big Green football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 5 Brian Mann So WR 6 Matt Norton Sr QB 10 Greg Smith Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John Lyons Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "Season-by-Season Results: 2000-". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College . Retrieved October 1, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 38–39. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. "Colgate 42, Dartmouth 24". Press & Sun-Bulletin . Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. September 17, 2000. p. 8C – via Newspapers.com.
4. Lessels, Allen (September 24, 2000). "It Was the Wildcats' Day; Big Green Can't Escape Big Hole". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Juliano, Joe (October 1, 2000). "Hoffman's Big Day Leads Penn to Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Yantz, Tom (October 8, 2000). "Nice Gain on History". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Doyle, Dave (October 15, 2000). "Big Green Roll Over Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Dicker, Ron (October 22, 2000). "Reese Sets Pace as Columbia Romps on Homecoming". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. SP11.
9. Monahan, Bob (October 29, 2000). "Crimson Pick Apart Big Green". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Feaver, Christopher (November 6, 2000). "Fireworks at Schoellkopf". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 3B, 9B – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Big Green Stop the Tigers; Hawks Top the Dolphins". Home News Tribune . New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. November 19, 2000. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Standings Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 19, 2000. p. D17.