2000 Hofstra Pride football team

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2000 Hofstra Pride football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
Record9–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dave Brock (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn (1st season)
Captains
Home stadium James M. Shuart Stadium
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Davidson  –  10 –0  
No. 7 Hofstra ^  –  9 –4  
Southern Utah  –  7 –4  
South Florida  –  7 –4  
Elon  –  7 –4  
Morehead State  –  6 –3  
Saint Mary's  –  6 –5  
Charleston Southern  –  5 –6  
Georgetown  –  5 –6  
Jacksonville  –  3 –8  
Samford  –  4 –7  
Cal Poly  –  3 –8  
Liberty  –  3 –8  
Austin Peay  –  2 –9  
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Hofstra Pride football team represented Hofstra University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 60th season, and they competed as an Independent. [1] [2] The Pride earned a berth into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to eventual national champion Georgia Southern, 48–20. [1] They finished #7 in the final national poll and were led by 11th-year head coach Joe Gardi.

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The 2000 season was the first in which Hofstra went by the nickname "Pride." [3] The previous spring, the school decided to change the nickname for their sports teams from Flying Dutchmen and Flying Dutchwomen to go into effect the 2000–01 school year. [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 23:00 p.m.at No. 2 Montana *No. 11
Omega TVW 10–919,248
September 9at Maine *No. 6
Metro TVW 51–308,220 [5]
September 167:00 p.m.No. 11 Delaware *No. 4
 MSG Network L 14–447,706
September 23 Rhode Island *No. 12
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
MSG NetworkW 30–123,209
September 306:00 p.m.at No. 11 UMass *No. 10
 Fox Sports W 51–3610,143
October 7at No. 4 Portland State *No. 10
L 35–408,824 [6]
October 13 Liberty *No. 13
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 42–144,354 [7]
October 21 Elon *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 11
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
Fox SportsW 38–277,276 [8]
October 28at Cal Poly *No. 11
Fox SportsW 33–303,532 [9]
November 4at No. 5 Youngstown State *No. 8
Metro TVL 35–42 2OT16,832 [10]
November 18 Albany *No. 12
  • James M. Shuart Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
Metro TVW 55–283,752 [11]
November 25at No. 4 Furman *No. 12
Fox SportsW 31–244,214 [12]
December 2at No. 5 Georgia Southern *No. 12
Metro TVL 20–487,139

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References

  1. 1 2 "2000 Hofstra Pride football results". College Football Data Warehouse . William Goodyear. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2007 Hofstra Pride Football Media Guide: All-Time Results" (PDF). Hofstra.edu. Hofstra University. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Farmer, Sam (March 13, 2001). "Hofstra Sheds Colorful Name for Meaningful One". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ Steven, Marcus (April 20, 2000). "Hofstra's Showing Its Pride / No longer Dutchmen, school adopts new nickname". Newsday . Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ Blethen Maine Newspapers (September 10, 2000). "Hofstra Buries Maine in 4th Quarter". Morning Sentinel. p. 31. Retrieved January 11, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Portland State 40, Hofstra 35". The Missoulian. October 8, 2000. p. 29. Retrieved January 15, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Geiger, Brad (October 14, 2000). "Thomas' 2 TDs Spark Hofstra". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). p. 34. Retrieved January 15, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Hofstra 38, Elon 27". The News-Herald. October 22, 2000. p. 19. Retrieved January 15, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Hofstra 33, Cal Poly 30". Santa Maria Times. October 29, 2000. p. 18. Retrieved January 15, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Youngstown State Athletics Department. "Hofstra vs Youngstown State (Nov 04, 2000)" . Retrieved January 15, 2024– via sidearmsports.com.
  11. ↑ Albany Great Danes Athletics Department. "Final 2000 Football Statistics" . Retrieved January 15, 2024– via Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "Hofstra for the defense". Newsday. November 26, 2000. Retrieved September 24, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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