2000 Towson Tigers football team

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2000 Towson Tigers football
Conference Patriot League
Record7–4 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Home stadium Minnegan 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 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Towson tied for last in the Patriot League.

In their ninth year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers compiled a 7–4 record. [1]

The Tigers outscored opponents 299 to 216. Their 3–3 conference record placed fourth in the seven-team Patriot League standings. [2]

Towson played its home games at Minnegan Stadium on the university campus in Towson, Maryland.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2 at Fordham
W 36–13 3,792 [3]
September 9 at Lafayette
W 42–20 5,229 [4]
September 16 Morgan State *
W 31–7 4,817 [5]
September 23 at Holy Cross
L 14–17 7,856 [6]
September 30 Colgate
  • Minnegan Stadium
  • Towson, MD
L 27–30 OT 3,038 [7]
October 7 No. 17 Lehigh
  • Minnegan Stadium
  • Towson, MD
L 21–42 [1]
October 14 Howard *
  • Minnegan Stadium
  • Towson, MD
W 38–6 4,512 [8]
October 28 at Monmouth *
W 12–0 2,863 [9]
November 4 at Saint Mary's *
L 33–45 2,042 [10]
November 11 Bucknell
  • Minnegan Stadium
  • Towson, MD
W 15–13 4,332 [11]
November 18 at Drake *
W 30–23 2,222 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Year-by-Year Results". Towson Football 2019 Media Guide (PDF). Towson, Md.: Towson University. p. 105. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  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. ↑ Parry, Tim (September 3, 2000). "Towson Shakes Jitters, Fordham". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 12E – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Hickling, Dan (September 10, 2000). "Towson Pulls Away for 42–20 Rout of Lafayette". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Ewell, Christian (September 17, 2000). "Read, Towson Take Morgan Apart, 31–7". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Craig, Steve (September 24, 2000). "Towson Tastes Its First Defeat". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 14D – 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. ↑ Seidel, Jeff (October 15, 2000). "Error-Prone Bison Routed by Towson". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. p. D9.
  9. ↑ Bass, Howard (October 29, 2000). "Hawks' Offense Sputters in Loss". Asbury Park Press . Asbury Park, N.J. p. H4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "St. Mary's 45, Towson 33". San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco, Calif. November 5, 2000. pp. C-3, C-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Baker, Kent (November 12, 2000). "Tigers Beat Wind, Bucknell on Late Field Goal by Kulic". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 9E – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Gray, Rob (November 19, 2000). "Towson Beats Mistakes to Drop Drake, 30-23". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 9D – via Newspapers.com.
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