2000 Yale Bulldogs football team

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2000 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference Ivy League
Record7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Ivy League football standings
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 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished third in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 7–3 overall. [1] Yale averaged 23,136 fans per game.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 Dayton *
W 42–620,903 [2]
September 23at Cornell
L 23–2416,634 [3]
September 30 Holy Cross *
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 33–2722,509 [4]
October 7at Dartmouth
W 24–147,107 [5]
October 14at Fordham *
W 24–175,837 [6]
October 21 Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–2435,050 [7]
October 28 Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 41–017,578 [8]
November 4at Brown
L 14–287,873 [9]
November 11 Princeton
L 14–1919,671 [10]
November 18at Harvard
W 34–2430,898 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

2000 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1Rich TingJr
QB 2T. J. HylandJr
QB 11Peter LeeJr
WR 21 Eric Johnson Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 8 Than Merrill Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

NFL draft

The following Bulldogs were selected in the National Football League draft following the season. [12]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
7223 Than Merrill DB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7224 Eric Johnson TE San Francisco 49ers

References

  1. ↑ "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Albers, Bucky (September 17, 2000). "Yale Pounds UD for No. 800". Dayton Daily News . Dayton, Ohio. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Yantz, Tom (September 24, 2000). "Elis Seeing Red After Missed FG". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E12, E14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Greenidge, Jim (October 1, 2000). "Yale Has Enough in Bank; Crusaders' Rally Comes Up Short". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Yantz, Tom (October 8, 2000). "Nice Gain on History". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Yantz, Tom (October 15, 2000). "Yale Takes Control". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Juliano, Joe (October 22, 2000). "Quakers Suffer 1st Ivy Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Hine, Tommy (October 29, 2000). "It's a Breeze for Bulldogs: Yale Dominates Columbia, 41-0". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Hine, Tommy (November 5, 2000). "Brown Defense Surprises Yale". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Hine, Tommy (November 12, 2000). "Princeton Doesn't Stop; Cheatham's Play Helps Beat Yale". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Hine, Tommy (November 19, 2000). "Nothing Better on Yale's List; Records Fall Against Harvard". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
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