2000 Richmond Spiders football team

The 2000 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 117th season and they finished as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions with Delaware after posting identical 7–1 conference records. The Spiders earned a berth as the #8 seed into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to #1 seed Montana, 20–34. Richmond was led by sixth-year head coach Jim Reid.

2000 Richmond Spiders football
A-10 co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
Record10–3 (7–1 A-10)
Head coach
Captains
  • Eric Beatty
  • Harold Hill
  • Mac Janney
Home stadiumUR Stadium
2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Delaware +^  7 1   12 2  
No. 6 Richmond +^  7 1   10 3  
UMass  5 3   7 4  
James Madison  4 4   6 5  
New Hampshire  4 4   6 5  
William & Mary  4 4   5 6  
Maine  3 5   5 6  
Villanova  3 5   5 6  
Rhode Island  2 6   3 8  
Northeastern  1 7   4 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The Spiders' win over Arkansas State in week four was their first against a Division I-A opponent since 1985.

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