2000 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2000 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson finished the season with an overall record of 5–5, placing in a tie for third among Ivy league teams with a conference mark of 4–3. Mike Clare was the team captain.[1]

2000 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
2000 record5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJay Mills (5th season)
CaptainMike Clare
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
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

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 Holy Cross*
L 25–27 7,406 [2]
September 23 at Brown
W 42–37 9,052 [3]
September 30 at Lafayette*
W 42–19 4,728 [4]
October 7 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 28–29 [1]
October 14 No. 15 Lehigh*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 13–45 6,265 [5]
October 21 at Princeton
W 35–21 21,113 [6]
October 28 at Dartmouth
W 49–7 8,028 [7]
November 4 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 34–0 6,721 [8]
November 11 at Penn
L 35–36 18,715 [9]
November 18 Yale
L 24–34 30,898 [10]

References
  1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Greenidge, Jim (September 17, 2000). "Crimson Shall Not Overcome; HC Doesn't Allow Harvard to Escape". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Pave, Marvin (September 24, 2000). "Close Call Goes Crimson's Way". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Meixell, Ted (October 1, 2000). "Harvard Drubs Lafayette, 42-19". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Crimson Ride Rose to a Romp on Road". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 1, 2000. p. D18.
  5. Duffy, Bob (October 15, 2000). "Lehigh 'Vultures' Devour Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Finley, Bill (October 22, 2000). "Crimson's Rose in Bloom vs. Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Monahan, Bob (October 29, 2000). "Crimson Pick Apart Big Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Monahan, Bob (November 5, 2000). "Crimson's Home Is Sweet at Last". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Juliano, Joe (November 12, 2000). "Quakers Top Harvard in Another Tight One". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Hine, Tommy (November 19, 2000). "Nothing Better on Yale's List; Records Fall Against Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
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