2000 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

2000 New Hampshire Wildcats football
2000 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2000 record	6–5 (4–4 A-10)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Chip Kelly (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its second year under head coach Sean McDonnell, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–4 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at Hampton*		Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 31–17
September 9	Rhode Island		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 13–12	3,403
September 16	Northeastern		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 24–7
September 23	Dartmouth*	No. 25	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 42–21	5,157	^[2]
September 30	at No. 16 James Madison	No. 23	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 13–24		^[3]
October 14	No. 19 Richmond		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 10–31	6,268
October 21	at Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 42–49
October 28	No. 14 UMass		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	W 24–16	6,349
November 4	at No. 2 Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 45–44 ^OT	21,854
November 11	Gardner–Webb*		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 35–38
November 18	at Maine		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	L 10–55
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ Lessels, Allen (September 24, 2000). "It Was the Wildcats' Day; Big Green Can't Escape Big Hole". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "JMU rallies by UNH". The Daily News Leader. October 1, 2000. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t New Hampshire Wildcats football
Venues	College Oval ( –1920) Memorial Field (1921–1935) Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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