2000 Villanova 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 Villanova Wildcats football
2000 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2000 record	5–6 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach	Andy Talley (16th season);
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Wildcats were led by 16th year head coach Andy Talley played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 2	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 21–34
September 9	Millersville*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 51–14
September 16	at Norfolk State*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 42–0
September 23	Maine	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 47–12
October 7	at James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 23–57	^[1]
October 14	at Northeastern	Parsons Field Boston, Massachusetts	W 34–20
October 21	New Hampshire	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 49–42
October 28	Richmond	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 18–28
November 4	at UMass	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	L 17–38
November 11	William & Mary	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 41–48
November 18	at Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	L 42–59
*Non-conference game

2000 Villanova Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`20`	Brian Westbrook	Sr
OL	`59`		Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`93`	Jeff Petrone	Sr
DE	`96`	Tom Buczynski	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Villanova and penalties fail to halt JMU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 2000. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2000 Football Schedule". Villanova University Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2019.

v t Villanova Wildcats football
Venues	Villanova Stadium (1927–present) Subaru Park (alternate; 2011–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle of the Blue (Delaware) Mayor's Cup (Temple)
Culture & lore	Will D. Cat "V for Villanova"
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 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 1991 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

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