2000 UMass Minutemen football team

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

UMass Minutemen football
2000 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2000 record	7–4 (5–3 A-10)
Head coach	Mark Whipple (3rd year)
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
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The 2000 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2000 Minutemen failed to reach the postseason for the first time since 1997. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–4 overall and 5–3 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31, 2000	7:00 PM	William & Mary	#4	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 36–16	10,176
September 16, 2000	1:00 PM	at Richmond	#3	UR Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 24–31	10,200
September 23, 2000	1:00 PM	New Haven*	#11	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 39–29	9,122
September 30, 2000	6:00 PM	Hofstra*	#11	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	L 36–51	10,143
October 7, 2000	12:30 PM	at Northeastern	#19	Parsons Field • Brookline, MA	W 21–16	4,184
October 14, 2000	1:00 PM	Maine	#16	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 33–10	12,136
October 21, 2000	1:00 PM	American International*	#15	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 21–0	10,627
October 28, 2000	12:00 PM	at New Hampshire	#14	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Rivalry)	L 16–24	6,349
November 4, 2000	12:00 PM	Villanova	#22	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	W 38–17	9,124
November 11, 2000	12:00 PM	Delaware	#21	McGuirk Stadium • Hadley, MA	L 19–31	8,680
November 18, 2000	12:00 PM	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	W 29–21	3,876
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from the FCS Sports Network Poll,^[1] unless otherwise noted. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e UMass Minutemen football
Venues	Alumni Field (1879–1964) Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (1965–2011, 2014–) Gillette Stadium (2012–2016)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College New Hampshire: Colonial Clash (Bill Knight Trophy) UConn
Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass" University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 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 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
National championship seasons in bold

2000 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Delaware +^		7	–	1		12	–	2
#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 ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll