2000 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 2000 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished third in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 7–3 overall.[1]

2000 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
2000 record	7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jack Siedlecki (4th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Dayton*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 42–6	20,903	[2]
September 23	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 23–24	16,634	[3]
September 30	Holy Cross*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 33–27	22,509	[4]
October 7	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 24–14	7,107	[5]
October 14	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 24–17	5,837	[6]
October 21	Penn	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–24	35,050	[7]
October 28	Columbia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 41–0	17,578	[8]
November 4	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 14–28	7,873	[9]
November 11	Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 14–19	19,671	[10]
November 18	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 34–24	30,898	[11]
*Non-conference game

Roster

2000 Yale Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Rich Ting Jr QB 2 T. J. Hyland Jr QB 11 Peter Lee Jr WR 21 Eric Johnson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 8 Than Merrill Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Siedlecki Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "Football By Year" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
2. Albers, Bucky (September 17, 2000). "Yale Pounds UD for No. 800". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
3. Yantz, Tom (September 24, 2000). "Elis Seeing Red After Missed FG". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E12, E14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Greenidge, Jim (October 1, 2000). "Yale Has Enough in Bank; Crusaders' Rally Comes Up Short". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Yantz, Tom (October 8, 2000). "Nice Gain on History". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E9, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Yantz, Tom (October 15, 2000). "Yale Takes Control". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Juliano, Joe (October 22, 2000). "Quakers Suffer 1st Ivy Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Hine, Tommy (October 29, 2000). "It's a Breeze for Bulldogs: Yale Dominates Columbia, 41-0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Hine, Tommy (November 5, 2000). "Brown Defense Surprises Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Hine, Tommy (November 12, 2000). "Princeton Doesn't Stop; Cheatham's Play Helps Beat Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E12 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Hine, Tommy (November 19, 2000). "Nothing Better on Yale's List; Records Fall Against Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.