2000 Harvard Crimson football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2000

| team = Harvard Crimson

| sport = football

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| conference = Ivy League

| short_conf = Ivy

| record = 5–5

| conf_record = 4–3

| head_coach= Tim Murphy

| hc_year = 7th

| off_coach = Jay Mills

| oc_year = 5th

| off_scheme = Multiple pro-style

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| captain = Mike Clare

| stadium = Harvard Stadium

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Mass. |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334 |archive-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706155918/https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334 |url-status=dead }}

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

Schedule

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| rankyear = 2000

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA

| poll = The Sports Network

| September 16 | | Holy Cross

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | L 25-27

| 7,406 | {{cite news |title=Crimson Shall Not Overcome; HC Doesn't Allow Harvard to Escape |first=Jim |last=Greenidge |date=September 17, 2000 |page=E19 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60364211/2000-harvard-hc/ }}

| September 23 | @ | Brown

| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 42-37

| 9,052 | {{cite news |title=Close Call Goes Crimson's Way |first=Marvin |last=Pave |date=September 24, 2000 |page=D19 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60366683/2000-brown-harvard/ }}

| September 30 | @ | Lafayette

| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 42-19

| 4,728 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Drubs Lafayette, 42-19 |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 1, 2000 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60368835/2000-harvard-lafayette/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Crimson Ride Rose to a Romp on Road |date=October 1, 2000 |page=D18 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}

| October 7 | | Cornell

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | L 28-29

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| October 14 | | #15 Lehigh

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | L 13-45

| 6,265 | {{cite news |title=Lehigh 'Vultures' Devour Harvard |first=Bob |last=Duffy |date=October 15, 2000 |page=D16 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60371995/2000-o14-ivies/ }}

| October 21 | @ | Princeton

| Princeton Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 35-21

| 21,113 | {{cite news |title=Crimson's Rose in Bloom vs. Princeton |first=Bill |last=Finley |date=October 22, 2000 |page=D17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60382681/2000-harvard-princeton/ }}

| October 28 | @ | Dartmouth

| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | W 49-7

| 8,028 | {{cite news |title=Crimson Pick Apart Big Green |first=Bob |last=Monahan |date=October 29, 2000 |page=D16 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60383842/2000-dartmouth-harvard/ }}

| November 4 | | Columbia

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 34-0

| 6,721 | {{cite news |title=Crimson's Home Is Sweet at Last |first=Bob |last=Monahan |date=November 5, 2000 |page=C17 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60391790/2000-columbia-harvard/ }}

| November 11 | @ | Penn

| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) | L 35-36

| 18,715 | {{cite news |title=Quakers Top Harvard in Another Tight One |first=Joe |last=Juliano |date=November 12, 2000 |page=C11 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60394561/2000-harvard-penn/ }}

| November 18 | | Yale

| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (The Game) | L 24-34

| 30,898 | {{cite news |title=Nothing Better on Yale's List; Records Fall Against Harvard |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 19, 2000 |page=E5 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60396412/2000-harvard-yale/ }}

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References

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