2000 Saint Francis Cougars football team

2000 Saint Francis Cougars football
MSFA (MEL) champion
Conference Mid-States Football Association
Division Mideast League
2000 record 10–2 (6–0 MSFA (MEL))
Head coach Kevin Donley (3rd season)
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
(Capacity: 3,500 )
2000 Mid-States Football Association standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mideast League
No. 6 Saint Francis (IN) x^  6 –0     10 –2  
Walsh  4 –2     6 –5  
No. 21 Geneva  3 –3     7 –3  
Tri-State  3 –3     6 –5  
Malone  2 –4     4 –7  
Tiffin  2 –4     3 –7  
Urbana  1 –5     1 –9  
Midwest League
No. 7 St. Ambrose x^  7 –0     9 –3  
No. 15 Olivet Nazarene ^  6 –1     8 –3  
No. 19 McKendree  5 –2     7 –3  
Saint Xavier  4 –3     6 –4  
St. Francis (IL)  3 –4     5 –6  
Taylor  2 –5     3 –7  
Trinity International  1 –6     4 –7  
Iowa Wesleyan  0 –7     0 –10  
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll[1][2]

The 2000 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2000 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 3rd year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Cougar Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 1st place in the MSFA MEL division, receiving an automatic bid to the 2000 postseason NAIA playoffs.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 2 at Butler* No. 9 Indianapolis, IN W 56–37  
September 9 Iowa Wesleyan* No. 9 Cougar Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 84–9  
September 16 Valparaiso* No. 4 Cougar Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 34–30  
September 23 at McKendree* No. 3 Lebanon, IL L 14–28  
September 30 at Geneva No. 9 Beaver Falls, PA W 21–20  
October 7 Tiffin No. 5 Cougar Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 42–13  
October 14 at Urbana No. 5(T) Urbana, OH W 44–14  
October 28 Malone No. 5 Cougar Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 48–10  
November 4 at Tri-State No. 5 Angola, IN W 21–14  
November 11 Walsh No. 3(T) Cougar Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN W 42–14  
November 18 Lambuth* No. 7 Cougar Stadium • Fort Wayne, IN (NAIA First Round) W 48–33  
November 25 at Georgetown* No. 7 Georgetown, KY (NAIA Quarterfinal) L 19–37  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final 
NAIA Coaches' Poll 9 4 3 9 5 5(T) 5 5 5 3(T) 7 6

References

  1. ↑ "Football Week-by-Week Coaches' Polls (Since 1999)" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017-2018 Mid-States Football Association Press Guide, pp.46-49" (PDF). Mid-States Football Association. Retrieved December 28, 2017.


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