2000 Robert Morris Colonials football team

The 2000 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris College, now Robert Morris University, as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonials were led by 7th-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Moon Stadium on the campus of Moon Area High School. The Colonials finished the 2000 season with their fifth consecutive NEC championship.

2000 Robert Morris Colonials football
NEC champion
ConferenceNortheast Conference
2000 record10–0 (8–0 NEC)
Head coachJoe Walton (7th season)
Home stadiumMoon Stadium
2000 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Robert Morris $  8 –0     10 –0  
Sacred Heart  7 –1     10 –1  
Wagner  6 –2     6 –5  
Albany  5 –3     5 –6  
Monmouth  4 –4     5 –6  
Central Connecticut  3 –5     4 –6  
St. John's  2 –6     5 –6  
Stony Brook  1 –7     2 –8  
Saint Francis (PA)  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 2 Buffalo State*
W 30–20 2,151
September 16 Monmouth
  • Moon Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
W 23–7 1,004
September 30 at Saint Francis
W 63–0 1,231
October 7 St. John's
  • Moon Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
W 43–6 2,867
October 14 at Dayton*
W 17–13 9,615
October 21 Central Connecticut State
  • Moon Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
W 41–3 1,259
October 28 at Wagner
W 38–31 OT 1,782
November 4 at Sacred Heart
W 31–20 1,236
November 11 Albany
  • Moon Stadium
  • Moon Township, PA
W 43–34 3,346
November 18 at Stony Brook
W 36–6 499
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Buffalo State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 7 7 0 6 20
Colonials 6 10 7 7 30

To open the season, the Colonials hosted the Buffalo State Bengals, from Buffalo State College (SUNY College at Buffalo) at Moon Stadium, on the campus of Moon Area High School. The two teams had met three times before, with Robert Morris winning their first meeting in 1997 and Buffalo State taking the following two in 1998 and 1999.[3]

The season-opening contest got off to a relatively slow start offensively, as Robert Morris kicker Jeff Carlo successfully converted two field goals, from 20 and 21 yards, to put the Colonials on the scoreboard first in the 2000 season. Their narrow lead was soon eclipsed, as Buffalo State's Brandon Janesz found the end zone on a 1-yard rush, and a PAT from Ryan Cox put the Bengals in front by one. The teams traded touchdowns in the second quarter, as RMU quarterback Tim Levcik found Sam Dorsett for an 8-yard touchdown before Buffalo State's Chris Henry capped a 99-yard touchdown drive by converting an 8-yard rush to put the Bengals back up top. The Bengals' lead would not stand for long; Jeff Carlo's 55-yard field goal, a kick that broke the school record (held by Carlo himself) by five yards, gave the halftime advantage to the Colonials, 16–14.[4]

The third quarter's only score came in the form of a Robert Morris touchdown, as Tim Levcik tossed his second touchdown pass of the game, this time to Opio Gary for fifteen yards. Robert Morris led 23–14 going into the game's final quarter, and the lead was extended by RMU running back Dante Settles, as he netted 30 of his 46 rushing yards on a touchdown dash that all but sealed the game. Buffalo State was able to find the end zone one final time, as Chris Henry found Lamar Wilson for a 15-yard touchdown pass, but the two-point conversion was not successful. There was no further scoring, and the Colonials won by a score of 30–20. This win improved the Colonials to 8–0 all-time in home openers, and to 2–2 against Buffalo State.[5]

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References
  1. "2018 RMU Football Fact Book - Historial Schedules" (PDF). Robert Morris University. p. 9. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "2000 Football Schedule". Robert Morris University Athletics. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. "2018 RMU Football Fact Book - Series Records" (PDF). Robert Morris University Athletics. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. "Robert Morris 30, Buffalo State 20". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 3 September 2000. p. 51. Retrieved 29 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Robert Morris 30, Buffalo State 20". Indiana Gazette. 3 September 2000. p. 20. Retrieved 29 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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