Game History 2000-2009

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2000-2009

Listed below is the chronological college football game history 2000-2009 of every game we attended during the third decade of our great, unique, fun adventure. Between # 202 and 381, we averaged 17.9 games per season.  Among the highlights:

  •  No. 1 Miami in 2001
  •  First two ever FCS playoff games in 2001
  •  First D-3 Stagg Bowl in 2006
  •  No. 1 D-3 Mount Union in 2006
  •  Started annual Bowl week tours in 2006
  •  Completed seeing all 119 FBS teams in
  •  Four bowl games in Texas in 2007
  •  No. 1 FCS Villanova playoff victory in 2009

No.    Date             Result                                  Site / State

202 08/27/00 USC 29 Penn State 5                                Meadowlands NJ
203 09/02/00 Rutgers 34 Villanova 21                           New Brunswick, NJ
204 09/09/00 Penn State 67 Louisiana Tech 7             State College, PA
205 09/16/00 Temple 31 Bowling Green 14                 Philadelphia PA (FF)
206 09/23/00 Memphis 26 Army 16                               West Point, NY
207 09/30/00 Penn State 22 Purdue(14) 20                  State College, PA
208 10/07/00 Columbia 47 Lafayette 22                      New York, NY
209 10/14/00 Temple 48 Rutgers 14                              New Brunswick, NJ
210 10/21/00 Penn State 39 Illinois 25                           State College, PA
211 10/28/00 Toledo 35 Navy 14                                   Annapolis, MD
212 11/04/00 Mid. Tennessee 66 UConn 10                 Storrs, CT

In 2000 CFF.com got serious. We were on a mission. We watched Middle Tennessee whack UConn adding both as the two latest D1A schools in the NCAA.

In 2000, CFF.com got serious. We were on a mission to “see ’em all now.” . We watched Middle Tennessee whack UConn adding both as the two latest D1A schools in the NCAA.


213 11/11/00 Montclair 17 Rowan 13                           Montclair, NJ
214 11/18/00 U.A. Birmingham 27 Army 17                  West Point, NY
215 12/02/00 Delaware(2) 47 Lehigh(10) 22                Newark, DE
216 08/26/01 Georgia Tech 13 Syracuse (14) 7           Meadowlands NJ
217 08/30/01 Temple 45 Navy 26                                  Philadelphia, PA(FF)
218 09/01/01 Miami (F) (1) 33 Penn State 7                 State College, PA
219 09/08/01 Auburn 27 Mississippi 21                          Auburn, AL
220 09/22/01 Delaware 35 Massachusetts 7               Newark, DE
221 09/29/01 Princeton 44 Columbia 11                      Princeton, NJ
222 10/06/01 Michigan (20) 20 Penn State 0               State College, PA
223 10/13/01 UCLA 35 Washington (19) 13                  Pasadena, CA
224 10/20/01 Rutgers 23 Navy 17                                  New Brunswick, NJ
225 10/27/01 Penn State 29 Ohio State (23) 27           State College, PA
226 11/03/01 Maryland (10) 47 Troy State 14               College Park, MD
227 11/10/01 Utah State 38 UConn 31                           Storrs, CT
228 11/17/01 Villanova(19) 19 Delaware 14                Villanova, PA
229 11/23/01 California 20 Rutgers 10                           New Brunswick, NJ
230 12/01/01 Lehigh  27(5) Hofstra 24 (7) (OT)             Bethlehem, PA
231 12/08/01 GA Southern(3) 38 Appalachian St(6) 24          Statesboro, GA

232 08/29/02 Delaware  22  GA Southern (3) 19          Newark, DE
233 08/31/02 Notre Dame(17) 22  Maryland(13) 0      Meadowlands  NJ
234 09/05/02 Oregon State  35  Temple  3                   Philadelphia, PA(FF)
235 09/07/02 Boston College  34  Stanford  27             Chestnut Hill, MA
236 09/14/02 Penn State(15)  40  Nebraska  7              State College, PA
237 09/21/02 Northwestern  49  Navy  40                      Annapolis, MD
238 09/21/02 Maryland(13)  45  East. Michigan  3       College Park, MD
239 09/28/02 Princeton  34  Lafayette  19                     Princeton, NJ
240 10/05/02 Lehigh  36  Harvard  35                             Bethlehem, PA
241 10/12/02 Texas Christian(22) 46  Army  27              West Point, NY 
242 10/19/02 Penn State(15)  49 Northwestern  0         State College, PA
243 10/26/02 Harvard  24  Princeton  17                        Princeton, NJ                                244 11/02/02 UNLV  49  Wyoming  48 (OT)                     Las Vegas, NV
245 11/09/02 UConn   63  Kent State  21                         Storrs, CT
246 11/16/02 Hawaii  33  Rice  28                                   Houston, TX 
247 11/23/02 Penn State(15)61  Michigan State  7         State College, PA
248 11/30/02 Fordham(15) 29  Northeastern(10) 24     Brookline, MA                               249 12/07/02 Navy  58  Army 12                                      Meadowlands, NJ
250 08/30/03 Penn State 23  Temple 10                          State College, PA
251 09/06/03 Notre Dame 29 Washington St.(9) 26(OT)           South Bend, IN
252 09/13/03 Lehigh(24) 23  Fordham 16                        Bethlehem, PA
253 09/20/03 NC State 49  Texas Tech 21                       Raleigh, NC
254 09/27/03 Boston College 53  Ball State 29               Chestnut Hill, MA
255 10/04/03  Wisconsin 30  Penn State 23                     State College, PA
256  10/11/03  La-Monroe 45  LA-Lafayette 42               Lafayette, LA
257  10/18/03  Arizona State 33  North Carolina  31      Chapel Hill, NC
258  10/25/03  UConn  38 Akron 37                                E. Hartford, CT
259  11/01/03  Ohio State(4) 21  Penn State  20             State College, PA
260  11/08/03  Pittsburgh 31  Virginia Tech  28                Pittsburgh, PA
261  11/15/03  Yale 27  Princeton 24 (2 OT)                     Princeton, NJ
262  11/22/03  Montclair St. 20  Allegheny 19                  Montclair, NJ
263  11/29/03  Miami (F) (5)  28  Pittsburgh 14                 Pittsburgh, PA
264    9/04/04  Maryland 23  Northern Illinois  20             College Park, MD
265    9/11/04  Virginia Tech (10) 63  W. Michigan 0       Blacksburg, VA
266    9/18/04  Penn State  37  Central Florida  13           State College, PA
267    9/25/04  UConn  40  Army  3                                   East Hartford, CT
268  10/02/04  Harvard (12)  38  Lafayette (24)  23          Easton, PA
269  10/09/04  Army 48  Cincinnati  29                              West Point, NY
270  10/16/04  Auburn (2)  38  Arkansas 20                       Auburn, AL
271  10/23/04  Iowa (8) 6  Penn State 4                             State College, PA
272  10/30/04  Lehigh  (21)21 Colgate 14                          Bethlehem, PA
273  11/06/04  Penn (22) 16  Princeton 15                          Princeton, NJ
274  11/13/04  Harvard 31  Penn (22)  10                           Philadelphia, PA
275  11/20/04  Arkansas 24 Mississippi State 21                 Starkville, MS
276  11/27/04  Syracuse  43  Boston College (21) 17       Chestnut Hill, MA
277  09/03/05  Georgia(8)  48  Boise State 13                    Athens, GA
278  09/10/05  New Mexico 45  Missouri 35                        Columbia, MO
279  09/15/05  Wagner 52  St. Peter’s  25                            Jersey City, NJ
280  09/17/05  Baylor 20 Army 10                                        West Point, NY
281  09/23/05  Iowa State 28  Army  21                              West Point, NY
282  09/24/05  Penn State(3) 34  Northwestern  29           Evanston, IL
283  10/01/05  North Carolina 31 Utah 17                          Chapel Hill, NC
284  10/08/05  Penn State 17(3)  Ohio State (4) 10           State College, PA
285  10/15/05  East Stroudsburg(4) 42  Kutztown 14          East Stroudsburg, PA
286  10/22/05  Delaware 35  James Madison 28               Newark, DE
287  10/22/05  West Chester 18 East Stroudsburg (4) 17   West Chester, PA
288  10/29/05  Ohio U.  34  Buffalo 20                                  Amherst, NY
289  11/05/05  Fresno State 45  San Jose State 7               Fresno, CA
290  11/12/05  FDU-Florham 51  Juniata 41                         Madison, NJ
291  11/19/05  Army 38  Arkansas State 10                         West Point, NY
292  11/26/05  Connecticut 15  South Florida 10             E. Hartford, CT
293  12/03/05  Navy  42  Army  23                                     Lincoln Financial, PA
294   08/31/06 UTEP 34  San Diego St  27                             San Diego, CA
295   09/02/06 UCLA 31 Utah 10                                           Pasadena, CA
296   09/09/06 Colorado State 14  Colorado  10               Denver, CO
297   09/16/06 Pennsylvania  21  Lafayette  11                  Easton, PA
298   09/23/06 Tulsa  24  Navy 23  (1 OT)                             Annapolis, MD
299 09/23/06  Maryland 14  Florida International  10       Byrd Stadium, MD
300   09/30/06  Penn State (24) 33 Northwestern  7           State College, PA
301   10/07/06  Bloomsburg (3)  30  West Chester  27        Bloomsburg, PA
302   10/13/06  Princeton (15) 17  Brown  3                         Princeton, NJ
303   10/14/06  Michigan (8) 17  Penn State  10                State College, PA
304   10/21/06  Princeton (15)  31  Harvard  24                   Princeton, NJ
305   10/28/06  Towson State  49  Delaware  35                 Newark, DE
306   10/28/06  Delaware State 10  South Carolina St. 9   Dover, DE
307   10/29/06  Rutgers (12)  24  Connecticut  13              New Brunswick, NJ
308   11/03/06  Air Force  43  Army  7                                  West Point, NY
309   11/04/06  Princeton (15) 31  Penn 30                          Princeton, NJ
310   11/09/06  Rutgers(12)  28  Louisville(6)   25                 New Brunswick, NJ
311   11/11/06  Princeton (15) 34  Yale  31                          Yale Bowl CT
312   11/18/06   SMU  34  Tulsa  24                                        Dallas, TX
313   11/18/06  Florida Atlantic 17  North Texas 16            Denton, TX
314   11/25/06  Rowan (12)  21  Wilkes U. (14)  14             Wilkes-Barre, PA
315   12/16/06  Mt. Union (1) 35  UW-Whitewater(2) 16    Salem, VA (Stagg Bowl)
316   12/29/06  Maryland 24  Purdue  7                             Orlando, FL (Champs Sports)
317   01/01/07  Penn State (24) 20  Tennessee (25)10      Tampa, FL (Outback)
318   09/01/07  Auburn (15) 23  Kansas State  13              Auburn, AL
319   09/07/07  Rutgers 41  Navy  24                                  New Brunswick, NJ
320  09/08/07   Penn State 31  Notre Dame 10                 State College, PA
321  09/14/07   TCNJ  53   FDU-Florham 7                           Ewing, NJ
322  09/15/07   Montclair State   33  Springfield  30          Montclair, NJ
323  09/21/07   Oklahoma (8) 62  Tulsa 21                         Tulsa, OK
324  09/22/07   Oklahoma State 49  Texas Tech (22) 45   Stillwater, OK
325  10/06/07   Hampton  48  Princeton  27                       Princeton, NJ
326  10/10/07   Navy  48  Pittsburgh  45 (2 OTs)                 Heinz Field, PA
327  10/13/07   College of NJ  21  Wm. Paterson  13       Wayne, NJ
328  10/18/07    Rutgers  30  South Florida  27                    New Brunswick, NJ
329  10/20/07   Wake Forest  44  Navy  24                         Annapolis, MD
330   10/27/07   Nevada-Reno 37  Idaho  21                     Reno, NV
                          The Goal is complete! #118 and #119 : Seen ’em all!

Added Nevada and Idaho as the final two of 119 existing FBS teams at the time and watched Frosh QB Colin Kaepernick lead the Wolf Pack to a victory.

Added Nevada and Idaho as the final two of 119 existing FBS teams at the time in Reno, Nevada.

331   11/03/07   Penn State  26  Purdue  19                           State College, PA
332   11/10/07   Yale (18)  27  Princeton  6                             Princeton, NJ
333   11/17/07   Harvard (21) 37  Yale  6  (18)                        New Haven, CT
334   11/24/07   Massachusetts (7)  49  Fordham  35            Amherst, MA
335   12/28/07   Texas Christian  20  Houston  13                   Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)
336   12/29/07   Penn State 24  Texas A&M  17                      San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)
337   12/31/07   California  42  Air Force  36                          Ft. Worth, TX (BH Armed Services Bowl)
338   01/01/08   Missouri (4)  38  Arkansas 7                          Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)
339   08/28/08   East Stroudsburg 14  Virginia Union 11        East Stroudsburg, PA
340   08/29/08   Temple  35  Army   7                                      West Point, NY
341   08/30/08   Stony Brook 42  Colgate 26                          Stony Brook, NY
342   09/01/08   Fresno State 24  Rutgers  7                            New Brunswick, NJ
343   09/11/08   North Carolina  44  Rutgers 11                      New Brunswick, NJ
344   09/13/08   William & Mary  52  VMI  17                           Williamsburg, VA
345   09/20/08   Akron  22  Army  3                                          West Point, NY
346   09/27/08   LSU  34  Mississippi State  24                          Baton Rouge, LA
347  10/04/08    Harvard  27   Lafayette  13                           Easton, PA
348  10/11/08    Maine  27  Delaware  10                               Newark, DE
349  10/18/08    Penn State  46  Michigan 17                        State College, PA
350  10/23/08    West Virginia  34  Auburn  17                       Morgantown, WV
351  10/25/08   Army 14  Louisiana Tech  7                            West Point, NY
352  11/01/08   Michigan State  25  Wisconsin  24                 East Lansing, MI
353  11/08/08   Montclair State  30  Rowan  14                     Montclair, NJ
354  11/15/08   Penn State 34  Indiana  7                              State College, PA
355  11/22/08   Harvard  10   Yale  0                                       Cambridge, MA
356  11/29/08   Boston College  28  Maryland  21                Chestnut Hill, MA
357  12/04/08   Rutgers  63   Louisville  14                               New Brunswick, NJ
358   12/06/08  Pittsburgh  34  Connecticut  10                     East Hartford, CT
359   12/20/08  Wake Forest  29  Navy  19                             Washington, D.C. (Eagle Bank Bowl)
360   12/31/08  Vanderbilt 16  Boston College  14                Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)
361   01/02/09  Kentucky  25  East Carolina 19                     Memphis, TN (AutoZone Liberty Bowl)
362   08/27/09  Bloomsburg 10  Ashland  7                             Bloomsburg, PA
363   08/29/09  Lincoln (PA)  41  Cheyney State  20              NE Philadelphia
364   09/03/09  South Carolina  7  NC State  3                       Raleigh, NC
365   09/05/09  Tennessee  63  Western Kentucky  7             Knoxville, TN
366   09/12/09  Duke  35  Army  19                                          West Point, NY
367   09/19/09  The Citadel  38  Princeton  7                          Princeton, NJ
368   09/26/09  Ohio State  30  Illinois  0                                  Columbus, OH
369   10/03/09  Tulane  17  Army 16                                         West Point, NY
370   10/08/09  Colgate  21  Princeton  14 (2 OTs)                 Princeton, NJ
371   10/10/09  Montclair St  16  Cortland St  7                       Montclair, NJ
372   10/16/09  Pittsburgh  24  Rutgers  17                               New Brunswick, NJ
373   10/17/09  Penn State  20  Minnesota  0                          State College, PA
374   10/24/09  Penn State  35  Michigan  10                          Ann Arbor, MI
375   10/31/09  Lafayette  35  Bucknell  14                              Easton, PA
376   11/07/09  Ohio State  24  Penn State  7                          State College, PA
377   11/12/09   Rutgers  31  South Florida  0                           New Brunswick, NJ
378   11/14/09   Southern Miss 27  Marshall  20                        Huntington, WV
379   11/21/09  Lehigh  27  Lafayette  21                                 Bethlehem, PA
380   12/05/09  Villanova (1)  46  New Hampshire  7             Villanova, PA
381   12/29/09  UCLA  30  Temple  21                                      Washington, D.C. (Eagle Bank Bowl)

Key for Game History above:

Italics indicate the first time a new team or venue was seen by CFF

Red letters indicate 50 game milestones

(#) indicates team’s final ranking that year

Bold letters in school colors with a (1) indicate Division’s National Champs

Blue letters indicate a playoff game

Green letters indicate Bowl Game

^ indicates a discontinued program


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