1938 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1938 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (10th season)
Captain	Donald Wemple, John Lucy
Seasons ←  1937 1939  →

1938 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Worcester Tech			–					6	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell			–					5	–	1	–	1
Army			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 63 to 39. Donald Wemple and John Lucy were the team captains. ^{[1] [2]} The team played no home games.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–15
October 8	vs. Duke	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 0–7	23,950
October 15	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 12–0	30,000	[3]
October 22	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 14–0
October 29	at No. 14 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–21
November 5	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–7	35,000	[4]
November 11	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–13	25,000	[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1938 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. Colgate Conquers Columbia
4. "Syracuse Daily Orange Has a Record Edition". Elizabethtown Chronicle. Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. December 23, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved November 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
5. Violets Trip Colgate, 13-7; Crush Rallies