2005 Colgate Raiders football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
Conference | Patriot League |
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Sports Network | No. 23 |
Record | 8–4 (5–1 Patriot) |
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Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium |
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No. 21 Lafayette +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Colgate +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate won the Patriot League co-championship but lost in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA national playoffs.
In its 10th season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 8–4 record (8–3 in the regular season). Jared Nepa and Mike Saraceno were the team captains. [1]
The Raiders outscored opponents 283 to 245. Colgate's 5–1 conference record tied with Lafayette for first in the Patriot League standings. [2] Colgate was awarded the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national playoffs, though co-champion Lafayette also participated, as an at-large selection. Both teams lost their first-round games.
Throughout the regular season, Colgate was unranked in the Division I-AA national top 25. Just before the start of the playoffs, the Raiders entered the poll at No. 24. In the year-end rankings, they rose to No. 23.
Colgate played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 3 | Central Connecticut * | L 22–24 | 4,629 | [3] | |||
September 10 | No. 15 UMass * |
| W 17–14 | 3,417 | [4] | ||
September 17 | at Dartmouth * | L 21–26 | 3,917 | [5] | |||
October 1 | Cornell * |
| W 34–20 | 6,927 | [6] | ||
October 8 | at Princeton * | W 16–10 | 4,219 | [7] | |||
October 15 | Fordham |
| W 23–0 | [1] | |||
October 22 | at Holy Cross | W 24–17 | 11,236 | [8] | |||
October 29 | No. 16 Lehigh |
| L 34–50 | [1] | |||
November 5 | at Lafayette | W 18–15 | [1] | ||||
November 12 | Bucknell |
| W 16–10 | [1] | |||
November 19 | at Georgetown | W 34–7 | [1] | ||||
November 26 | at No. 1 New Hampshire * | L 21–55 | 7,806 | [9] | |||
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