2015 Colgate Raiders football team

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2015 Colgate Raiders football
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Patriot League champion
Conference Patriot League
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 13
Record9–5 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Young (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Shaffner (3rd season)
Home stadium Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Colgate $^  6 0   9 5  
No. 19 Fordham ^  5 1   9 3  
Lehigh  4 2   6 5  
Holy Cross  3 3   6 5  
Georgetown  2 4   4 7  
Bucknell  1 5   4 7  
Lafayette  0 6   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Colgate University is a member of the Patriot League, an athletic conference of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The team played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (capacity: 10,221).

The Raiders were led by second-year head coach Dan Hunt and team captains Cameron Buttermore (a three-year starter at Inside Linebacker), John Weber (a two-year starter at Offensive Tackle) and Victor Steffen (suffered season-ending injury in second game of season) (Defensive Lineman), and finished the season with an overall 9–5 record (and an undefeated 6-0 in Patriot League play), winning the Patriot League championship game at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (capacity: 10,221) against Lehigh University football team, earning the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and beginning a deep run into the FCS Playoffs, defeating New Hampshire and James Madison before losing to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinal round (Final 8) of the FCS Playoffs.

2015 Colgate Football Schedule Sept. 5 at Navy Noon Sept. 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 p.m. Sept. 19 YALE (Homecoming) 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at Holy Cross * TBA Oct. 2 at Cornell 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Princeton TBA Oct. 17 at Georgetown * TBA Oct. 31 FORDHAM * (Family Weekend) 1 p.m. Nov. 7 at Lafayette * TBA Nov. 14 LEHIGH * 1 p.m. Nov. 21 BUCKNELL * 1 p.m.

Pre-Season poll: 2015 Patriot League Football 1. Fordham 66 points (10 first-place votes) 2. Bucknell 63 points (4 first-place votes) 3. COLGATE 48 points 4. Lafayette 44 points 5. Lehigh 31 points 6. Holy Cross 29 points 7. Georgetown 13 points

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 512:00 pmat Navy * CBSSN L 10–4828,015
September 126:00 pmNo. 12 New Hampshire *L 8–262,988
September 191:00 pm Yale *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
TWCSC L 28–297,343
September 2612:00 pmat Holy Cross ASN W 31–149,368
October 27:00 pmat Cornell *W 28–219,103
October 101:00 pmat Princeton *L 20–446,457
October 1712:00 pmat Georgetown W 17–133,136
October 311:00 pmNo. 11 Fordham
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
PLL W 31–297,879
November 71:00 pmat Lafayette W 28–194,485
November 141:00 pm Lehigh
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
TWCSCW 49–423,828
November 211:00 pm Bucknell
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
PLLW 14–102,970
November 283:30 pmat New Hampshire* ESPN3 W 27–203,303
December 51:00 pmat No. 8 James Madison *
ESPN3W 44–3815,045
December 1212:00 pmat No. 6 Sam Houston State *
ESPN3L 21–485,074
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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