2019 Colgate Raiders football team

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2019 Colgate Raiders football
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Conference Patriot League
Record4–8 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorOpen
Defensive coordinatorPaul Shaffner (7th season)
Home stadium Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
Uniform
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Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Patriot League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Holy Cross $^  5 1   7 5  
Lafayette  4 2   4 8  
Bucknell  3 3   3 8  
Lehigh  3 3   4 7  
Colgate  3 3   4 8  
Fordham  2 4   4 8  
Georgetown  1 5   5 6  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant

The 2019 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Dan Hunt and played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League.

Contents

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Walter Payton Award [1] Grant BrenemanQBJR
Buck Buchanan Award [2] Abu Daramy–SwarayCBSR
Nick WheelerDESR

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Raiders were picked to finish in first place, receiving 12 of 14 first-place votes. [3]

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Raiders led the conference in selections, having ten players picked to the preseason All-Patriot League team. Additionally, Quarterback Grant Breneman was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman Nick Wheeler was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2412:00 p.m. Villanova *No. 13 CBSSN L 14–344,519
August 313:30 p.m.at Air Force *No. 13 ESPN3 L 7–4833,101
September 146:00 p.m.at William & Mary * FloSports L 10–386,777
September 2112:00 p.m.No. 12 Maine *
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
Stadium L 21–355,606
September 286:00 p.m.at Dartmouth * ESPN+ L 3–386,122
October 51:00 p.m. Lehigh Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumL 14–213,838
October 121:00 p.m. Bucknell
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumL 14–322,386
October 191:30 p.m.at Cornell *ESPN+W 21–202,970
October 261:00 p.m.at Holy Cross StadiumL 10–3110,926
November 212:00 p.m.at Georgetown StadiumW 24–141,914
November 91:00 p.m. Fordham
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumW 24–131,406
November 1612:30 p.m.at Lafayette StadiumW 16–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Game summaries

Villanova

1234Total
Wildcats0270734
No. 13 Raiders007714

At Air Force

1234Total
No. 13 Raiders00707
Falcons72813048

At William & Mary

1234Total
Raiders073010
Tribe17071438

Maine

1234Total
No. 12 Black Bears71414035
Raiders077721

At Dartmouth

1234Total
Raiders00303
Big Green14107738

Lehigh

1234Total
Mountain Hawks0140721
Raiders770014

Bucknell

1234Total
Bison1466632
Raiders707014

At Cornell

1234Total
Raiders0147021
Big Red377320

At Holy Cross

1234Total
Raiders030710
Crusaders71410031

At Georgetown

1234Total
Raiders0710724
Hoyas070714

Fordham

1234Total
Rams373013
Raiders777324

At Lafayette

1234Total
Raiders607316
Leopards00000

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS 13RVRV
Coaches 1424RV

References

  1. "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". STATS FCS. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. "Watch list named for 25th Buck Buchanan Award". STATS FCS. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. "2019 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule". GoColgateRaiders.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019.