Colgate Raiders football

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Colgate Raiders
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2024 Colgate Raiders football team
Colgate Raiders (2020) logo.svg
First season 1890; 134 years ago
Athletic director Yariv Amir
Head coach Stan Dakosty
2nd season, 8–14 (.364)
Stadium Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
(capacity: 10,221)
Year built1966
Location Hamilton, New York
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference Patriot League
All-time record674–517–50 (.563)
Unclaimed national titles1 (1932)
Conference titles10
Rivalries Cornell (rivalry)
Syracuse
Consensus All-Americans6
Current uniform
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ColorsMaroon and white [1]
   
Outfitter Under Armour
Website GoColgateRaiders.com

The Colgate Raiders football team represents Colgate University in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Patriot League. [2]

Contents

History

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Colgate football team on a cigarette card by Turkish cigarettes company Murad (1910)

In 1915, Colgate recorded its 100th victory with a win over Army and also beat Yale on their way to a 5–1 finish. The following season, they compiled an 8–1 record, with the lone loss coming against Yale, 7–3. [3]

During the Great Depression, there was a proliferation of postseason benefit games to raise money for the unemployed. On December 6, 1930, Colgate traveled to New York City's Yankee Stadium to play New York University (NYU) in one of these games and won, 7–0. [4] In 1932, Colgate finished undefeated, untied and unscored upon with a 9–0 record. They outscored their opponents 234–0. [3] Parke H. Davis selected the 1932 Red Raiders to share the national championship. [4] [5] : 233–35  They did not, however, receive an invitation to the 1933 Rose Bowl, and as such, have been referred to as "undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited." [6] The team was considered as a candidate to play in the first Sugar Bowl in January 1935 but the honor went to Temple University. [7]

In 1982, Colgate football was relegated from the Division I-A to Division I-AA (now FCS) level. Since then, the team has advanced to the playoffs numerous times. In 2003, Colgate advanced to the Division I FCS final, having won 15 straight games that season (12–0 Schedule, 3 Playoff Wins), becoming the first and only Patriot League team to ever do so (achieving a final record of 15–1). There, the Raiders lost to Delaware, 40–0. [3] Two Raiders have received the Walter Payton Award for most outstanding player in Division I-AA: Kenny Gamble in 1987 and Jamaal Branch in 2003. [4]

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Colgate offensive linemen prepare for the snap during a 2019 game

Classifications

Conference memberships

Achievements

National championships

YearSelectorsCoachRecord
1932Parke H. Davis [5] Andrew Kerr 9–0

Conference championships

YearConferenceCoachOverall recordConference record
1997 Patriot League Dick Biddle 7–56–0
1999Patriot LeagueDick Biddle10–25–1
2002Patriot LeagueDick Biddle9–36–1
2003Patriot League Dick Biddle (COY) 15–17–0
2005Patriot LeagueDick Biddle8–45–1
2008Patriot LeagueDick Biddle9–35–0
2012Patriot LeagueDick Biddle8–45–0
2015Patriot League Dan Hunt 9–56–0
2017Patriot LeagueDan Hunt7–45–1
2018Patriot LeagueDan Hunt10–26–0

Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs results

The Raiders have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs 11 times with a record of 7–11.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1982 First Round
Quarterfinals		Boston University
Delaware		W 21–7
L 13–20
1983 First RoundWestern CarolinaL 23–24
1997 First RoundVillanovaL 28–49
1998 First RoundGeorgia SouthernL 28–49
1999 First RoundIllinois StateL 13–56
2003 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Massachusetts
Western Illinois
Florida Atlantic
Delaware		W 19–7
W 28–27
W 36–24
L 0–40
2005 First RoundNew HampshireL 21–55
2008 First RoundVillanovaL 28–55
2012 First Round Wagner L 20–31
2015 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals		 New Hampshire
James Madison
Sam Houston State 		W 27–20
W 44–38
L 21–48
2018 Second Round
Quarterfinals		 James Madison
North Dakota State 		W 23–20
L 0–35

Notable players

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of November 22, 2019. [8]

2023202420252026202720282029
at Syracuse at Maine Cal Poly at Central Michigan at Colorado at Albany at Kansas
at Villanova at Akron Morgan State at William & Mary
Penn at Morgan State Albany
at Cornell
Dartmouth

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References

  1. ↑ "Colgate Athletics Identity Standard Guide" (PDF). ColgateAthletics.com. October 15, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Colgate Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  3. 1 2 3 2008 Football Media Guide (PDF), Colgate University, p. 122, 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007, retrieved December 5, 2008.
  5. 1 2 Okeson, Walter R., ed. (1935). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1935. New York: American Sports Publishing Co.
  6. ↑ Andrew Kerr, Class of 1900 Archived November 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , Dickinson College, retrieved June 20, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Name 'Sugar Bowl' Elevens Tonight". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1934-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  8. ↑ "Colgate Raiders Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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