Colgate Raiders football

Colgate Raiders
2024 Colgate Raiders football team
First season1890; 134 years ago
Athletic directorYariv Amir
Head coachStan Dakosty
4th season, 16–29 (.356)
StadiumCrown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
(capacity: 10,221)
Year built1966
LocationHamilton, New York
NCAA divisionDivision I FCS
ConferencePatriot League
All-time record676–527–50 (.559)
Unclaimed national titles1 (1932)
Conference titles10
RivalriesCornell (rivalry)
Syracuse
Consensus All-Americans6
Current uniform
ColorsMaroon and white[1]
   
OutfitterUnder Armour
WebsiteGoColgateRaiders.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]

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]

Colgate offensive linemen prepare for the snap during a 2019 game

Classifications

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  • 1937–1972: NCAA University Division
  • 1972–1977: NCAA Division I
  • 1978–1981: NCAA Division I–A
  • 1982–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

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  • 1890–1972: Independent
  • 1973–1977: Division I Independent
  • 1978–1981: Division I–A Independent
  • 1982–1985: Division I–AA Independent
  • 1986–present: Patriot League

Achievements

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National championships

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Year Selectors Coach Record
1932 Parke H. Davis[5] Andrew Kerr 9–0

Conference championships

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Year Conference Coach Overall record Conference record
1997 Patriot League Dick Biddle 7–5 6–0
1999 Patriot League Dick Biddle 10–2 5–1
2002 Patriot League Dick Biddle 9–3 6–1
2003 Patriot League Dick Biddle (COY) 15–1 7–0
2005 Patriot League Dick Biddle 8–4 5–1
2008 Patriot League Dick Biddle 9–3 5–0
2012 Patriot League Dick Biddle 8–4 5–0
2015 Patriot League Dan Hunt 9–5 6–0
2017 Patriot League Dan Hunt 7–4 5–1
2018 Patriot League Dan Hunt 10–2 6–0

Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
1982 First Round
Quarterfinals		 Boston University
Delaware		 W 21–7
L 13–20
1983 First Round Western Carolina L 23–24
1997 First Round Villanova L 28–49
1998 First Round Georgia Southern L 28–49
1999 First Round Illinois State L 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 Round New Hampshire L 21–55
2008 First Round Villanova L 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

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Future non-conference opponents

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

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
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

References

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  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 February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c 2008 Football Media Guide (PDF), Colgate University, p. 122, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007, retrieved December 5, 2008.
  5. ^ a b 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. December 3, 1934. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  8. ^ "Colgate Raiders Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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