2017 Colgate Raiders football team
The 2017 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dan Hunt and played their home games at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 7–4, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Lehigh. Due to their head-to-head loss over Lehigh, they did not receive a bid to the FCS Playoffs.
| 2017 Colgate Raiders football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| 2017 record | 7–4 (5–1 Patriot) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Chris Young (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Paul Shaffner (5th season) |
| Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium (Capacity: 10,221) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate + | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Raiders will host Patriot League foes Lehigh, Fordham, and Bucknell, and will travel to Holy Cross, Lafayette, and Georgetown.
In 2017, Colgate's non-conference opponents will be Cal Poly of the Big Sky Conference, Richmond of the Colonial Athletic Association, Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference, Furman of the Southern Conference, and Cornell of the Ivy League.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 26 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Cal Poly* | ESPNU | W 20–14 | 8,428 | |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Richmond* | STADIUM | L 17–20 | 6,994 | |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at Buffalo* |
| ESPN3 | L 10–33 | 11,546 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Furman* |
| STADIUM | L 14–45 | 4,119 |
| September 30 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell* | ILN | W 21–7 | 3,325 | |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh |
| STADIUM | L 38–41 | 2,986 |
| October 14 | Noon | Fordham |
| STADIUM | W 38–12 | 2,622 |
| October 21 | Noon | at Holy Cross | STADIUM | W 45–7 | 6,784 | |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell |
| STADIUM | W 40–3 | 6,763 |
| November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | STADIUM | W 27–0 | 5,612 | |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | STADIUM | W 35–10 | 2,211 | |
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Game summaries
at Cal Poly
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| No. 23 Mustangs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 9 Spiders | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Buffalo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Bulls | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
Furman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Paladins | 21 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Lehigh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Mountain Hawks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| Raiders | 7 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
Fordham
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Rams | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Raiders | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
at Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 7 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| Crusaders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Bucknell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Raiders | 6 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 40 |
at Lafayette
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Hoyas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
| Coaches | NR | 25 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||