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
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
2017 record7–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Young (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Shaffner (5th season)
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
(Capacity: 10,221)
2017 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant

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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 267:00 p.m.at No. 23 Cal Poly*ESPNUW 20–148,428
September 91:00 p.m.No. 9 Richmond*STADIUML 17–206,994
September 166:00 p.m.at Buffalo*
ESPN3L 10–3311,546
September 231:00 p.m.Furman*
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUML 14–454,119
September 301:30 p.m.at Cornell*ILNW 21–73,325
October 71:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUML 38–412,986
October 14NoonFordham
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUMW 38–122,622
October 21Noonat Holy CrossSTADIUMW 45–76,784
October 281:00 p.m.Bucknell
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUMW 40–36,763
November 1112:30 p.m.at LafayetteSTADIUMW 27–05,612
November 181:00 p.m.at GeorgetownSTADIUMW 35–102,211

Game summaries

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 10 7 3 0 20
No. 23 Mustangs 0 0 0 14 14

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Spiders 0 7 0 13 20
Raiders 0 7 7 3 17

at Buffalo

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 3 0 7 0 10
Bulls 20 10 0 3 33

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 17 7 0 45
Raiders 0 7 7 0 14

at Cornell

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 14 0 7 21
Big Red 0 0 7 0 7

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 14 7 7 13 41
Raiders 7 21 0 10 38

Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 6 6 12
Raiders 14 3 7 14 38

at Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 7 10 21 7 45
Crusaders 7 0 0 0 7

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 3 0 0 0 3
Raiders 6 27 0 7 40

at Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 14 13 0 27
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0

at Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 7 14 14 0 35
Hoyas 10 0 0 0 10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
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

References

  1. "2017 Football Schedule". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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