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American college football season
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 Crown Field 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.
Schedule [ edit ] 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 August 26 7:00 p.m. at No. 23 Cal Poly * ESPNU W 20–148,428 September 9 1:00 p.m. No. 9 Richmond * STADIUM L 17–206,994 September 16 6:00 p.m. at Buffalo * ESPN3 L 10–3311,546 September 23 1:00 p.m. Furman * Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM L 14–454,119 September 30 1:30 p.m. at Cornell * ILN W 21–73,325 October 7 1:00 p.m. Lehigh Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM L 38–412,986 October 14 Noon Fordham Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM W 38–122,622 October 21 Noon at Holy Cross STADIUM W 45–76,784 October 28 1:00 p.m. Bucknell Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY STADIUM W 40–36,763 November 11 12:30 p.m. at Lafayette STADIUM W 27–05,612 November 18 1:00 p.m. at Georgetown STADIUM W 35–102,211
Game summaries [ edit ] At Cal Poly [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
10
7
3
0
20
No. 23 Mustangs
0
0
0
14
14
Richmond [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Spiders
0
7
0
13
20
Raiders
0
7
7
3
17
At Buffalo [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
3
0
7
0
10
Bulls
20
10
0
3
33
1
2
3
4
Total
Paladins
21
17
7
0
45
Raiders
0
7
7
0
14
At Cornell [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
0
14
0
7
21
Big Red
0
0
7
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Hawks
14
7
7
13
41
Raiders
7
21
0
10
38
Fordham [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
0
0
6
6
12
Raiders
14
3
7
14
38
At Holy Cross [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
7
10
21
7
45
Crusaders
7
0
0
0
7
Bucknell [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
3
0
0
0
3
Raiders
6
27
0
7
40
At Lafayette [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
0
14
13
0
27
Leopards
0
0
0
0
0
At Georgetown [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
7
14
14
0
35
Hoyas
10
0
0
0
10
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — RV RV RV RV RV RV RV — — — — — — Coaches — 25 RV — — — — — — — — — — —
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