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Future non-conference opponents: William & Mary is joining the patriot league, no longer out of conference

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{{Short description|Football team representing Colgate University}}
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| CurrentSeason = 2024 Colgate Raiders football team
| TeamName = Colgate Raiders
| Image = Colgate Raiders (2020) logo.svg
| ImageSize = 120
| AthleticDirector = [[Yariv Amir]]
| HeadCoach = [[Curt Fitzpatrick]]
| HeadCoachYear = 1st 
| HCWins = 0 
| HCLosses = 0 
| Stadium = [[Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium]]
| StadiumBuilt = 1966
| StadCapacity = 10,221
| StadSurface =
| Location = [[Hamilton (village), New York|Hamilton, New York]]
| NCAAdivision = I FCS
| Conference = [[Patriot League]]
| PastAffiliations =
| FirstYear = [[1890 Colgate football team|1890]]; {{Years or months ago|1890}}
| WebsiteName = GoColgateRaiders.com
| WebsiteURL = https://gocolgateraiders.com/sports/football
| ATWins = 676 
| ATLosses = 527 
| ATTies = 50 
| BowlWins =
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| NatlTitles = 0
| UnNatlTitles = 1 ([[1932 Colgate Red Raiders football team|1932]])
| ConfTitles = 10
| Heismans = 0
| AllAmericans = 6
| uniform = [[File:Colgate raiders football unif.png|180px]]
| FightSong =
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| PagFreeLabel = Outfitter
| PagFreeValue = [[Under Armour]]
| Rivalries = [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]] ([[Colgate-Cornell football rivalry|rivalry]]) [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]
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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]].<ref name="record">{{cite web |title=Colgate Historical Data |publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]] |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/colgate/index.php |access-date=2014-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222052124/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/colgate/index.php |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Murad colgate football.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Colgate football team on a [[cigarette card]] by [[turkish tobacco|Turkish cigarettes]] company [[Murad (cigarette)|Murad]] (1910)]]
In 1915, Colgate recorded its 100th victory with a win over [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] and also beat [[Yale Bulldogs|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.<ref name="history"/>

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 (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] to play [[New York University Violets|New York University]] (NYU) in one of these games and won, 7–0.<ref name="ncaa">[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2007/2007RB.pdf 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book], National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007, retrieved December 5, 2008.</ref> In 1932, Colgate finished [[1932 Colgate football team|undefeated, untied and unscored upon]] with a 9–0 record. They outscored their opponents 234–0.<ref name="history"/> [[Parke H. Davis]] selected the 1932 Red Raiders to share the [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championship]].<ref name="ncaa"/><ref name="WRO">{{cite book|title=Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1935|editor-first=Walter R.|editor-last=Okeson|publisher=American Sports Publishing Co.|location=New York|year= 1935}}</ref>{{rp|233–35}} They did not, however, receive an invitation to the 1933 [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]], and as such, have been referred to as "undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited."<ref name=dickinson>[http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/k/ed_kerrA.htm Andrew Kerr, Class of 1900] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122015323/http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/k/ed_kerrA.htm |date=November 22, 2008 }}, Dickinson College, retrieved June 20, 2009.</ref> The team was considered as a candidate to play in the first [[Sugar Bowl]] in January 1935 but the honor went to Temple University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Name 'Sugar Bowl' Elevens Tonight |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=1934-12-03 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YMcwAAAAIBAJ&pg=3044,386377&dq=sugar+bowl&hl=en |access-date=2009-12-29}}</ref>

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-AA 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 Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]], 40–0.<ref name="history">[http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/sports/2008/12/9/sidebar_667.aspx?path=football ''2008 Football Media Guide''] (PDF), Colgate University, p. 122, 2008.</ref> Two Raiders have received the [[Walter Payton Award]] for most outstanding player in Division I-AA: [[Kenny Gamble (American football)|Kenny Gamble]] in 1987 and [[Jamaal Branch]] in 2003.<ref name="ncaa"/>
[[File:Colgate vs. Air Force (48826653973) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Colgate offensive linemen prepare for the [[Snap (gridiron football)|snap]] during a 2019 game]]

===Classifications===
*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===
*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==

===National championships===
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%;"
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Colgate Raiders|Year|Selectors|Coach|Record}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1932 || Parke H. Davis<ref name="WRO"/> || [[Andrew Kerr]] || 9–0
|}

===Conference championships===
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%;"
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Colgate Raiders|Year|Conference|Coach|Overall record|Conference record}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1997 || [[Patriot League]] || [[Dick Biddle]] || 7–5 || 6–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999 || Patriot League || Dick Biddle || 10–2 || 5–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002 || Patriot League || Dick Biddle || 9–3 || 6–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003 || Patriot League || [[AFCA Coach of the Year#NCAA Division I-AA.2FFCS|Dick Biddle (COY)]] || 15–1 || 7–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005 || Patriot League || Dick Biddle || 8–4 || 5–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008 || Patriot League || Dick Biddle || 9–3 || 5–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2012 || Patriot League || Dick Biddle || 8–4 || 5–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2015 || Patriot League || [[Dan Hunt (American football)|Dan Hunt]] || 9–5 || 6–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2017 || Patriot League || Dan Hunt || 7–4 || 5–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2018 || Patriot League || Dan Hunt || 10–2 || 6–0
|}

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

{| class="wikitable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Colgate Raiders|Year|Round|Opponent|Result}}
|- align="center"
| [[1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|1982]] || First Round Quarterfinals || Boston University Delaware || '''W''' 21–7 L 13–20
|- align="center"
| [[1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|1983]] || First Round || Western Carolina || L 23–24
|- align="center"
| [[1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|1997]] || First Round || Villanova || L 28–49
|- align="center"
| [[1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|1998]] || First Round || Georgia Southern || L 28–49
|- align="center"
| [[1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|1999]] || First Round || Illinois State || L 13–56
|- align="center"
| [[2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|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
|- align="center"
| [[2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season#Postseason|2005]] || First Round || New Hampshire || L 21–55
|- align="center"
| [[2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|2008]] || First Round || Villanova || L 28–55
|- align="center"
| [[2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|2012]] || First Round || [[2012 Wagner Seahawks football team|Wagner]]|| L 20–31
|- align="center"
| [[2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|2015]] || First Round Second Round Quarterfinals || [[2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]] [[2015 James Madison Dukes football team|James Madison]] [[2015 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team|Sam Houston State]]|| '''W''' 27–20 '''W''' 44–38 L 21–48
|- align="center"
| [[2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|2018]] || Second Round Quarterfinals || [[2018 James Madison Dukes football team|James Madison]] [[2018 North Dakota State Bison football team|North Dakota State]]|| '''W''' 23–20 L 0–35
|}

==Notable players==

* [[Frank Abruzzino]] – NFL player of the early 1930s
*[[Jamaal Branch]] – Former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[running back]] for the [[New Orleans Saints]] (2006–2007)
*[[Tom Burgess (Canadian football)|Tom Burgess]] – Former [[Canadian Football League]] quarterback (1986–1995) 1990 [[Grey Cup]] MVP
* [[Frank Castleman]] – Won [[Silver medal]] in [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics|200 metre hurdles]] during the [[1904 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Nate Eachus]] – Former NFL [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (2012)
* [[Rich Erenberg]] – Former NFL [[running back]] for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] (1984–1986)
* [[Art Fleming|Arthur Fazzin]] – Actor and game show host better known as Art Fleming (1942–?, transferred to [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]])
* [[Dan Fortmann]] – Inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1965, former NFL [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]/[[Linebacker]] for the [[Chicago Bears]] (1936–1943), 3× [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL Champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]] and [[1943 NFL Championship Game|1943]]), 6× First Team [[All-Pro]] selection and 3× Pro Bowl selection
* [[Kenny Gamble (American football)|Kenny Gamble]] – Former NFL [[running back]] for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (1988–1990). As of 2023, he is the last Colgate player to be selected during the [[NFL Draft]]
* [[Bill Geyer]] – Former NFL [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]] for the [[Chicago Bears]] (1942–1943, 1946)
* [[Michael Joseph Hayes]] – [[First Lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army]]. He was killed in an attack on [[Saint-Juvin]], France on October 14, 1918, and was posthumously awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]].
* [[Nick Hennessey]] – Former NFL [[Offensive tackle]] for the [[Buffalo Bills]] (2009) and played in the [[Canadian Football League]]
* [[Joe Hoague]] – Former NFL [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]] for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] (1941–1942) and [[Boston Yanks]] (1946)
* [[Marv Hubbard]] – Former NFL [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]] for the [[Oakland Raiders]] (1969–1975) and 3× [[Pro Bowl]] selection
* [[Ellery Huntington, Jr.]] – Inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1972
* [[Don Irwin]] – Former NFL [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]] for the [[Washington Redskins|Boston/Washington Redskins]] (1936–1939) and [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL Champion]] ([[1937 NFL Championship Game|1937]])
* [[Matt Jaworski]] – Former NFL [[Linebacker]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]] (1991) also played in the [[Canadian Football League]] for the [[Sacramento Goldminers]] (1994)
* [[Leonard Macaluso|Len Macaluso]] – Former professional wrestler who competed under the name "Iron Legs" Macaliso
* [[Greg Manusky]] – Former NFL [[linebacker]] for the [[Washington Redskins]] (1988–1990), [[Minnesota Vikings]] (1991–1993) and [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (1994–1999), defensive coordinator for the Redskins
* [[Mike Micka]] – Former NFL [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]]/[[Defensive back]] for the [[Washington Redskins]] (1944–1945) and [[Boston Yanks]] (1945–1948)
* [[Mark Murphy (American football executive)|Mark Murphy]] – Former NFL [[Safety (American and Canadian football position)|Safety]] for the [[Washington Redskins]] (1977–1984), [[Super Bowl XVII]] Champion, 1× [[Pro Bowl]] selection and is the [[Green Bay Packers]] CEO and President since 2007
* [[John Orsi]] – Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982
* [[Eugene Robinson (American football)|Eugene Robinson]] – Former NFL [[Safety (American and Canadian football position)|Safety]] for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] (1985–1995), [[Green Bay Packers]] (1996–1997), [[Atlanta Falcons]] (1998–1999) and [[Carolina Panthers]] (2000), [[Super Bowl XXXI]] Champion, 2× [[All-Pro]] selection and 3× [[Pro Bowl]] selection
* [[Ed Stacco]] – Former NFL [[Offensive tackle]] for the [[Detroit Lions]] (1947) and [[Washington Redskins]] (1948)
* [[Mark van Eeghen]] – Former NFL [[Running back]] for the [[Oakland Raiders]] (1974–1981) and [[New England Patriots]] (1982–1983)
* [[Ryan Vena]] – Former [[Arena Football League]] [[Quarterback]].
* [[Ed Tryon]] – Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963
* [[Belford West]] – Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954; tackle for the [[Canton Bulldogs]]
* [[Izzy Yablok]] – NFL player of the early 1930s

==Future non-conference opponents==
Announced schedules as of February 17, 2025.<ref>{{cite web| title=Colgate Raiders Football Future Schedules|publisher=FBSchedules.com| url=https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/colgate/|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref>

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| [[Monmouth Hawks football|Monmouth]]
| [[Cal Poly Mustangs football|Cal Poly]]
| at [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]
| at [[Albany Great Danes football|Albany]]
| at [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]
| at [[Maine Black Bears football|Maine]]
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| at [[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova]]
| at [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]
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| at [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]
| [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]]
| [[Albany Great Danes football|Albany]]
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| at [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]]
| at [[Harvard Crimson football|Harvard]]
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| [[Merrimack Warriors football|Merrimack]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
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