2018 Colgate Raiders football team

2018 Colgate Raiders football
Conference Patriot League
Ranking
STATS No. 20
FCS Coaches No. 17
2018 record 6–0 (4–0 Patriot)
Head coach Dan Hunt (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Chris Young
Defensive coordinator Paul Shaffner
Home stadium Andy Kerr Stadium
(Capacity: 10,221)
2018 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 20 Colgate  3 –0     5 –0  
Georgetown  1 –0     2 –4  
Bucknell  1 –1     1 –5  
Lehigh  0 –0     1 –4  
Lafayette  0 –1     1 –4  
Fordham  0 –1     0 –5  
Holy Cross  0 –2     1 –5  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Colgate Raiders football team represents Colgate University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fifth-year head coach Dan Hunt and play their home games at Andy Kerr Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League.

Previous season

The Raiders finished the 2017 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.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[1] Nick Wheeler DE JR

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Raiders predicted to finish as Patriot League champions.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Colgate71 (11)
2Lehigh63 (3)
3Fordham45
4Holy Cross40
T–5Bucknell31
T–5Lafayette31
7Georgetown13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Raiders placed ten players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.Holy Cross
StadiumW 24–175,304
September 83:30 p.m.at No. 20 New Hampshire*
NBCS BOSW 10–311,433
September 151:00 p.m.at Furman*
ESPN3 Cancelled [lower-alpha 1]
September 221:00 p.m.Lafayettedagger
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumW 45–07,753
September 296:00 p.m.at William & Mary*No. 24
Cox YurviewW 23–09,191
October 612:00 p.m.at BucknellNo. 21
StadiumW 27–32,007
October 1312:00 p.m.Cornell*No. 20
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY (rivalry)
StadiumW 31–03,112
October 271:00 p.m.Georgetown
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
Stadium
November 31:00 p.m.at Fordham
Stadium
November 1012:30 p.m.at Lehigh
Stadium
November 1712:00 p.m.at Army*
CBSSN
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

  1. ↑ This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 3 14 17
Raiders 14 10 0 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–40–5 2017 GATE, 35–7

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 10 0 0 10
No. 20 Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2015 FCS Playoffs GATE, 27–20

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0
Raiders 15 21 9 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–13–4 2017 GATE, 27–0

at William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Raiders 10 6 7 0 23
Tribe 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–6 1992 W&M, 44–26

at Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Raiders 0 17 3 7 27
Bison 0 0 3 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
49–17 2017 GATE, 40–3

Cornell

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Raiders 7 3 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–46–3 2017 GATE, 21–7

Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 0
Raiders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–3 2017 GATE, 35–10

at Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–7 2017 GATE, 14–10

at Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0
Mountain Hawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–25–2 2017 LEH, 41–38

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0
Black Knights 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–22–2 1997 ARMY, 35–27

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV 24 21 20  
Coaches RV RV 25 24 23 20 17

References

  1. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Patriot League - Patriot League Football Preseason Major Awards, Poll and All-League Honors Announced (7.26.18)". patriotleague.org.
  3. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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