2017 Colgate Raiders football team

2017 Colgate Raiders football
Patriot League co-champion
Conference	Patriot League
2017 record	7–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach	Dan Hunt (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Chris Young (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Shaffner (5th season)
Home stadium	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (Capacity: 10,221)
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Patriot League football standings
v t	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

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[]

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*	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ESPNU	W 20–14	8,428
September 9	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 Richmond*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	L 17–20	6,994
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at Buffalo*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN3	L 10–33	11,546
September 23	1:00 p.m.	Furman*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	L 14–45	4,119
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (Rivalry)	ILN	W 21–7	3,325
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	L 38–41	2,986
October 14	Noon	Fordham	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	W 38–12	2,622
October 21	Noon	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	STADIUM	W 45–7	6,784
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Bucknell	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	W 40–3	6,763
November 11	12:30 p.m.	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	STADIUM	W 27–0	5,612
November 18	1:00 p.m.	at Georgetown	Cooper Field Washington, D.C.	STADIUM	W 35–10	2,211
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

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