2019 Colgate Raiders football team

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2019 Colgate Raiders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record4–8 (3–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorOpen
Defensive coordinatorPaul Shaffner (7th season)
Home stadiumCrown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Holy Cross $^   5 1     7 5  
Lafayette   4 2     4 8  
Bucknell   3 3     3 8  
Lehigh   3 3     4 7  
Colgate   3 3     4 8  
Fordham   2 4     4 8  
Georgetown   1 5     5 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2019 Colgate Raiders football team represents Colgate University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by sixth-year head coach Dan Hunt and play their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium. They are a member of the Patriot League.

Preseason[edit]

Award watch lists[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released.

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[1] Grant Breneman QB JR
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Abu Daramy–Swaray CB SR
Nick Wheeler DE SR

Preseason coaches' poll[edit]

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Raiders were picked to finish in first place, receiving 12 of 14 first-place votes.[3]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Colgate 72 (12)
2 Holy Cross 58 (2)
3 Georgetown 51
4 Fordham 39
5 Lehigh 38
6 Lafayette 21
7 Bucknell 15

Preseason All-Patriot League team[edit]

The Raiders led the conference in selections, having ten players picked to the preseason All-Patriot League team. Additionally, Quarterback Grant Breneman was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Lineman Nick Wheeler was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2412:00 p.m.Villanova*No. 13CBSSNL 14–344,519
August 313:30 p.m.at Air Force*No. 13ESPN3L 7–4833,101
September 146:00 p.m.at William & Mary*FloSportsL 10–386,777
September 2112:00 p.m.No. 12 Maine*
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumL 21–355,606
September 286:00 p.m.at Dartmouth*ESPN+L 3–386,122
October 51:00 p.m.Lehighdagger
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumL 14–213,838
October 121:00 p.m.Bucknell
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumL 14–322,386
October 191:30 p.m.at Cornell*ESPN+W 21–202,970
October 261:00 p.m.at Holy CrossStadiumL 10–3110,926
November 212:00 p.m.at GeorgetownStadiumW 24–141,914
November 91:00 p.m.Fordham
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
StadiumW 24–131,406
November 1612:30 p.m.at LafayetteStadiumW 16–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[edit]

Villanova[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 27 0 7 34
No. 13 Raiders 0 0 7 7 14

At Air Force[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Raiders 0 0 7 0 7
Falcons 7 28 13 0 48

At William & Mary[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 7 3 0 10
Tribe 17 0 7 14 38

Maine[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Black Bears 7 14 14 0 35
Raiders 0 7 7 7 21

At Dartmouth[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 0 3 0 3
Big Green 14 10 7 7 38

Lehigh[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 14 0 7 21
Raiders 7 7 0 0 14

Bucknell[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 14 6 6 6 32
Raiders 7 0 7 0 14

At Cornell[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 14 7 0 21
Big Red 3 7 7 3 20

At Holy Cross[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 3 0 7 10
Crusaders 7 14 10 0 31

At Georgetown[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 7 10 7 24
Hoyas 0 7 0 7 14

Fordham[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 3 7 3 0 13
Raiders 7 7 7 3 24

At Lafayette[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 6 0 7 3 16
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS13RVRV
Coaches1424RV

References[edit]

  1. ^ "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". STATS FCS. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Watch list named for 25th Buck Buchanan Award". STATS FCS. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule". GoColgateRaiders.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019.