2017 Colgate Raiders football team

American college football season

2017 Colgate Raiders football

Patriot League co-champion
Conference	Patriot League
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
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

2017 Patriot League football standings
v t e
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

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, DC	STADIUM	W 35–10	2,211
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS 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
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

v t e Colgate Raiders football
Venues	Campus grounds (1890–1899) Whitnall Field (1900–1937) Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (1939–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Cornell Syracuse
Culture & lore	1923 Niagara game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Patriot League football champions
Holy Cross (1986) Holy Cross (1987) Lafayette (1988) Holy Cross (1989) Holy Cross (1990) Holy Cross (1991) Lafayette (1992) Lehigh (1993) Lafayette (1994) Lehigh (1995) Bucknell (1996) Colgate (1997) Lehigh (1998) Colgate & Lehigh (1999) Lehigh (2000) Lehigh (2001) Colgate & Fordham (2002) Colgate (2003) Lafayette & Lehigh (2004) Colgate & Lafayette (2005) Lafayette & Lehigh (2006) Fordham (2007) Colgate (2008) Holy Cross (2009) Lehigh (2010) Lehigh (2011) Colgate (2012) Lafayette (2013) Fordham (2014) Colgate (2015) Lehigh (2016) Colgate & Lehigh (2017) Colgate (2018) Holy Cross (2019) Holy Cross (2020) Holy Cross (2021) Holy Cross (2022) Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023) Holy Cross & Lehigh (2024)

Patriot League football champions

Holy Cross (1986)
Holy Cross (1987)
Lafayette (1988)
Holy Cross (1989)
Holy Cross (1990)
Holy Cross (1991)
Lafayette (1992)
Lehigh (1993)
Lafayette (1994)
Lehigh (1995)
Bucknell (1996)
Colgate (1997)
Lehigh (1998)
Colgate & Lehigh (1999)
Lehigh (2000)
Lehigh (2001)
Colgate & Fordham (2002)
Colgate (2003)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2004)
Colgate & Lafayette (2005)
Lafayette & Lehigh (2006)
Fordham (2007)
Colgate (2008)
Holy Cross (2009)
Lehigh (2010)
Lehigh (2011)
Colgate (2012)
Lafayette (2013)
Fordham (2014)
Colgate (2015)
Lehigh (2016)
Colgate & Lehigh (2017)
Colgate (2018)
Holy Cross (2019)
Holy Cross (2020)
Holy Cross (2021)
Holy Cross (2022)
Holy Cross & Lafayette (2023)
Holy Cross & Lehigh (2024)

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