2016 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2016 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-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 5–5, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in third place.

2016 Colgate Raiders football
ConferencePatriot League
Record5–5 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Young (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Shaffner (4th season)
Home stadiumCrown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Lehigh $^   6 0     9 3  
Fordham   5 1     8 3  
Colgate   4 2     5 5  
Bucknell   3 3     4 7  
Holy Cross   2 4     4 7  
Lafayette   1 5     2 9  
Georgetown   0 6     3 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 pmat Syracuse*No. 21ACCN L 7–3331,336
September 171:30 pmat Yale*No. 23OWSPNW 55–138,493
September 243:30 pmat No. 7 Richmond*No. 23CSN MA L 31–388,700
October 11:00 pmCornell* TWCSCL 38–398,010
October 812:30 pmat LehighPLNL 31–459,255
October 151:00 pmat BucknellPLNW 27–72,793
October 291:00 pmHoly Cross
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
PLNW 26–87,226
November 51:00 pmat FordhamPLNL 20–244,285
November 121:00 pmLafayette
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
PLNW 38–174,859
November 191:00 pmGeorgetown
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
PLNW 38–104,223
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At Syracuse

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1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Raiders 7 0 0 0 7
Orange 7 13 6 7 33

At Yale

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1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Raiders 21 14 10 10 55
Bulldogs 7 6 0 0 13

At Richmond

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1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Raiders 14 3 0 14 31
#7 Spiders 10 7 14 7 38

Cornell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 12 21 6 39
Raiders 21 10 7 0 38

At Lehigh

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 14 3 7 7 31
Mountain Hawks 7 7 24 7 45

At Bucknell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 3 10 0 14 27
Bison 0 0 7 0 7

Holy Cross

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1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 0 8 8
Raiders 7 3 0 16 26

At Fordham

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 7 7 6 0 20
Rams 3 7 7 7 24

Lafayette

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

Georgetown

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 0 3 0 7 10
Raiders 7 14 10 7 38

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS21212323RVRVRV
Coaches1620232125

References

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