2012 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2012 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Dick Biddle and played their home games at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 8–4, 6–0 in Patriot League play to be crowned Patriot League champions. They earned the League's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Wagner.

2012 Colgate Raiders football
Patriot League champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 21–30 vs. Wagner
ConferencePatriot League
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 24
FCS CoachesNo. 25
Record8–4 (6–0 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Hunt (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorPat Foley (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRyan Knowles (4th season)
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
(Capacity: 10,221)
2012 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Colgate $^  6 0   8 4  
No. 13 Lehigh  5 1   10 1  
Georgetown  2 4   5 6  
Lafayette  2 4   5 6  
Holy Cross  2 4   2 9  
Bucknell  1 5   3 8  
Fordham  0 0   6 5  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Fordham was ineligible for conference title because they offered football scholarships while other Patriot League members did not.
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmat Albany*L 23–406,194
September 83:00 pmat South Dakota*L 21–318,936
September 151:00 pmSacred Heart*W 35–145,438
September 226:00 pmat No. 20 Stony Brook*L 31–3210,278
September 2912:00 pmat Yale*W 47–245,860
October 131:00 pmHoly Crossdagger
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 51–355,600
October 201:00 pmGeorgetown
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 57–361,832
October 271:00 pmat BucknellW 47–334,132
November 31:00 pmLafayette
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 65–411,945
November 1012:30 pmat No. 8 LehighCBSSNW 35–248,036
November 171:00 pmat FordhamW 41–394,056
November 2412:00 pmat Wagner*No. 24
  • Wagner College Stadium
  • Staten Island, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3L 20–313,032

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