2019 Colgate Raiders football team
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.
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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 4–8 (3–3 Patriot) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Open |
Defensive coordinator | Paul Shaffner (7th season) |
Home stadium | Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (Capacity: 10,221) |
Uniform | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released.
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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Walter Payton Award[1] | Grant Breneman | QB | JR |
Buck Buchanan Award[2] | Abu Daramy–Swaray | CB | SR |
Nick Wheeler | DE | SR |
Preseason coaches' poll
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) |
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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
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]
Offense Grant Breneman – QB Alex Mathews – RB Nick Diaco – TE Jack Badovinac – OL Jovaun Woolford – OL |
Defense Nick Wheeler – DL Nick Ioanilli – LB Abu Daramy–Swaray – DB |
Special teams Chris Puzzi – PK Abu Daramy–Swaray – RS |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 24 | 12:00 p.m. | Villanova* | No. 13 | CBSSN | L 14–34 | 4,519 | |
August 31 | 3:30 p.m. | at Air Force* | No. 13 | ESPN3 | L 7–48 | 33,101 | |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at William & Mary* | FloSports | L 10–38 | 6,777 | ||
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 12 Maine* |
| Stadium | L 21–35 | 5,606 | |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Dartmouth* | ESPN+ | L 3–38 | 6,122 | ||
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh |
| Stadium | L 14–21 | 3,838 | |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell |
| Stadium | L 14–32 | 2,386 | |
October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell* | ESPN+ | W 21–20 | 2,970 | ||
October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross | Stadium | L 10–31 | 10,926 | ||
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgetown | Stadium | W 24–14 | 1,914 | ||
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Fordham |
| Stadium | W 24–13 | 1,406 | |
November 16 | 12:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | Stadium | W 16–0 | |||
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Game summaries
Villanova
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
No. 13 Raiders | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
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At Air Force
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 13 Raiders | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Falcons | 7 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 48 |
At William & Mary
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Tribe | 17 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
Maine
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 12 Black Bears | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
At Dartmouth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Big Green | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
Lehigh
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mountain Hawks | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Raiders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Bucknell
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bison | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
Raiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
At Cornell
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Big Red | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
At Holy Cross
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Crusaders | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
At Georgetown
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Hoyas | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Fordham
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Rams | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
Raiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
At Lafayette
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 13 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Coaches | 14 | 24 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- "25 named to Walter Payton Award watch list". STATS FCS. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- "Watch list named for 25th Buck Buchanan Award". STATS FCS. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- "2019 Colgate Raiders Football Schedule". GoColgateRaiders.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019.