2016 Colgate Raiders football team

2016 Colgate Raiders football
2016 Colgate Raiders football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	5–5 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Dan Hunt (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Chris Young (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Shaffner (4th season)
Home stadium	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium

2016 Patriot League football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Lehigh $^	6	–	0	9	–	3
Fordham	5	–	1	8	–	3
	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at Syracuse*	No. 21	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ACCN+	L 7–33	31,336
September 17	1:30 pm	at Yale*	No. 23	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	OWSPN	W 55–13	8,493
September 24	3:30 pm	at No. 7 Richmond*	No. 23	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSN MA+	L 31–38	8,700
October 1	1:00 pm	Cornell*		Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	TWCSC	L 38–39	8,010
October 8	12:30 pm	at Lehigh		Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	PLN	L 31–45	9,255
October 15	1:00 pm	at Bucknell		Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	PLN	W 27–7	2,793
October 29	1:00 pm	Holy Cross		Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLN	W 26–8	7,226
November 5	1:00 pm	at Fordham		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLN	L 20–24	4,285
November 12	1:00 pm	Lafayette		Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLN	W 38–17	4,859
November 19	1:00 pm	Georgetown		Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	PLN	W 38–10	4,223
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold