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The 1955 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Hal Lahar, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 107. Francis Angeline was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Headcoach
CaptainFrancis Angeline
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1955 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainFrancis Angeline
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
Seasons
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1955 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Alfred – 8–0–0
Drexel – 8–0–0
Trinity (CT) – 7–0–0
Juniata – 8–0–1
Carnegie Tech – 5–1–1
Tufts – 5–2–0
Boston College – 5–2–1
No. 20 Army – 6–3–0
Colgate – 6–3–0
No. 11 Pittsburgh – 7–4–0
Holy Cross – 6–4–0
Syracuse – 5–3–0
Penn State – 5–4–0
Buffalo – 4–4–1
Hofstra – 3–6–0
Bucknell – 2–6–1
Boston University – 2–6–0
Franklin & Marshall – 2–6–0
Villanova – 1–9–0
Temple – 0–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24DartmouthdaggerW 21–20 8,000 [3]
October 1at CornellW 21–6 17,000 [4]
October 8Holy Cross
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 14–15 6,000 [5]
October 15at PrincetonW 15–6 7,000 [6]
October 22at No. 19 YaleW 7–0 23,000 [7]
October 29at ArmyL 7–27 24,700–25,000 [8]
November 5BucknellW 35–7 6,800 [9]
November 12at SyracuseL 19–26 39,500 [10]
November 24at BrownW 25–0[1]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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