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The 1983 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate ranked No. 7 nationally and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs for the second year in a row, but lost in the first round.

ConferenceIndependent
Record8–4
Headcoach
Captains
  • Gil Terenzi
  • Rich White
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1983 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Gil Terenzi
  • Rich White
Home stadiumAndy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
 1982
1984 
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1983 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Holy Cross ^  911
No. 17 Tennessee State  821
No. 7 Colgate ^  830
Lehigh  830
Lafayette  640
Northeastern  641
Southeastern Louisiana  650
William & Mary  650
Nicholls State  560
Bucknell  451
Delaware  470
Northwestern State  470
James Madison  380
Richmond  380
Western Kentucky  281
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
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In its eighth season under head coach Frederick Dunlap, the team compiled an 8–4 record (8–3 regular season). Gil Terenzi and Rich White were the team captains.[1]

A four-game winning streak to open the campaign rocketed the Red Raiders to nearly the top of the weekly national rankings, reaching as high as No. 2. They remained in the top 20 for all but one week of the year.

The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10 at Army W 15–13 33,285 [2]
September 17 Lehigh W 47–28 6,000 [3]
September 24 at Cornell No. 4 W 60–7 15,100 [4]
October 1 No. 19 Boston University No. 3
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 34–17 8,000 [5]
October 8 at No. 6 Holy Cross No. 2 L 18–21 21,551 [6]
October 15 at Rutgers No. 7 L 26–29 21,778 [7]
October 22 at Wyoming No. 13 L 29–49 14,989 [8]
October 29 at Lafayette W 21–7 10,700 [9]
November 5 at No. 16 Penn No. T–18 W 34–20 6,921 [10]
November 12 Richmond No. 15
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
W 43–14 4,000 [11]
November 19 at Connecticut No. 12 W 41–33 5,814 [12]
November 26 at No. 9 Western Carolina No. 7 L 23–24 6,500 [13]
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