1997 Colgate Red Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1997 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate won the Patriot League championship.
- Dick Biddle (2nd season)
- Tim Girard
- Blair Hicks
- Dan Rivera
| 1997 Colgate Red Raiders football | |
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Patriot League champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 28–49 vs. Villanova | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 7–5 (6–0 Patriot) |
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| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Bucknell | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In its second season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–5 record. Tim Girard, Blair Hicks and Dan Rivera were the team captains.[1]
The Red Raiders outscored opponents 414 to 300. Colgate was undefeated in league play to win its first conference championship. Because of the addition of Towson University to the league schedule, Colgate became the first Patriot League member to win six conference games in a year.[2]
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 6 | at Richmond* | L 7–23 | 5,000 | [3] | |||
| September 20 | Fordham |
| W 27–14 | 7,000 | [4] | ||
| September 27 | at Cornell* | W 44–38 OT | 11,700 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | Lehigh |
| W 61–28 | 6,000 | [6] | ||
| October 11 | at Lafayette | W 44–6 | 3,098 | [7] | |||
| October 18 | Princeton* |
| L 28–31 | [1] | |||
| October 25 | at Army* | L 27–35 | 39,351 | [8] | |||
| November 1 | at Holy Cross | W 42–7 | 2,826 | [9] | |||
| November 8 | Towson |
| W 34–3 | 2,000 | [10] | ||
| November 15 | at Navy* | L 24–52 | 21,038 | [11] | |||
| November 22 | No. 24 Bucknell |
| W 48–14 | 6,000 | [12] | ||
| November 29 | at Villanova* | L 28–49 | 8,875 | [13] | |||
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