2002 Colgate Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 2002 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate tied for the Patriot League championship but did not qualify for the national playoffs.
- Dick Biddle (7th season)
| 2002 Colgate Raiders football | |
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Patriot League co-champion | |
| Conference | Patriot League |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 25 |
| Record | 9–3 (6–1 Patriot) |
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| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Fordham +^ | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Colgate + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In its seventh season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 9–3 record. Tom McCune and Max Wynn were the team captains.[1]
The Raiders outscored opponents 301 to 203. Their 6–1 conference record tied atop the eight-team Patriot League standings. Co-champion Fordham, which had dealt Colgate its only loss in conference play, was selected to receive the Patriot League's automatic berth in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.[2] Unlike 1999, the last time the Patriot League had a tie for first place, in 2002 Colgate did not receive an at-large invitation to the playoffs.
From preseason to the last week of play, Colgate did not appear in the national Division I-AA top 25 rankings. After winning the co-championship, Colgate entered the rankings at No. 25 in the final poll of the year.
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 7 | No. 15 Villanova* | L 0–20 | 6,532 | [3] | |||
| September 14 | at Fordham | L 31–40 | 7,142 | [4] | |||
| September 21 | Dartmouth* |
| W 30–26 | 7,368 | [5] | ||
| September 28 | Columbia* |
| W 38–6 | 5,891 | [6] | ||
| October 5 | at Bucknell | W 13–10 OT | 9,202 | [7] | |||
| October 12 | at Princeton* | L 10–14 | 11,485 | [8] | |||
| October 19 | at Cornell* | W 42–13 | 5,642 | [9] | |||
| October 26 | at Towson | W 9–7 | 2,133 | [10] | |||
| November 2 | Lafayette |
| W 31–24 | [1] | |||
| November 9 | at No. 16 Lehigh | W 28–14 | 15,023 | [11] | |||
| November 16 | Georgetown |
| W 44–22 | 3,144 | [12] | ||
| November 23 | Holy Cross |
| W 25–20 | 1,562 | [13] | ||
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