2004 Colgate Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 2004 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A year after advancing to the national championship, Colgate tied for third in the Patriot League.
- Dick Biddle (9th season)
- Chris Brown
- Luke Graham
- Antrell Tyson
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 7–4 (4–2 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Andy Kerr Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Lehigh +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Lafayette +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 2 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In its ninth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–4 record. Chris Brown, Luke Graham and Antrell Tyson were the team captains.[1]
The Raiders outscored opponents 261 to 225. Their 4–2 conference record tied for third in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[2]
Following their deep playoff run in 2003, the Raiders were ranked No. 5 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll. Losses quickly dropped Colgate to the bottom half of the top 25, and a league loss to unranked Bucknell in the second-to-last weekend of the season booted the Raiders from the rankings altogether. Colgate finished the year unranked.
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 11 | at No. 14 UMass* | No. 4 | L 20–30 | 16,405 | [3] | |||
| September 18 | Dartmouth* | No. 12 | W 17–15 | 5,439 | [4] | |||
| September 25 | Georgetown | No. 10 |
| W 33–0 | [1] | |||
| October 2 | at Yale* | No. 11 | L 28–31 | 17,089 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | Princeton* | No. 20 |
| W 29–26 | 7,893 | [6] | ||
| October 16 | at Cornell* | No. 20 | W 10–6 | 12,168 | [7] | |||
| October 23 | Holy Cross | No. 18 |
| W 41–7 | 9,228 | [8] | ||
| October 30 | at No. 12 Lehigh | No. 18 | L 14–21 | 13,929 | [9] | |||
| November 6 | Lafayette | No. 24 |
| W 22–19 | [1] | |||
| November 13 | at Bucknell | No. 22 | L 7–42 | 3,502 | [10] | |||
| November 20 | at Fordham | W 40–28 | 2,760 | [11] | ||||
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